The Debate

Author Gordon Chang and Professor Kishore Mahbubani of the Asia Research Institute join The Debate to discuss how the West should handle future relations with China. Are they on the brink of collapse or will they surpass the U.S. as a global superpower in the next 50 years? You can read excerpt from this episode's debaters, as well as previous episodes at www.newsweek.com/the-debateSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

American political commentators and columnists Zaid Jilani and Noah Rothman join the debate to discuss the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. The Debate team will find out whether this is a long overdue solution, or a stain on our nation. You can read excerpts from this episode's debaters, as well as previous episodes at www.newsweek.com/the-debate. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Benjamin Wittes, journalist and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute, and American political commentator Liz Wheeler join us to discuss whether the government or private business can mandate vaccinations. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Beth Allison Barr, author and Medieval Studies Professor at Baylor University, and Bethany Mandel, editor at Ricochet and contributing author to Desert News, join us to find and debate the answer to the question of how modern women fit into traditional religion.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

James Taylor, president of The Heartland Institute, and Heather Goldstone, chief communications officer at the Woodwell Climate Research Center, join us to debate how terrified we should be about global warming.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Colion Noir, popular gun rights activist, attorney and host of the web series NOIR joins us for an explosive debate over the 2nd amendment with John Rosenthal, Co-Founder of Stop Handgun Violence. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Yuval Levin, director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at AEI, and Martin Gurri, former CIA analyst specializing in the relationship of politics and global media, join us to debate and agree violently over the idea that people are losing faith in the American elite and the institutions that harbor them. This is the first episode where we have partnered with Pairagraph.com - A hub of discourse between pairs of notable individuals.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jill Filipovic, author of “Ok Boomer, Let’s Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind” joins culture writer Kat Rosenfield, co-host of the podcast Feminine Chaos to talk about #metoo, dating in the workplace, and shifting sexual mores.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Syndicated radio host Michael Medved debates R.R. Reno, Editor of First Things magazine, about the future of the Republican Party and where the party should go in the aftermath of the tumultuous Trump presidency.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Issac Bailey, author of "Why Didn't we Riot?" and Barrington Martin II, a former congressional candidate from Georgia, join us to debate a controversial topic that just keeps coming back into the news: critical race theory.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.