Podcast: How can Europe react to Trump’s threats to NATO?

I talked to ⁠Edward Hunter Christie⁠, Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA). If you enjoy what I do, please support me on Ko-fi! Thank you.

May 2018, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump. Credit: NATO

Podcast: What to expect from the Republican primaries? Will it be Trump or can DeSantis or Haley still hope?

I talked to Steffen Schmidt, Lucken Endowed Professor of Political Science Emeritus, Iowa State University.  If you enjoy what I do, please support me on Ko-fi! Thank you.

Donald Trump. Credit: donaldjtrump.com

Podcast: Is Putin’s regime too resilient and Trump too dangerous? My conversation with former US Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff

I talked to Michael Chertoff⁠, Ex-Secretary of Homeland Security from 2005 to 2009. If you enjoy what I do, please support me on Ko-fi! Thank you.

Michael Chertoff. Credit: globsec.org

What to expect from the Joe Biden-Xi Jinping meeting?

I might be wrong but I would say that we cannot expect too much from the Joe Biden-Xi Jinping meeting (Nov 15th). But in your opinion what are the issues the US President will emphasize in tomorrow taks, and why, and what about his Chinese counterpart, what will be  Xi’s priorities? Read a few comments. 

General Secretary of the CCP Xi Jinping and the US President Joe Biden. Credit: english.www.gov.cn, whitehouse.gov

Podcast: Ex-defense secretary Mark Esper: Trump would try to pull the US out of NATO and South Korea

I talked to former defense secretary Mark Esper.  If you enjoy what I do, please support me on Ko-fi! Thank you.

Ex-defense secretary Mark Esper. Credit: GLOBSEC

Podcast: Former UN inspector in Iraq: CIA lied. The story about wrong intelligence does not withstand scrutiny

I talked to Robert Kelley, Former International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspector in Iraq, Distinguished Associate Fellow at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).  If you enjoy what I do, please support me on Ko-fi! Thank you.

Will midterm elections weaken US support for Ukraine?

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy signaled that the GOP-led House will likely oppose more aid to Ukraine.  Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell disagrees and Democrats also added something to this debate. But do you think it could really be a problem, especially if a significant number of Trumpists get into the House? Or it probably won’t be a big issue, and why?  Read a few comments.

US President Joe Biden at NATO summit in Brussels. Credit: NATO.org

Will/should the US exchange Brittney Griner for Viktor Bout?

Read a few comments.

Brittney Griner. Credit: https://www.teamusa.org/

Successes and failures: Joe Biden’s first year in foreign policy

After one year of being in the White House, what is the biggest foreign policy success/successes of Joe Biden’s Presidency and what about his biggest foreign policy failure/failures, and why? Read a few comment.

US President Joe Biden at NATO summit in Brussels. Credit: NATO

Summit for Democracy: But what about democracy in America?

President Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy takes place amid broader trends in global politics that at least some observers characterize also by the rise of authoritarianism. But while an idea that democratic countries should cooperate probably makes a lot of sense, how much could this summit be overshadowed by concerns, and I dare to say by legitimate concerns, about the state of US democracy and would you say that Biden should address it? Read a few comments.

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