RealClearPolitics Podcast

RealClearPolitics president and co-founder Tom Bevan and Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon discuss the crisis in leadership among House Republicans and President Joe Biden's trip to Israel on today's RCP Takeaway podcast.

RealClearPolitics Takeaway: Guests include Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon, Peter Berkowitz, and Mary Kissel. Topics discussed include recent attack on Israel, Biden's approach to Iran, Trump's controversial remarks, Israel's unity amidst conflict, the role of the Secretary of State, and the impact of current events on elections.

On today’s episode we return to an interview with Jonathan Schanzer, Senior Vice President for Research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and the author of “Gaza Conflict 2021: Hamas, Israel and Eleven Days of War”.Host John Sorensen and RealClearDefense editor David Craig spoke with Schanzer in November of 2021 about an attack from earlier that year when Hamas launched more than four thousand rockets and mortars toward Israel killing 12 and injuring more than 100. Retaliatory Israeli air strikes resulted in the deaths of more than 200, including at least 129 civilians, and nearly 2000 injured, according to the United Nations.Schanzer details how the media covered the 2021 conflict, Iran's critical support for Hamas, and what Hamas’ strategy in Gaza means for the region.

RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan and Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon discuss the domestic political implications of the Israel-Hamas conflict, including the taking of American hostages.

RealClearPolitics president and cofounder Tom Bevan, Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon and Josh Kraushaar, senior political correspondent for Axios join Andrew Walworth on today's RCP Takeaway podcast.

As China’s military capabilities grow, discussions about the US posture in the Pacific often return to the question how large a force does the US need to deter or possibly confront the Chinese Navy? If China were to launch an attack on Taiwan, how do the US and Chinese navies match up?To find out, “Hot Wash” host John Sorensen speaks with Tom Shugart an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. During his twenty-five years in the US Navy, Shugart served as a submarine warfare officer on both fast attack and ballistic missile submarines, including as commander of the attack submarine USS Olympia from 2013 to 2016. He also served on the Joint Staff as the principal officer responsible for nuclear strike planning, as well as in the Defense Department’s Office of Net Assessment. "Follow Hot Wash on Twitter @hotwashrcdEmail comments and story suggestions to editors@realcleardefense.comSubscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash"Subscribe to the Morning Recon newsletterfor a daily roundup of news and opinion on the issues that matter for military, defense, veteran affairs, and national security.

RealClearPolitics president and co-founder Tom Bevan and Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon discuss the appointment of Laphonza Butler as the newest Senator from California, and the complicated rivalry between California governor Gavin Newsom and Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis.

Katherine Gehl, founder of The Institute for Political Innovation, discusses Final Five Voting, a system that aims to improve politics by changing incentives for elected officials. The podcast explores the impact of gerrymandering, the rise of independent candidates, and proposes Final Five voting as a solution to interrupt the self-reinforcing nature of the current political climate.

Discussion about flaws of the GOP debate, critique of candidates' performances, chaos of the debate, importance of candidates dropping out, impact of inflation on Trump's messaging, concerns about Trump as a candidate

RealClearPolitics president and co-founder Tom Bevan and Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon discuss the upcoming Republican candidates' debate and why both Joe Biden and Donald Trump are making appearances in Michigan in support of the UAW strike on today's RCP Takeaway podcast.