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Amb. Dennis Ross on Trump's Golan Heights Decision

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Ambassador Dennis Ross, who led the Israeli-Palestinian peace process for 12 years and served in senior political positions under Presidents Carter, Reagan, H.W. Bush, Clinton, and Obama, joined this week's Deep Dish podcast.

The Golan Heights' border with Syria proper. Defense and Security

What Do You Think about the Relationship between Trump and Kim?

Video Series
#AskIvo

In this episode of #AskIvo, Council President Ivo Daalder gives his take on the relationship between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. 

President Trump and Kim Jong Un shake hands in front of US and North Korean flags.
REUTERS
US Foreign Policy

Why Is the United States Bombing Somalia?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Bronwyn Bruton of the Atlantic Council and Paul D. Williams of George Washington University join Deep Dish to explain what the US is doing in Somalia and why al Shabaab is a target.

MQ-9 Reaper taxis down a runway
U.S. Air Force
Defense and Security

What Is NATO's Biggest Success and Its Biggest Failure?

Video Series
#AskIvo

Council President and former US Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder answers a question about the NATO alliance's biggest success and its biggest failure.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and other members of NATO Ministers of Defense and of Foreign Affairs meet at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium
Sgt. Jerry Morrison
Defense and Security

Sean McFate on the Future of War

Video Series
Wait Just a Minute

Former US paratrooper Sean McFate joins us in this episode of Wait Just a Minute.

Screenshot of Sean McFate speaking on-screen Defense and Security

Expert Panel Survey: US Focus on the Denuclearization of North Korea

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

Craig Kafura explains what foreign policy experts think about the denuclearization of North Korea.

US President Trump and Kim Jong-Un.
Reuters
Defense and Security

US troop drawdown in South Korea worth considering

In the News
The Hill
Karl Friedhoff

A primary worry among US and South Korean analysts is that President Trump will offer to reduce the number of US troops in Korea and receive no meaningful concessions from North Korea in return.

US army personnel stand in front of blue building US Foreign Policy

Admiral John Richardson on China, Russia, and the Future of the US Navy

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Admiral John Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations, explains China's growing global ambitions and Russia's troublesome actions in the Mediterranean and North Atlantic.

Navy's aircraft carrier, Ronald Reagan in the Philippine Sea
U.S. Navy
Defense and Security

This Week's Read: Will Trump Withdraw from NATO?

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Global Insight by Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder discusses President Trump's intent to withdraw the United States from NATO.

US President Donald Trump speaking in Phoenix, Arizona.
Gage Skidmore
Defense and Security

The New US-Syria Policy

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Former US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford and Tamara Cofman Wittes, former deputy assistant secretary of state for near east affairs, join the Deep Dish podcast to dissect the implications of the withdrawal from Syria for US-Syria policy.

Children gather around a U.S. tactical vehicle in Syria
Staff Sgt. Timothy Koster
Defense and Security