On this week’s episode host Richard Aldous speaks with Larry Diamond about a potential crisis brewing for liberal democracy.

On this week’s episode, host Richard Aldous speaks with Dimitar Bechev about his new book, Rival Power: Russia in Southeast Europe.

On this week’s episode, host Richard Aldous speaks with Anne Applebaum about her new book, Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine.

On this week’s episode host Richard Aldous speaks with Kirk Bennett about Ukraine and Russia before discussing Trump’s incompetence with Nils Gilman.

Relevant Reading:Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America’s Power Meghan O’SullivanThe Russian Interference Racket Sean Keeley Good evening listeners! We have a great show for you this week, as host Richard Aldous speaks with Meghan O’Sullivan about her new book about global energy abundance, before discussing election interference from Moscow […]

On this week’s episode, host Richard Aldous speaks with Henri Barkey about America’s relationship with Erdogan’s Turkey.

On this week’s episode, host Richard Aldous speaks with Adam Garfinkle about the case for taking down all Civil War memorials, before discussing the tech industry’s attempted take-down of resurgent white nationalism online.

Host Richard Aldous speaks with Aparna Pande about India, Afghanistan, and—who else?—Donald Trump.

On this week’s episode host Richard Aldous speaks with Amir Tibon about Mahmoud Abbas’s role in Palestinian politics before discussing the potential for a Zuma dynasty with Matthew Taylor King.

On this week’s episode host Richard Aldous speaks with Damir Marusic about the Russia policy cobbled together by Trump’s cabinet before speaking with Rasha Al Aqeedi about the legacy of a destroyed minaret in Mosul.