It looks increasingly likely that the United States will expand its military operations against ISIS to Syria. I speak with William McCants of the Brookings Institution about the prospects and pitfalls of a potential US-led international military campaign against the Islamic State in Syria. We also discuss the role of another Islamist rebel group, al Nusra, in Syria’s conflict and what might befall about 40 UN Peacekeepers in the Golan who were abducted by this group. Have a listen.
Previous Episodes
Episode 31: Ambassador Michael Guest, LGBT Trailblazer
Episode 30: Jeff Sachs, economist
Sex Slaves in Iraq, an interview with Zainab Hawa Bangura, the UN Special Representative for Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict
Episode 29: Chris Hill, former Ambassador to Iraq and North Korea nuke negotiator
Kevin Jon Heller discusses the International Criminal Court’s Palestine Problem
Episode 28: Nancy Birsdall, founder of the Center for Global Development
The WHO explains Why this Ebola Outbreak is So Hard to Contain
Episode 27: Daniel Drezner, counter-intuitive wonk
Michael W. Hanna on How to Negotiate a Gaza Ceasefire
Episode 25: Helene Gayle, CEO of CARE, USA. Long-time AIDS-Fighter
One Campaign’s Erin Hofhelder How Humanity is Winning the Fight Against AIDS
Episode 24: Joseph Cirincione, Nuclear Policy Wonk
A Migrant’s Story: Why are So Many Children Fleeing to the USA?
Episode 23: Live from the UN 2014 (Volume 2); A special edition with a slew of UN officials.
Episode 23: Jillian York, Digital Free Speech defender
Turkey’s Strategic Interests in Iraq
Episode 22: Live from the UN, 2014 (Vol 1); A special edition, featuring the President of the General Assembly, the UN Ambassadors from Vietnam and Jamaica, the head of the UN Association, and more!
The UN’s View of the Iraq Crisis
Episode 21: Thomas Pickering, former Ambassador to the UN, Israel, Jordan, Russia, India and more.
Episode 20: Jessica Tuchman Matthews, foreign policy trendsetter
Egypt After the Counter Revolution
Episode 19: Louise Arbour, human rights pioneer.
What Obama Left Out of His Big Foreign Policy Speech
Episode 18: Zalmay Khalizad, former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and the UN.
Why Libya is Suddenly on the Verge of a Civil War
Episode 17: Gov Bill Richardson, he frees hostages.
The Foreign Policy Implications of India’s Elections
Episode 16: Carolyn Miles, CEO of Save the Children
Episode: 15 Laura Turner Seydel, philanthropist
Episode 14: Douglas Ollivant, Iraq expert
Episode 13: Gary Bass, historian
Episode 12: Mark Montgomery, demographer
Episode 11: Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watcher
Episode 10: Live from the UN, Volume 2.
Episode 9: Mia Farrow, humanitarian activist and Goodwill Ambassador
Episode 8: Suzanne Nossel, Big Thinker
Episode 7: Live from the UN, Volume 1.
Episode 6: PJ Crowley, former State Department Spokesperson
Episode 5: Octavia Nasr, reporter
Episode 4: Arsalan Iftikhar, “The Muslim Guy”
Episode 3: Dodge Billingsley, filmmaker.
Episode 2: Laura Seay, @TexasinAfrica
Episode 1: Heather Hurlburt, national security wonk