The fall of Bashar al-Assad is transforming not just Syria but also dynamics in the broader Middle East. What implications... more

The team sat down to talk about the very bleak situation in Ukraine. Is it impossible for Ukraine to overcome... more

Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss how and if the new Trump national security team can help America reset its strategic... more

The United States has a growing disconnect between its foreign policy objectives and the resources it devotes to national security,... more

Chris, Zack, and Melanie sit down for a retrospective episode about the Biden administration’s foreign and defense policy. Using U.S. Secretary... more

Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss the American military footprint in Europe. Why does the United States maintain such a large... more

Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss Carter Malkasian's recent article on "America’s crisis of deterrence.” They debate whether recent policy failures... more

Chris, Zack, and Melanie sit down to talk about America’s nuclear policy. Are we in a new “nuclear age,” as... more

Chris, Melanie, and Zack debate whether national security has been defined too loosely. If too many things fall under the... more

Melanie, Chris, and Zack debate the findings of the Commission on the National Defense Strategy. They agree that there is... more