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Apr 21, 2018

Following an overnight round of US-backed airstrikes in Syria earlier this month, President Trump famously declared via tweet fiat, “Mission Accomplished!” Lara Setrakian, who founded the independent news site Syria Deeply, could not agree more…if you’re Bashar al-Assad and his cohort of allies.


Apr 13, 2018

Nine out of every ten Venezuelans live in poverty and the average Venezuelan has lost 24 pounds in the past year alone. This is not what democracy looks like. 

In this week's show, Venezuela expert Moisés Naím explains how this oil-rich country fell so far and why, as a former government official himself, he takes...


Apr 7, 2018

President Donald J. Trump is on the cusp of waging three wars at once: political, economic, and boots-on-the-ground real.

So says Council on Foreign Relations President Richard N. Haass in a remarkably chipper interview.