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Fault Lines, the National Security Institute’s flagship podcast, gets you quickly up to speed, three-times-a-week, on the national security and foreign policy debates shaking up America.Our regular cast of foreign policy experts includes NSI Founder and Executive Director Jamil N. Jaffer, NSI Advisory Board Member Lester Munson, and NSI Senior Fellows Morgan Viña, and Jessica Jones. Tune in to learn more about the issues dominating headlines and the news stories you may have missed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fault Lines Episode 578: Artemis II: Space Race or New Fantastic Four?

11 mins; April 03, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 577: Tankers and Tehran: Russia Fills the Gap

12 mins; April 01, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 576: Moscow's Iranian Gambit

11 mins; March 30, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 575: Pakistan, the Resurgence No One Saw Coming

11 mins; March 27, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 574: Who will be the Persian Delcy Rodriguez?

9 mins; March 25, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 573: Missiles and Mixed Signals

12 mins; March 23, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 572: Make Ammunition Great Again?

11 mins; March 20, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 571: Trump and NATO: Friends or Frenemies?

8 mins; March 18, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 570: A New Chapter for Cuba?

11 mins; March 16, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 569: AI in the Crosshairs: Anthropic vs the DoD

8 mins; March 13, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 568: Trump and Xi: A Summit Without a Plan?

7 mins; March 11, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 567: Iran Into Week Two

11 mins; March 09, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 566: One Week of War: What Comes Next?

9 mins; March 06, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 565: Strikes, Retaliation, and the Risk of a Wider War

12 mins; March 04, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 564: Epic Fury: Iran After Khamenei

15 mins; March 02, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 563: Caribbean Crossfire

8 mins; February 27, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 562: State of the Union: Substance or Show

11 mins; February 25, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 561: More Than Medals: The Politics of the Winter Games

9 mins; February 23, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 560: The Board of Peace: A New Model for Gaza?

8 mins; February 20, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 559: Nigeria: Security Support or Strategic Signal?

10 mins; February 18, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 558: Olympic Curling Scandal and Rubio Speech: This Week in Europe

15 mins; February 16, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 557: Fueling the Regime: Oil, Sanctions, and Security in Cuba

10 mins; February 13, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 556: Netanyahu in Washington: The Iran Calculus

10 mins; February 11, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 555: Japan's New Mandate

10 mins; February 09, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 554: A New New START?

10 mins; February 06, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 553: Backyard Reset: Panama, Colombia, and Washington’s Regional Reboot

10 mins; February 04, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 552: Sudan, Regional Rivals, and U.S. Interests

10 mins; February 02, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 551: Between Rhetoric and Reality: What’s Going on in Iran

12 mins; January 30, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 550: Inside the New National Defense Strategy

11 mins; January 28, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 549: Chinese Military Purges: Fault Lines or Pacman?

8 mins; January 26, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 548: Groundhog Day in Ukraine: Is Peace Any Closer?

11 mins; January 23, 2026

Fault Lines Episode 547: Tilting at Windmills in Greenland?

11 mins; January 21, 2026

Episode 546: Fun Friday: America’s Best (and Worst) Foreign Policy Calls

14 mins; January 16, 2026

Episode 545: The U.S. Weighs It’s Iran Options

9 mins; January 14, 2026

Episode 544: Iran on the Edge: Protest, Pressure, and Power

10 mins; January 12, 2026

Episode 543: Trump, Greenland, and the Arctic Scramble

11 mins; January 09, 2026

Episode 542: Promises and Peace: Can Security Guarantees End the War in Ukraine?

11 mins; January 07, 2026

Episode 541: Operation Maximum Resolve - Regime Tailoring?

13 mins; January 05, 2026

Episode 540: The Holiday Special - Unwrapping 2025

44 mins; December 22, 2025

Episode 539: Live from RNDF: Ambassador Yui

26 mins; December 19, 2025

Episode 538: Live from RNDF: Mina Faltas and Dmitri Alperovitch

30 mins; December 17, 2025

Episode 537: Live from RNDF: Congressman Don Bacon

24 mins; December 15, 2025

Episode 536: Live from RNDF: Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster

32 mins; December 12, 2025

Episode 535: Live from RNDF: Dan Jablonsky

20 mins; December 10, 2025

RNDF Special Series: Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy

20 mins; December 08, 2025

Episode 533: Five Hours in Moscow: Diplomacy, Dead Ends, and What Comes Next

9 mins; December 03, 2025

Episode 532: After the Strike, Venezuela, Oversight, and Escalation

14 mins; December 01, 2025

Episode 531: Written in Red? The Peace Plan Raising Alarms

10 mins; November 24, 2025

Episode 530: The Ukraine Peace Plan — Ceasefire or Capitulation?

12 mins; November 21, 2025

Episode 529: Saudi Arabia Returns to the White House

14 mins; November 19, 2025

Episode 528: A House of Dynamite — How Real Is Netflix’s New Nuclear Thriller?

13 mins; November 17, 2025

Episode 527: Baghdad at the Ballot Box: What Iraq’s Election Means for the U.S.

