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US-Iran Tensions Escalate Amid COVID-19

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Brookings' Suzanne Maloney and the German Marshall Fund's Ariane Tabatabai join Deep Dish to examine tensions between the United States and Iran and the future of the US-Iran standoff.

Iranian ships harass US Navy
Reuters
Global Health

America Needs a New North Korea Strategy

In the News
National Interest
Matthew Abbott

One should not be naĂŻve about the actions, intentions, or record of the North Korean leadership. But one should also not be naĂŻve that the current impasse with North Korea is likely to continue unless creative, long-term thinking and different approaches to US-North Korea relations are brought to the table.

Kim and Trump shaking hands at the red carpet during the DPRK–USA Singapore Summit
The White House
US Foreign Policy

Oriana Skylar Mastro on Chinese Security Policy

Video Series
Wait Just a Minute

Oriana Skylar Mastro, political scientist and expert on Chinese military and security policy, takes a minute to discuss China's approach to projecting influence as a global military power and what it means for the US and its allies.

A screenshot of Oriana Skylar Mastro in a  Wait Just a Minute Interview. Defense and Security

Despite Unfavorable Views of the War in Afghanistan, Americans Split on Complete Withdrawal

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Running Numbers by Eliza Posner

Although the American public doesn't believe the war with Afghanistan was worth the cost, they also think the US should maintain bases in the country.

A US helicopter in Afghanistan
Captain Brian Harris
Defense and Security

Can 50 Years of Minimizing Nuclear Proliferation Continue?

In the News
New York Times
Ivo H. Daalder

The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty has mostly succeeded in keeping more countries out of the nuclear club. But as U.S. alliances fray, its future success is not assured.

An image of an atomic bomb test of the coast of the Marshall Islands
WikiImages
Defense and Security

Hard Truths about the US Role in Yemen's War

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Former National Security Council director for Yemen Daniel Schneiderman joins Deep Dish to explain the US role in the conflict in Yemen.

Houthi troops ride on the back of a police patrol truck after participating in a Houthi gathering in Sanaa, Yemen
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

From ISIS to Assad, the Trump Administration's Plan in Syria

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Levant Affairs and Special Envoy for Syria Joel Rayburn joins Deep Dish to explain the Trump administration's plan in war-torn Syria.

A convoy of U.S military vehicles moves in the village of Khirbet Amo, near Qamishli, Syria
Reuters
Defense and Security

Alliances Secured America's Past. Will They Secure Its Future?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Mira Rapp-Hooper joins Ivo Daalder on Deep Dish for a discussion about the state of US alliances at a moment when new concerns are flaring up.

A general view during the NATO leaders summit in Watford, Britain, December 4, 2019
Reuters
Defense and Security

Americans Aren't as Eager to Retreat From the Middle East as Politicians Seem to Think

In the News
The Hill
Coauthors

Presidential candidates and the President are overstating Americans’ desire for a full-scale retreat from the Middle East.

M2A2 Bradley IFVs of the 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, attached to 218th MEB, accompany a U.S. patrol in eastern Syria, 13 November 2019
United States Army
Defense and Security

Intelligence Coup of the Century: Would Americans be on Board?

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Running Numbers by Brendan Helm

What does the American public think of the American intelligence community and its efforts at global surveillance?

The entrance to the CIA New Headquarters Building (NHB) of the George Bush Center for Intelligence.
Central Intelligence Agency
Public Opinion