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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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April 11, 2023
North Korea
North Korea’s Nuclear Program, With Jenny Town
Jenny Town, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center and the director of Stimson’s 38 North program, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss North Korea’s nuclear advances and their consequences for …
April 26, 2023
National Security and Defense Program
Army of Some: Recruiting Trouble for the All-Volunteer Force
All current U.S. military personnel have one thing in common: they volunteered. But falling recruitment has raised questions of national security, military readiness, and the health of U.S. society. …
February 28, 2023
China
China’s Nuclear Forces, With Fiona S. Cunningham
Fiona S. Cunningham, assistant professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss China’s expanding nuclear weapons program and the likelihoo…
October 26, 2017
Kurds
Kurdish Independence
CFR's Steven A. Cook joins Robert McMahon to examine the Kurdish movement for independence.
March 27, 2024
Space
UFOs: Close Encounters of the National Security Kind
On this episode of Why It Matters, experts discuss the national security concerns around UFOs and the real search for extraterrestrial life.
April 9, 2024
Ukraine
Russia, Ukraine, and Global Instability, With Michael Kimmage
Michael Kimmage, a history professor at the Catholic University of America and a senior associate with the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, s…
