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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.

Episode 186: New START of Arms Race?

9 mins; February 24, 2023

Episode 185: Wildlife vs. Oil

9 mins; February 22, 2023

Episode 184: The Ukraine War Turns One Year Old

9 mins; February 20, 2023

Episode 183: Twin Quakes in Syria and Turkey Highlight Relief Challenges

8 mins; February 17, 2023

Episode 182: Putin’s Playbook Turns its Page to Moldova

7 mins; February 15, 2023

Episode 181: From Balloons to Arms Control?

9 mins; February 13, 2023

Episode 180: DeathStar Link: Russian Bots Celebrate

9 mins; February 10, 2023

Episode 179: Russia-Iran: An Explosive Relationship

9 mins; February 08, 2023

Episode 178: The Balloon That Popped

9 mins; February 06, 2023

Episode 177: Middle East Tensions Boiling Over?

9 mins; February 03, 2023

Episode 176: South Korea’s Security Jitters

9 mins; February 01, 2023

Episode 175: China Concerns

8 mins; January 30, 2023

Episode 174: Protests in Peru: More than Machu Picchu

8 mins; January 27, 2023

Episode 173: Turkey Toppling NATO’s Future?

9 mins; January 25, 2023

Episode 172: Who’s at Home in Haiti?

9 mins; January 23, 2023

Episode 171: Is the U.S. Tanking on Ukraine Military Aid?

7 mins; January 20, 2023

Episode 170: China Changes?

9 mins; January 18, 2023

Episode 169: Big Trouble in Big Brazil

8 mins; January 13, 2023

Episode 168: The Diplomatic Race to Africa

7 mins; January 11, 2023

Episode 167: The Return of the MBS?

8 mins; January 09, 2023

Episode 166: 11 Degrees of Kevin McCarthy

9 mins; January 06, 2023

Episode 165: The Taliban’s Ban on Women Working for NGOs

9 mins; January 04, 2023

Episode 164: 2022 Holiday Edition

47 mins; December 16, 2022

Episode 163: PATRIOTism - More Missiles for Ukraine; But is There an Endgame?

8 mins; December 14, 2022

Episode 162: Can the U.S. Depoliticize Detained Americans?

9 mins; December 12, 2022

Episode 161: Reagan National Defense Forum Pt. 4 - Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky

21 mins; December 08, 2022

Episode 160: Reagan National Defense Forum Pt. 3 - Ellen Lord

13 mins; December 07, 2022

Episode 159: Reagan National Defense Forum Pt. 2 - Dr. Nadia Schadlow

12 mins; December 06, 2022

Episode 158: Reagan National Defense Forum Kick-off - Rep. Elissa Slotkin

16 mins; December 05, 2022

Episode 157: The EU, Russian Oil, and Rising Prices: The Biden Dilemma

9 mins; December 02, 2022

Episode 156: UN - Cuba Embargo

8 mins; November 30, 2022

Episode 155: Return of the Bibi

8 mins; November 28, 2022

Episode 154: Haiti - Neighbor in Crisis

9 mins; November 23, 2022

Episode 153: Iran Goes After the Kurds

8 mins; November 21, 2022

Episode 152: North Korean Missiles

9 mins; November 18, 2022

Episode 151: Kerry, Maduro, and U.S. Policy Towards Venezuela

9 mins; November 16, 2022

Episode 150: Biden meets Xi

10 mins; November 14, 2022

Episode 149: Brittney Griner

9 mins; November 11, 2022

Episode 148: Foreign Interference in America Elections – How Worried Should We Be?

8 mins; November 09, 2022

Episode 147: Olaf Scholz Goes to China

9 mins; November 07, 2022

Episode 146: Grain Wars or Grain Wins?

