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The Truth of the Matter

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Jan 11, 2023 • 14min

Brazil’s January 8

CSIS’s Ryan Berg joins the podcast to discuss the events of January 8th in Brazil when supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro stormed Brasilia and the aftermath.
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Jan 6, 2023 • 28min

Talking Rus-Ukraine with "The Doorstep"

Tatiana Serafin and Nikolas Gvosdev from The Doorstep podcast join the show to discuss the latest in the Russia-Ukraine war.  
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Dec 19, 2022 • 27min

Countering Chinese Economic Coercion and NK’s Latest Test

CSIS’s Victor Cha joins the podcast to discuss his new Foreign Affairs essay on what the U.S. and allies should do to counter Chinese economic coercion, plus a discussion of North Korea’s latest ICBM engine test.  
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Dec 16, 2022 • 18min

Japan’s New Defense Strategy

CSIS’s Chris Johnstone joins the podcast to discuss Japan’s unprecedented policy changes on defense spending and strategy, and what it means for the United States and the Pacific.
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Dec 15, 2022 • 19min

U.S.-Africa Summit

CSIS’s Mvemba Dizolele joins the podcast to discuss this week’s summit in which the leaders of African countries joined President Biden in Washington for discussions on the future of U.S.-Africa relations. 
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Dec 9, 2022 • 21min

US-Australia Ministerial Consultations

CSIS’ Charles Edel joins the podcast to discuss the US-AUS Defense Ministerial and what it means for national security in the Pacific.
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Dec 1, 2022 • 33min

World Cup Geopolitics

CSIS's Jon Alterman joins the podcast to discuss the geopolitics associated with the World Cup and the broader ramifications for the United States and the Middle East.
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Nov 30, 2022 • 23min

What Gen Z Voters Want

Victor Shi of Voters of Tomorrow joins the podcast to discuss Gen-Z and Millennial voters, what they want in candidates, policy, and how they absorb information in the modern news cycle.
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Nov 29, 2022 • 16min

China Protests

CSIS’s Scott Kennedy, who recently returned to Washington from 2 months in China, joins the podcast to discuss the widespread protests in China and the conditions which precipitated them.
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Nov 22, 2022 • 46min

Ukraine’s Winter Is Here

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor and CSIS’s Daniel Runde join the podcast to talk about what Ukraine is facing this winter and what economic reconstruction in Ukraine will need to look like.

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