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Gulf States Under Fire, With Mina Al-Oraibi
38 mins; April 01, 2026
Why Allies Aren’t Following on Iran, With Kristi Govella and Constanze Stelzenmüller
38 mins; March 25, 2026
The Strategy Gap in Iran, With Max Boot
33 mins; March 18, 2026
America at 250: The Lend-Lease Act, With Lynne Olson
31 mins; March 11, 2026
SPECIAL EPISODE | Trump Chooses War With Iran, With Dalia Dassa Kaye
36 mins; March 02, 2026
Cuba on the Brink, With Michael Bustamante
35 mins; February 25, 2026
America at 250: Nixon Goes to China, With Jeremi Suri
34 mins; February 18, 2026
The New Saudi Strategy, With F. Gregory Gause III
37 mins; February 11, 2026
Canada Hedges Against the United States, With Jonathan Berkshire Miller
32 mins; February 04, 2026
Trump’s Greenland Ambitions, With Heather Conley and Rebecca Pincus
38 mins; January 28, 2026
America at 250: The Best and Worst U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions, With Mary Dudziak and Christopher Nichols
40 mins; January 21, 2026
Trump Foreign Policy at One Year, With Matthew Kroenig
36 mins; January 14, 2026
Washington’s Venezuela Strategy After Maduro, With Will Freeman
37 mins; January 07, 2026
Listener Mailbag: 2025 in Review, With Carla Anne Robbins and Matthias Matthijs
45 mins; December 23, 2025
Are We Ready? | America’s Crumbling Defense Industrial Base, With Kathleen Hicks
34 mins; December 17, 2025
Are We Ready? | Trump’s National Security Strategy, With Rebecca Lissner
36 mins; December 10, 2025
Are We Ready? | The Economic Security Challenge, With Jonathan Hillman
34 mins; December 03, 2025
Are We Ready? | China's Campaign to Reshape the Global Order, With Hal Brands and Michael Kuiken
37 mins; November 26, 2025
Are We Ready? | The U.S.-China Chip War, With Chris McGuire
37 mins; November 19, 2025
Are We Ready? | AI, Espionage, and Influence, With Jessica Brandt
28 mins; November 12, 2025
Are We Ready? | The New Weapons of War, With Michael Horowitz
36 mins; November 05, 2025
Are We Ready? | America's Next Battlefield, With Thomas Shugart
37 mins; October 29, 2025
Are We Ready? | The China Reckoning, With Rush Doshi
39 mins; October 22, 2025
Civil-Military Relations Under Trump, With Kori Schake
35 mins; October 14, 2025
Two Years Since October 7, With Elliott Abrams and Ed Husain
37 mins; October 07, 2025
The Legality of Trump's Drug-Boat Strikes, With Matthew Waxman
35 mins; September 30, 2025
Russia Violates NATO Airspace, With Liana Fix
36 mins; September 25, 2025
The Golden Dome Missile Defense System, With Todd Harrison
34 mins; September 16, 2025
Africa’s Urban Youth Revolution, With Michelle Gavin
35 mins; September 09, 2025
Brewing Troubles in Colombia, With Roxanna Vigil
30 mins; September 02, 2025
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for a Realist Foreign Policy, With Stephen Walt
35 mins; August 26, 2025
The Trump-Putin Summit, With Michael Kimmage
33 mins; August 19, 2025
TPI Replay: The Eurasia Challenge, With Hal Brands
36 mins; August 12, 2025
The Thai-Cambodian Border Clash, With Joshua Kurlantzick
29 mins; August 05, 2025
Donald Trump’s Russia Ultimatum, With Liana Fix
34 mins; July 29, 2025
Brazil and the BRICS, With Oliver Stuenkel
34 mins; July 22, 2025
The Future of U.S. Foreign Aid, With William Henagan
34 mins; July 15, 2025
The Elusive Ceasefire in Gaza, With Elliott Abrams
32 mins; July 08, 2025
TPI Replay: The Fourth of July, With Jack Rakove
35 mins; July 01, 2025
SPECIAL EPISODE | Answering Your Questions on the U.S. Airstrikes on Iran, With Erin Dumbacher
32 mins; June 26, 2025
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: A Return to Spheres of Influence, With Sarang Shidore
34 mins; June 24, 2025
Israel Strikes Iran, With Steven Cook
34 mins; June 17, 2025
Zbigniew Brzezinski, With Edward Luce
36 mins; June 10, 2025
The China-Philippines Standoff, With Derek Grossman
34 mins; June 03, 2025
The United States and South Africa, With Reuben Brigety
31 mins; May 27, 2025
The India-Pakistan Crisis, With Ĺ umit Ganguly
32 mins; May 20, 2025
The Iran Nuclear Talks, With Karim Sadjadpour
39 mins; May 13, 2025
The U.S.-China Trade War, With Zoe Liu
34 mins; May 06, 2025
Trump's First 100 Days, With Carla Anne Robbins and Matthias Matthijs
38 mins; April 29, 2025
Climate Change Realism on Earth Day 2025, With Varun Sivaram
37 mins; April 22, 2025
Trump’s Plan for the Panama Canal, With Will Freeman
31 mins; April 15, 2025
Confronting the China Challenge, With Dmitri Alperovitch
