Foreign Podicy

A national security and foreign policy podcast from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD).

Episodes

Total: 243

Nearly a month ago, Hamas invaded Israel and murdered over 1,400 men, women, and children. It was th

Two of the world's top experts on human rights join host Cliff May to discuss the October 7 massacre

Studying War Some More

2023/10/27

It is the opinion of your Foreign Podicy host, Cliff May, that Andrew Roberts is the world’s greates

Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel has led to war. We have to think that’s what Hamas and its patrons

The 10/7 War

2023/10/14

Israel is at war with Hamas — a real war, not another “mow the grass” conflict.Hamas is one of the t

Americans, our elected officials in Congress, and individuals aspiring to be the next U.S. president

“What’s past is prologue,” Shakespeare informed us. But what if the past is misunderstood? Or misrep

Guests of the Ayatollah

2023/9/18

“Hostage diplomacy” is a term you’ll frequently see in the media, but it's a misleading term. What w

The Polish Perspective

2023/9/8

Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine is illegal, immoral, brutal, and barbarian. And if you agree that th

Mexico Is Going South

2023/8/30

Host Cliff May lived in Mexico in the late 1970s. Back then, there were reasons to believe Mexico wa

Elliott Abrams has been in the foreign policy business for a rather long time. Years ago, he served

Ukraine: What comes next?

2023/8/11

"It's not a sprint, it's a marathon."That was the reported assessment of a Ukrainian battalion comma

The Game of War: Part II

2023/8/4

In Part II of the Game of War, host Cliff May is again joined by Dr. Ben Jensen and RADM (Ret) Mark

Pacific Overtures

2023/7/28

China’s rulers gaze across the Taiwan Strait and see an island where people are free, prosperous, an

The Game of War: Part I

2023/7/21

War games are not entertainments. They are simulations; a way to develop insights into what would ha

Samuel Ramani teaches politics and international relations at Oxford. He’s the author of Russia in A

Russia’s Lost Empire

2023/7/10

Host Cliff May recently wrote a column for the Washington Times guessing what Vladimir Putin might d

Major General Paul J. Rock Jr. commands United States Marine Corps Forces Central Command, or MARCEN

Walter Russell Mead is the Global View Columnist at the Wall Street Journal, the James Clarke Chace

LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster wears many hats. Most important for us at FDD: He’s Chairman of the Board o