8 mins; November 04, 2022

Episode 145: Iranian Protests

8 mins; November 02, 2022

Episode 144: COP27

10 mins; October 31, 2022

Breaking Chains: Series Finale - The Islamic Republic of Iran

48 mins; September 08, 2022

Special Episode: Afghanistan - One Year On

30 mins; August 31, 2022

Breaking Chains: North Korea – It’s All About Survival

39 mins; August 24, 2022

Breaking Chains: Democracy’s Role in Countering Authoritarianism

34 mins; August 17, 2022

Breaking Chains: How the United States Tackles Religious Persecution Abroad

29 mins; August 10, 2022

Breaking Chains: Russia's War Crimes In Ukraine

34 mins; August 05, 2022

Special Episode: Building a Safer Cryptoverse

50 mins; August 02, 2022

Breaking Chains: Inside the PRC’s Surveillance State

38 mins; July 27, 2022

Special Episode: Sri Lanka - A Country in Free Fall

33 mins; July 20, 2022

Episode 134: Exploring Boundaries with Taiwan, IPEF, and War Crimes

48 mins; June 01, 2022

Episode 133: On the Ground in Ukraine

21 mins; May 25, 2022

Special Episode: Energy: An Abundant Fuel for Geopolitics

36 mins; May 20, 2022

Episode 132: Vikings Join NATO and Xi's IP Dilemma

38 mins; May 18, 2022

Episode 131: The Economic War Over Ukraine

31 mins; May 11, 2022

Episode 130: Sending the Right Signal: Ukraine, Japan and New Zealand

41 mins; May 04, 2022

Episode 129: Is India the Linchpin of the Evolving World Order?

42 mins; April 27, 2022

Episode 128: Overton Windows & Lockdown

39 mins; April 20, 2022

Episode 127: Public Diplomacy and Great Power Competition

28 mins; April 13, 2022

Episode 126: Ukraine, Cyber Threats and Wither Honiara?

29 mins; April 06, 2022

Episode 125: Battlestar Galactica

28 mins; March 30, 2022

Fault Lines 124: A Golden Bridge?

37 mins; March 23, 2022

Episode 123: Crypto is Having a Moment

39 mins; March 16, 2022

Episode 122: Unspooling the Russian Invasion

38 mins; March 09, 2022

Episode 121: What’s New Cyber Cat?

23 mins; March 02, 2022

Special Episode: Russian Invasion of Ukraine

43 mins; February 25, 2022

Episode 119: Russia Invades Ukraine & Who’s Bombing the Moon?

39 mins; February 23, 2022

Episode 118: China’s Wolf Warriors with Peter Martin

28 mins; February 17, 2022

Episode 117: Chips and Missiles!

36 mins; February 09, 2022

Episode 116: Improbable Political Prisoner: the Case of Paul Rusesabagina

26 mins; February 02, 2022

Episode 115: Some Week: Eruption, Arrest and Invasion!

39 mins; January 27, 2022

Episode 114: The New 'Great Game'?: Assessing U.S.-China Competition in Africa with Morgan Viña and Lester Munson

27 mins; January 19, 2022

Episode 113: An Emboldened Russia?

38 mins; January 12, 2022

Episode 112: Putin's Maneuvers with Fred Kagan

34 mins; January 05, 2022

Special Episode: Mandatory Cyber-Reporting - A Debate

39 mins; December 30, 2021

Episode 111: 2021 Festivus Edition

42 mins; December 22, 2021

Episode 110: Biden-Putin Call and Iran Talks

49 mins; December 15, 2021

Episode 109: Beijing Olympics and Sports Diplomacy with Capt. Corey Ray

33 mins; December 09, 2021

Episode 108: Russian Threat to Ukraine and Hypersonic Missiles

38 mins; December 01, 2021

Special Episode: Escalation on the Ukraine Border - A Debate

27 mins; November 24, 2021

Episode 107: Changing the Zero-Sum Victory with Chris Kolenda

47 mins; November 23, 2021

Episode 106: Pyongyangization

37 mins; November 18, 2021

Episode 105: Gender and National Security with Gina Bennett

37 mins; November 10, 2021

Episode 104: Sudan Coup and SolarWinds Redux

39 mins; November 04, 2021

Episode 103: Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace with Michael Krepon

32 mins; October 28, 2021

Episode 102: Taiwan Test and Supply Chain Scares

50 mins; October 21, 2021

Episode 101: NSI’s Past, Present, and Future with Jamil Jaffer, Founder and Executive Director

38 mins; October 13, 2021

Episode 100: Future Challenges

46 mins; October 07, 2021

Episode 99: Ford v. Harman: A NatSec Debate

36 mins; September 29, 2021

Episode 98: Little Problems in Big China

41 mins; September 22, 2021

Episode 97: Rescue, Recovery, and Refugees: Afghanistan with Congressman Seth Moulton

20 mins; September 15, 2021

Episode 96: After Afghanistan

44 mins; September 08, 2021

Episode 95: The Road Ahead: A Further Discussion on Afghanistan with Ryan Browne

43 mins; September 01, 2021

Episode 94: Afghanistan Airlift

52 mins; August 25, 2021

Episode 93: The Caribbean with Caleb McCarry

37 mins; August 20, 2021

Special Episode: The National Security Implications of Afghanistan

30 mins; August 18, 2021

Episode 92: Special Sports Edition - Beijing, Boycotts, and Beyond

41 mins; August 11, 2021

Episode 91: Principled Conservatism with Dr. Christopher Ford

39 mins; August 04, 2021

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