The Truth of the Matter

A weekly analysis of the complex policy issues driving the news.

Episodes

Total: 312

This podcast episode of The Truth of the Matter features Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, ranking

Eva Dou, technology policy reporter at The Washington Post, joins the podcast to discuss her new boo

CSIS’s Norman Roule, who served for thirty-four years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing s

CSIS’s Natasha Hall joins the podcast to discuss the rot inside the Assad regime, the country’s new

CSIS’s Jon Alterman joins the podcast to discuss the dramatic developments in Syria, the external ac

CSIS’s director of the Missile Defense Project Tom Karako joins the podcast to talk about missile es

Joseph Majkut, director of the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program, joins the podcast to

In this episode, we discuss what AI policy might look like under the second Trump administration. We

Aspen Strategy Group executive director Anja Manuel joins the podcast to discuss issues surrounding

In this episode, Andrew Schwartz, Victor Cha, and distinguished guests discuss the Kremlin's motivat

Aram Nerguizian, CSIS senior associate and an expert on the Levant, joins the podcast to discuss the

In this special episode, Andrew and Gregory C. Allen discuss the National Security Memorandum on AI

Suzanne Spaulding, director of the CSIS Defending Democratic Institutions Project, joins a special c

Charles Edel, CSIS Senior Adviser and Australia Chair, and Kathryn Paik, Senior Fellow with the CSIS

Seth Jones, President of the CSIS Defense and Security Department and Harold Brown Chair in Strategy

CSIS's Jon Alterman, director of the CSIS Middle East Program, joins the podcast to discuss Iran's m

Tim Shriver: Need a Lift?

2024/9/30

Tim Shriver, head of Special Olympics and host of the new podcast “Need a Lift?,” joins the show to

War in Lebanon

2024/9/25

CSIS’s Norman Roule, who served for 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing significan

CSIS’s Eliot Cohen joins the podcast to discuss the latest in Ukraine’s war with Russia and Israel’s

Navin Girishankar, president of CSIS’s new Economic Security and Technology Department, joins the po