The Truth of the Matter

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

Episodes

Total: 312

CSIS’s James Andrew “Jim” Lewis joins the podcast to discuss the fallout from the spy balloon and ho

Ukraine a Year Later

2023/2/21

CSIS’s Max Bergmann joins the podcast to discuss the one-year anniversary of the Ukraine war, the sh

CSIS’s Dr. Eliot Cohen joins the podcast to discuss the latest developments in Ukraine and how Israe

Wall Street Journal Middle East Correspondent Dion Nissenbaum joins the podcast to discuss his repor

David Crosby’s Moved On

2023/1/27

In this special episode, award-winning best-selling author Steve Silberman (“Neurotribes: The Legacy

CSIS’s Joseph Majkut and Leslie Palti-Guzman join the podcast to discuss U.S. Liquified Natural Gas

CSIS’s Seth Jones joins the podcast to discuss his new report, “Empty Bins in a Wartime Environment:

The CDC America Needs

2023/1/19

CSIS’s J. Stephen Morrison joins the podcast to talk about the Center for Disease Control’s decline

CSIS’s Mark Cancian joins the podcast to discuss the wargame exercise he created for a Chinese amphi

Brazil’s January 8

2023/1/11

CSIS’s Ryan Berg joins the podcast to discuss the events of January 8th in Brazil when supporters of

Tatiana Serafin and Nikolas Gvosdev from The Doorstep podcast join the show to discuss the latest in

CSIS’s Victor Cha joins the podcast to discuss his new Foreign Affairs essay on what the U.S. and al

CSIS’s Chris Johnstone joins the podcast to discuss Japan’s unprecedented policy changes on defense

U.S.-Africa Summit

2022/12/15

CSIS’s Mvemba Dizolele joins the podcast to discuss this week’s summit in which the leaders of Afric

CSIS’ Charles Edel joins the podcast to discuss the US-AUS Defense Ministerial and what it means for

World Cup Geopolitics

2022/12/1

CSIS's Jon Alterman joins the podcast to discuss the geopolitics associated with the World Cup and t

What Gen Z Voters Want

2022/11/30

Victor Shi of Voters of Tomorrow joins the podcast to discuss Gen-Z and Millennial voters, what they

China Protests

2022/11/29

CSIS’s Scott Kennedy, who recently returned to Washington from 2 months in China, joins the podcast

Ukraine’s Winter Is Here

2022/11/22

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor and CSIS’s Daniel Runde join the podcast to talk ab

Iran’s former minister of women’s affairs Mahnaz Afkhami joins the podcast to discuss the protests i