8 mins; November 14, 2025

Episode 526: Power Projection or Overreach? U.S. Fleet Heads to the Caribbean

8 mins; November 12, 2025

Episode 525: Anchors Away? U.S. Sinks Global Shipping Tax Vote

10 mins; November 10, 2025

Episode 524: Sanctions to State Visit: Syria’s Trip to Washington

8 mins; November 07, 2025

Episode 523: Tanzania’s Turning Point?

9 mins; November 05, 2025

Episode 522: Guns Ablazing - Trump Signals Possible Troop Move to Nigeria

13 mins; November 03, 2025

Episode 521: Here Today, Gone To-Mali

14 mins; October 31, 2025

Episode 520: Critical Minerals, Critical Allies: The U.S.-Japan Minerals Deal Explained

14 mins; October 29, 2025

Episode 519: Talks in Transition: Can the U.S. and China Cool the Conflict?

9 mins; October 27, 2025

Episode 518: Russia Round Up: Sanctions, Strategy, and the Next Phase of Pressure

9 mins; October 24, 2025

Episode 517: Rare Earths and Realpolitik: Inside the U.S. Australia Deal

10 mins; October 22, 2025

Episode 516: Bogotá or Bust?

8 mins; October 21, 2025

Episode 515: Tomahawks and Tensions: Trump’s Next Move on Ukraine

11 mins; October 17, 2025

Episode 514: Madagascar in Motion: Gen Z’s Push for Change

11 mins; October 15, 2025

Episode 513: Shaking Up America — Trump, Gaza, and the Ripple Effects of Peace

10 mins; October 13, 2025

Episode 512: Breaking Ground: Israel, Hamas and the First Phase of Peace

9 mins; October 10, 2025

Episode 511: Prague at a Crossroads: Czech Elections and Europe’s Populist Wave

13 mins; October 08, 2025

Episode 510: Hostages, Hardlines, and Hope in Egypt

9 mins; October 06, 2025

Episode 509: Pentagon Under Pressure

11 mins; October 03, 2025

Episode 508: Gaza Peace Plan: Real Deal or Repeat?

8 mins; October 01, 2025

Episode 507: Iran: Sanctions Snap Back

11 mins; September 29, 2025

Episode 506: The F-35, the S-400, and the Future of U.S.–Turkey Defense Relations

10 mins; September 26, 2025

Episode 505: Showmanship or Strategy? Trump’s UN Address

12 mins; September 24, 2025

Episode 504: Probes and Provocations: Russia Tests Estonia – and NATO

8 mins; September 22, 2025

Episode 503: Pageantry or Progress? Trump’s UK State Visit

11 mins; September 19, 2025

Episode 502: Sinking Cartels: The U.S. Takes on Narco-Traffickers

11 mins; September 17, 2025

Episode 501: In the Danger Zone: Russia’s Drones Cross NATO Lines

8 mins; September 15, 2025

Episode 500: Defining the Next Era of National Security

42 mins; September 12, 2025

Episode 499: Operation Summit of Fire: Israel Strikes in Doha

8 mins; September 10, 2025

Episode 498: Russia’s Biggest Strike Yet—What’s Next for Ukraine and the U.S.?

12 mins; September 08, 2025

Episode 497: Salt Typhoon — China’s Cyber Blitz

17 mins; September 05, 2025

Episode 496: FAFO Doctrine: Israel’s Strike on the Houthis

10 mins; September 03, 2025

Episode 495: Axis on Parade: Kim, Xi, and Putin in Beijing

12 mins; August 29, 2025

Fault Lines 494: Seoul Searching in Washington

9 mins; August 27, 2025

Episode 493: Intelligence Under Fire: The DIA Shakeup

10 mins; August 25, 2025

Episode 492: From Cartels to Caracas: U.S. Priorities in Latin America

12 mins; August 22, 2025

Episode 491: Euros Take Their Turn in the Center Ring

12 mins; August 20, 2025

Episode 490: Alaska Fallout: Trump, Putin, and Ukraine’s Fight for Survival

9 mins; August 18, 2025

Episode 489: Exporting Risk? Trump Greenlights Chip Sales to China

12 mins; August 15, 2025

Episode 488: Tariff Timeout: Trump’s 90-Day Pause with China

12 mins; August 13, 2025

Episode 487: Cold Front Diplomacy: Trump, Putin, and the Ukraine Question

18 mins; August 11, 2025

Episode 486: Moonshot or Moon Mirage?

13 mins; August 08, 2025

Episode 485: Taiwan: Recall, Rejection, and Regional Tension

9 mins; August 06, 2025

Episode 484: Unconfirmed and Unprepared?

12 mins; August 04, 2025

Fault Lines 483: Tariff Truce or Temporary Fix?

9 mins; August 01, 2025

Episode 482: Temples, Tariffs, & Tensions: The Thai-Cambodian Conflict

8 mins; July 30, 2025

Episode 481: Food Aid, Ceasefires, and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

10 mins; July 28, 2025

Episode 480: AI Edge: Trump’s Bid for Tech Supremacy

8 mins; July 25, 2025

Episode 479: Global Exit Strategy: The U.S. and UNESCO

11 mins; July 23, 2025

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