Foreign Podicy

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

Episodes

Total: 243

Not that long ago, Venezuela was among the freest and richest nations in Latin America. But in 1999,

The Jihad Brothers

2022/12/23

The Muslim Brotherhood has been around for close to a century but most people – certainly most Ameri

Let the Uyghurs Go

2022/12/19

The Uyghurs are a Turkic Muslim people who live in a Central Asian land usually called Xinjiang. The

Many Americans recognize the threat emanating from the People’s Republic of China. But some may assu

FIFA’s World Cup of Soccer is a version of the World Series, the Super Bowl, and the Stanley Cup – a

The Moment Israel Was Born

2022/11/18

Israel is the world’s only Jewish-majority state and the only surviving and thriving Jewish communit

The New Millenarianism

2022/11/11

Richard Landes is an historian and author who specializes in medieval millennial thinking. His inter

Mozart’s Mission in Ukraine

2022/11/4

Perhaps you’ve heard of the Wagner Group? They’re Russian mercenaries. They claim they’re not taking

Iran’s 2022 Revolution

2022/11/1

Refusing to be silenced, even by brutal crackdowns, the freedom-seeking people of Iran have now surp

A Cyberspace Odyssey

2022/10/22

Americans must be prepared to defend themselves from hostile armies, navies, air forces – and, not l

North Korea is again launching missiles, Iran continues inching towards a nuclear weapons capability

Bank Shot

2022/10/7

The Inter-American Development Bank, the IDB, says its mission is to “improve lives in Latin America

Since 1989, Ali Khamenei has been the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He has outlast

Washington and Beijing are engaged in an increasingly intense contest spanning nearly all domains of

Mother Russia’s Children

2022/9/2

Ilan Berman is Senior Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington. He’s an e

Michael Gordon’s Wars

2022/8/27

Host Cliff May says Wall Street Journal‘s Michael Gordon is, “without a doubt, one of the best repor

One year ago, the U.S. military, under orders from the White House, allowed the Taliban to re-take c

Israel’s latest armed conflict was with a group that calls itself Islamic Jihad, or Palestinian Isla

The United States has vital economic and national security interests in deterring aggression and mai

Ayman al Zawahiri, emir of Al Qaeda, is no more. He was reportedly on the balcony of what he thought