The Big Picture: Midterms and the World
James Fallows, National Correspondent for The Atlantic, and Ryan Avent, online economics editor for The Economist, look at how then U.S. midterms are playing around the world and at how the election...
View ArticleWhy Americans Choose War
From the American Revolution to the end of World War II, the United States spent 19 years at war against other nations. But since 1950, it has spent 22 years and counting. Noted scholar Richard E....
View ArticleOur Man in Tehran
Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor talks about his involvement with the rescue missions to free the hostages in Iran in 1981. His work as the “de facto CIA station chief” has just recently been...
View ArticleHenry Kissinger Interview Part 3: Middle East
Over three decades have passed since Henry Kissinger served as Secretary of State for the Richard Nixon, and then Gerald Ford, and his advice is still sought and respected by politicians and world...
View ArticlePakistan: Playing with Fire
Pamela Constable, foreign correspondent and former deputy editor at The Washington Post, discusses Pakistan, a volatile nation at the heart of major cultural, political, and religious conflicts in the...
View ArticleCan Intervention Work?
Rory Stewart, a member of the British Parliament, discusses political and military interventions and examines what we can—and cannot—achieve through "nation building." Can Intervention Work?, written...
View ArticleRemembering Richard Holbrooke
Kati Marton, Richard Holbrooke’s widow;James Traub, contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine; and Reuters columnist David Rohde, talk about the career of Richard Holbrooke, who was a pivotal...
View ArticleAndrea Mitchell on Politics
Andrea Mitchell, NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of Andrea Mitchell Reportson MSNBC, discusses national politics.
View ArticleOpinion: The GOP's Dumb Pivot to Foreign Affairs
It's a bad sign for Republicans if their candidate is trying to focus the debate back on international security.Traditionally, Republicans talked wars and Democrats talked jobs. Over the past four...
View ArticleFormer US Ambassador to China Says Chen Solution was ‘Elegant’
Chen Guangcheng’s decision to seek refuge at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing suggests it is "the safest place in China," former U.S. Ambassador to China said in a talk organized by the National Committee...
View ArticleRomney's Visit to Poland Applauded in Brooklyn's Greenpoint
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s overseas trip has left his team struggling to explain some of the remarks he made in Great Britain and Israel. But in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, some Poles expressed...
View ArticleThe Dangers of Unilateralism for the U.S.
Are the Americans out of control? Is the fiscal cliff math, the denial ridden presidential campaign and the whimsical pattern of federal regulations over the financial sector trying the patience of the...
View ArticleChina and the World Since 1750
Historian Odd Arne Westad traces China’s foreign affairs over the past 250 years, identifying the forces that will likely determine the country’s future. In Restless Empire: China and the World Since...
View ArticleOpen Phones: Your U.S. Cultural Ambassador Picks
Amanda Dobbins, writer for New York Magazine's Vulture blog, helps callers answer the question: Which American would you select as cultural ambassador, where would you send them and why? Call...
View ArticleChina: The Game Changer
Elizabeth Economy, senior fellow and director for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, talks to Brian about his reflections on China and her piece "The Game Changer" about China's diplomacy.
View ArticleThe Situation in Pakistan
New York Times reporter Declan Walsh in Islamabad and Marvin Weinbaum, who served as analyst for Pakistan and Afghanistan in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research from 1999...
View ArticleJay and Bey in Cuba: An Explainer
Julia Sweig, Senior Fellow and Director of Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, explains whether or not Jay-Z and Beyoncé's trip to...
View ArticlePresident Obama in Mexico
President Obama is visiting Mexico Thursday. Shannon O'Neil, senior fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of Two Nations Indivisible: Mexico, the United...
View ArticleU.S. Raids in Africa
Karen DeYoung, senior national security correspondent and associate editor at The Washington Post, discusses the U.S. military raids in Africa over the weekend. She has reported on what the...
View ArticleWill US Forces Withdraw from Afghanistan?
This week, John Kerry announced that a security pact between the US and Afghanistan had been agreed upon. But in a surprise announcement just a day later, Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced the...
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