The Truth of the Matter

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

Episodes

Total: 312

Israel’s Troubles

2024/5/9

CSIS's Jon B. Alterman joins the podcast to discuss the complex set of options that Israel and the U

The New York Times’ David Sanger joins the podcast to discuss his best-selling new book, “New Cold W

CSIS’s Eliot Cohen joins the podcast to discuss Iran’s missile attack on Israel and its wider geopol

CSIS’ Chris Johnstone joins the podcast to discuss next week’s official visit to the United States b

CSIS’ Kari Bingen and Heather Williams join the podcast to discuss Russia’s new space-based anti-sat

CSIS' Dan Byman joins the podcast to discuss his new report which examines several scenarios in whic

In this episode of the Truth of the Matter, we feature a conversation from CSIS podcast, Smart Women

 CSIS’ Seth Jones joins the podcast to discuss his new report which explains how China’s defense ind

CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen joins the podcast to discuss how domestic terrorism is on

Admiral James Stavridis, a retired four-star admiral in the U.S. Navy and former commander of NATO a

Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll chairman Mark Penn joins the podcast to discuss the results of his February

Award-winning filmmaker Brian Knappenberger joins the podcast to discuss his new docuseries Turning

Russia’s Food War

2024/3/7

For the past two years, CSIS’ Global Food and Water Security Program directed by Caitlin Welsh has a

Ukraine: A Real War

2024/3/1

On the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion into Ukraine, CSIS’ Eliot Cohen joins the podcast to

On this special episode, we are joined by Chris Miller, author of Chip War: the Fight for the World'

CSIS’s Ryan Berg joins the podcast to discuss the reelection of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador, the Cen

U.S. Targets Baghdad

2024/2/9

CSIS’ Norman Roule joins the podcast to discuss the recent U.S. strike in Baghdad and what U.S. poli

U.S. Strikes Back

2024/2/6

CSIS’ Seth Jones joins the podcast to discuss U.S. strikes on targets in Syria, Iraq and Yemen. In a

LNG Terminal Pause

2024/1/26

CSIS’ Joseph Majkut and Ben Cahill join the podcast to discuss the Biden Administration’s decision t

AI 2023 Year in Review

2024/1/26

In this episode, Andrew sits down with Gregory C. Allen, director of the Wadhwani Center for AI and