This week: a conversation—with Trita Parsi, Hussein Banai, and John Ghazvinian—about nuclear talks with Iran and the long history of… — This week: a conversation—with Trita Parsi, Hussein Banai, and John Ghazvinian—about nuclear talks with Iran and the long history of US-Iran relations. Listen today at 2 pm, or anytime at our website. The negotiations in Vienna over reviving the Iran nuclear deal have slowed, faltered, stalled. This week, we talk…

This week: Scott Reynolds Nelson on Russian empire and Ukrainian grain. Listen today at 2 pm, or anytime at our website. — This week: Scott Reynolds Nelson on Russian empire and Ukrainian grain. Listen today at 2 pm, or anytime at our website. Here’s something mostly missed in American conversation about the Ukraine war’s causes: it’s something “every Russian schoolchild knows,” by which historian Scott Reynolds Nelson means the reliance of Russian…

This week: conversations with Marc Weitzmann, Pico Iyer, Tariq Ali, and María José Urzúa Valverde about global perspectives on the US… — This week: conversations with Marc Weitzmann, Pico Iyer, Tariq Ali, and María José Urzúa Valverde about global perspectives on the US response to the war in Ukraine. Listen today at 2 pm, or anytime at our website. Among Latin American countries, as international relations scholar María José Urzúa Valverde reminds…

This week: realist international relations scholar Stephen Walt answers questions about and challenges to realism. Listen today at 2 pm, or… — This week: realist international relations scholar Stephen Walt answers questions about and challenges to realism. Listen today at 2 pm, or anytime at our website. We’re back to questions about realist foreign policy, which focuses on the pursuit of national interests over, for example, morality. “The problem with putting morality…

This week: conversations on the war in Yemen, with Shireen Al-Adeimi and Annelle Sheline. Listen today at 2 pm, or anytime at our website. — This week: conversations on the war in Yemen, with Shireen Al-Adeimi and Annelle Sheline. Listen today at 2 pm, or anytime at our website. The war in Yemen, which has killed hundreds of thousands, has been waged with American weapons, and on this week’s show, Shireen Al-Adeimi tells us:

This week: a conversation with Brandon Terry and Andrew Bacevich about Martin Luther King’s version of realism. Listen today at 2 pm, or… — This week: a conversation with Brandon Terry and Andrew Bacevich about Martin Luther King’s version of realism. Listen today at 2 pm, or anytime at our site. Debates about US foreign policy can revolve endlessly around questions of Machiavellian realist strategy vs. morality, but there could be a way to…

This week: a conversation with Bill McKibben about the curse of fossil fuel, that crucial material for war and climate change alike. Listen… — This week: a conversation with Bill McKibben about the curse of fossil fuel, that crucial material for war and climate change alike. Listen today at 2 pm, or anytime at our site. Recently “the temperature in the eastern Antarctic was registering at 70 degrees Fahrenheit above normal average temperature,” the…

This week: a conversation on lessons learned during weeks of war, with international relations specialists Emma Ashford, Stephen Wertheim… — This week: a conversation on lessons learned during weeks of war, with international relations specialists Emma Ashford, Stephen Wertheim, and David Kang. Listen today at 2 pm, or anytime at our website. News from the war in Ukraine has challenged at least one commonplace in international relations: Thucydides’ line that…

This week: conversations with Joseph Cirincione, Elaine Scarry, and Serhii Plokhy about the war in Ukraine and threats of nuclear… — This week: conversations with Joseph Cirincione, Elaine Scarry, and Serhii Plokhy about the war in Ukraine and threats of nuclear destruction. Listen today at 2 pm, or anytime at our site. The Russian attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactor complex in Ukraine, along with earlier moves directed by Vladimir Putin…