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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…

Podcast Ukrainian tank-men are seen on a BWP infantry fighting vehicle in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on March 17, 2024.

February 11, 2016

China
Podcast: Michael Pettis on the ABC’s of the Chinese Economy

Peking University Professor of Finance Michael Pettis recently sat down with me to share his thoughts on what is going on in the Chinese economy, what the Chinese leadership needs to do to get back o…

Podcast Pettis China economy podcast

June 20, 2023

Taiwan
The Future of U.S.-Taiwan Relations, With Susan M. Gordon and Michael G. Mullen

Susan M. Gordon, former principal deputy director of National Intelligence, and Admiral Michael G. Mullen, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the …

Podcast Sailors in the Republic of China Navy walk to position at a navy base in the Penghu Islands, Taiwan, on August 30, 2022.

December 13, 2022

Ukraine
The War in Ukraine, With Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage

Liana Fix, a fellow for Europe at CFR, and Michael Kimmage, a history professor at the Catholic University of America and a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, sit…

Podcast Members of the Ukrainian volunteer paramedic organization Hospitallers attend a memorial service for one of the organization's members, a Swedish citizen nicknamed Niko, 20, who was killed near Bakhmut in central Kyiv

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.

Podcast Sign for UFO "self parking" against a blue sky.

March 29, 2022

Authoritarianism
Putin’s Choices, With Michael Kimmage

Michael Kimmage, professor of history at the Catholic University of America and visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the choice…

Podcast Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Presidential Grants Foundation CEO Ilya Chukalin at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 29, 2022.