45 mins; April 08, 2025
Germany's Rearmament, With Sophia Besch
34 mins; April 01, 2025
The New Era of Economic Warfare, With Edward Fishman
41 mins; March 25, 2025
Conflict in Eastern Congo, With Mvemba Dizolele
31 mins; March 18, 2025
U.S. Space Policy, With Nina Armagno and Jane Harman
33 mins; March 11, 2025
Reporting from China, With Jane Perlez
33 mins; March 04, 2025
Trump’s Peace Plan for Ukraine, With Liana Fix and Charles A. Kupchan
37 mins; February 25, 2025
Modi Meets Trump, With Tanvi Madan
33 mins; February 18, 2025
New Podcast Spotlight: The Interconnect
30 mins; February 14, 2025
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: A World in Permanent Crisis, With Robert Kaplan
29 mins; February 11, 2025
DeepSeek Upends AI Competition, With Adam Segal
32 mins; February 04, 2025
The Gaza Cease-Fire, With Steven Cook
30 mins; January 28, 2025
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Eurasia Challenge, With Hal Brands
36 mins; January 21, 2025
Trump's Immigration Policy, with Edward Alden (Transition 2025, Episode 9)
34 mins; January 14, 2025
Iran Reacts to Trump’s Victory, With Ray Takeyh (Transition 2025, Episode 8)
36 mins; January 07, 2025
TPI Replay: The Case for Multipolar Pluralism, With Stephen Heintz
32 mins; December 31, 2024
TPI Replay: The Case for Liberal Realism, With Charles A. Kupchan
37 mins; December 24, 2024
China Reacts to Trump’s Election, With Zoe Liu (Transition 2025, Episode 7)
34 mins; December 17, 2024
Japan Reacts to Trump’s Victory, With Sheila Smith (Transition 2025, Episode 6)
39 mins; December 10, 2024
Latin America Reacts to Trump’s Election, With Will Freeman (Transition 2025, Episode 5)
29 mins; December 03, 2024
Europe Reacts to Trump’s Victory, With Liana Fix and Matthias Matthijs (Transition 2025, Episode 4)
39 mins; November 26, 2024
Trump’s National Security Appointees, With Christopher M. Tuttle (Transition 2025, Episode 3)
31 mins; November 19, 2024
Trump and the Middle East, With Steven A. Cook (Transition 2025, Episode 2)
35 mins; November 12, 2024
Staffing a New Administration, With Stephen Hadley (Transition 2025, Episode 1)
37 mins; November 05, 2024
The Axis of Autocracies Challenge, With Jennifer Kavanagh and Andrea Kendall-Taylor (Election 2024, Episode 7)
49 mins; October 29, 2024
The China Challenge, With Liza Tobin and Jake Werner (Election 2024, Episode 6)
46 mins; October 22, 2024
The Taiwan Challenge, With Oriana Mastro and David Sacks (Election 2024, Episode 5)
48 mins; October 15, 2024
The Middle East Challenge, With Steven A. Cook and Amy Hawthorne (Election 2024, Episode 4)
48 mins; October 08, 2024
The Trade Challenge, With Edward Alden and Ana Swanson (Election 2024, Episode 3)
39 mins; October 01, 2024
The Climate Challenge, With Alice Hill and Varun Sivaram (Election 2024, Episode 2)
43 mins; September 24, 2024
The Russia Challenge, With Liana Fix and Thomas Graham (Election 2024, Episode 1)
40 mins; September 17, 2024
Ronald Reagan on U.S. Global Leadership, with Max Boot
33 mins; September 10, 2024
A Wider Middle East War, With Steven Cook
33 mins; September 03, 2024
Ukraine’s Attack on Kursk, With Liana Fix
34 mins; August 27, 2024
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for Multipolar Pluralism, With Stephen Heintz
32 mins; August 20, 2024
America’s China Strategy, With Rush Doshi
37 mins; August 13, 2024
Silicon Valley and the Future of Warfare, With Christopher Kirchhoff and Raj M. Shah
32 mins; August 05, 2024
A New U.S. Grand Strategy: The Case for Liberal Realism, With Charles A. Kupchan
37 mins; July 30, 2024
A U.S.-China Cold War, With Robin Niblett
36 mins; July 23, 2024
The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism, With Stephen Flynn
32 mins; July 16, 2024
The Elections in Britain and France, With Matthias Matthijs and Daniela Schwarzer
38 mins; July 09, 2024
TPI Replay: The Fourth of July, With Jack Rakove
33 mins; July 02, 2024
The U.S. Pivot to Asia, With Robert D. Blackwill and Richard Fontaine
37 mins; June 25, 2024
Sudan’s Ongoing Civil War, With Michelle Gavin
29 mins; June 18, 2024
The Right Surges in EU Elections, With Liana Fix and Matthias Mattijs
34 mins; June 11, 2024
U.S. Policy in the Middle East, With Steven A. Cook
32 mins; June 04, 2024
Mexico’s Presidential Election, With Andrés Rozental
42 mins; May 28, 2024
America’s New Cold Wars, With David Sanger
38 mins; May 21, 2024
The Impact of AI on Warfare, With Andrew Reddie
33 mins; May 14, 2024