Commentary

As tensions rise in the South China Sea, Bonnie Glaser and Lieutenant Commander Matthew Dalton join Deep Dish to examine China's strategy in the hotly contested waters.

Drug cartels are facing broken supply chains, shrinking revenues, and shifting markets. Rising violence is just one effect.

The Washington Post's Karen DeYoung, The New York Times' Carol Giacomo, and Süddeutsche Zeitung's Stefan Kornelius join Brian Hanson to discuss global news.

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.

One should not be naïve about the actions, intentions, or record of the North Korean leadership. But one should also not be naïve 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.