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May 25, 2023

Supply Chains
Down and Dirty: The Global Fertilizer Dilemma

Feeding the world's eight billion people has never been easy. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine shocked the market for fertilizer, that task has gotten even harder. The fertilizer crisis threaten…

Podcast Farmers in crop field spraying fertilizer.

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 …

Podcast Hwasongpho intercontinental ballistic missile of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on March 24, 2022

April 12, 2023

Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Silencing the Messenger: Global Threats to Press Freedom

Freedom of the press is under attack around the globe, but for journalists in Latin America in particular, reporting has become a matter of life and death. Populist leaders in the region have consoli…

Podcast Person holds a candles in front of a sign that reads #PressFreedom.

May 30, 2023

Drug Policy
The Fentanyl Epidemic, With Vanda Felbab-Brown

Vanda Felbab-Brown, a senior fellow in the Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, sits down with James M. Lindsay to …

Podcast A used needle sits on the ground in a park.

January 10, 2023

Israel
Israel’s New Government, With Martin Indyk

Martin S. Indyk, the Lowy distinguished fellow in U.S.-Middle East diplomacy at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the consequences of Benjamin Netanyahu’s return as Israel’s pri…

Podcast Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press after a traditional government group photo at the President's house on December 29, 2022 in Jerusalem, Israel.

January 3, 2023

China
China’s Global Influence Campaign, With Joshua Kurlantzick

Joshua Kurlantzick, a senior fellow for Southeast Asia at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how China uses its media power to influence the domestic politics of countries around…

Podcast Illustration picture of newspaper reports on China's new Politburo Standing Committee

October 18, 2022

Globalization
The Globalization Myth, With Shannon K. O’Neil

Shannon K. O’Neil, vice president, deputy director of Studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller senior fellow for Latin America Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how regional…

Podcast Hong Kong Container Terminal

May 23, 2023

Pakistan
Pakistan in Crisis, With Sadanand Dhume

Sadanand Dhume, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a South Asia columnist for the Wall Street Journal, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the political, economic, and cl…

Podcast Activists of opposition party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) take part of anti-government rally demanding early election in Karachi on October 28, 2022

October 6, 2022

Arctic
UNGA Vote on Russia’s Annexation, Arctic Circle Assembly, International Day of the Girl, and More

The UN General Assembly is set to vote on a resolution condemning Russia’s illegal annexation of Ukrainian territory; thousands of participants gather in Reykjavik, Iceland, for the Arctic Circle Ass…

Podcast Marine Seismic in the Arctic

May 10, 2023

Nuclear Weapons
A New Nuclear Age

Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the possibility of nuclear war felt like a problem of days past. Now, as great-power competition heats up, the potential for nuclear conflict seems higher than…

Podcast Animated graphic of several launched nuclear weapons.