U.S. Foreign Policy

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, looks at a map with Ukraine Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 19, 2022. On a visit to Kyiv to show support for Ukraine, the top U.S. diplomat said Ukrainians should prepare for difficult days. He said Washington would keep providing defence assistance to Ukraine and renewed a promise of severe sanctions against Russia in the event of a new invasion.

Ukraine in the age of unpeace

Mark Leonard, Fiona Hill, and Jason Cowley

European Power

Friday, July 15, 2022

Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel Yair Lapid (C) and Israeli Prime minister Naftali Bennet (2nd R) shake hands following the government dissolving vote session at the Israeli Knesset. Yair Lapid is to take over from Bennett as head of government until a new government is in office. Ilia Yefimovich/dpa

Episode V: Israel’s caretaker

Thursday, June 30, 2022

File photo - French President Emmanuel Macron (up) flies over Gao inside a military helicopter during a visit to France's Barkhane counter-terrorism operation in Africa's Sahel region, northern Mali, 19 May 2017. French President's visit in Mali is his first trip outside Europe since his inauguration on 14 May 2017. - The French army announced the "neutralization" in Mali, by the Barkhane force of Bah ag Moussa, military leader of the Rally for the Victory of Islam and Muslims (RVIM), a group affiliated with Al-Qaeda, and the one of the historical cadres of the jihadist movement in the Sahel. Photo by Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Debating al-Qaida

Daniel L. Byman, Asfandyar Mir, and Benjamin Wittes

The Lawfare Podcast

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party wave flags as they gather to listen to the speech of the ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan during a rally, in Lahore, Pakistan April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

After Khan, Pakistan’s political instability meets great power competition

Madiha Afzal and Brian Hanson

Deep Dish Podcast

Thursday, April 21, 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses South Korean parliament via video link, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 11, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

Can Ukraine win — and what happens if Russia loses?

Fiona Hill and Ezra Klein

The Ezra Klein Show

Friday, April 8, 2022

أعلام خارج مقر حلف شمال الأطلسي في بروكسل ببلجيكا يوم 21 أكتوبر تشرين الأول 2021. تصوير: باسكال روسينول - رويترز.

How Ukraine is changing European security

Célia Belin, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and Scott R. Anderson

The Lawfare Podcast

Monday, March 14, 2022

Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria December 3, 2021. EU Delegation in Vienna/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Iran’s nuclear aspirations

Suzanne Maloney and Fred Dews

Friday, February 18, 2022

How is US, NATO diplomacy addressing Russian troop buildup?

Angela Stent and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, February 10, 2022

Military personnel from the 82nd Airborne Division and 18th Airborne Corps board a C-17 transport plane for deployment to Eastern Europe, amid escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S., February 3, 2022. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The Ukraine crisis: Will there be war?

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Alan Stoga

Power in the 21st century

Thursday, February 3, 2022

Afghan Islamic Taliban fighters fire a Soviet-made cannon against former government forces on the front line, 30 km north of the Afghan capital, Kabul, November 5. [The dismissal of the Pakistan's government of Prime Minister Benazir-Bhutto could have important ramifications for Afghanistan's Taleban militia, now locked in war with a northern alliance.]

What we won: America’s secret war in Afghanistan, 1979-1989

Bruce Riedel and David Israelachvili

David's Politics Show

Friday, January 28, 2022