Foreign Podicy
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A national security and foreign policy podcast from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD).
Foreign Podicy
6d ago
After World War II, the United States attempted to construct something new: a liberal, American-led, rules-based international order that would promote human rights, Enlightenment values, and democracy.
Today, the dictatorial rulers of China, Russia, and Iran are attempting to establish something different: a world order that is radically illiberal with rules made in Beijing, Moscow, and Tehran, and hostility regarding human rights, Enlightenment values, and democracy.
This is one of the topics on the mind of former National Security Advisor and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton.
He join ..read more
Foreign Podicy
1w ago
With Tehran-backed proxies currently firing on all cylinders in the Middle East against both Israeli and American assets, FDD Chief Executive Mark Dubowitz says that “the past five months have been pretty good for the Supreme Leader.”
Mark and FDD Senior International Fellow Eyal Hulata, former Israeli National Security Advisor, join host Cliff May to discuss the legacy Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 85, seeks to leave — and what the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic wants to achieve before then. At the top of his list is a nuclear bomb. After that? Wiping Israel off the map. Cliff, Mark, and Ey ..read more
Foreign Podicy
2w ago
Next month marks 30 years since the onset of the world’s worst mass slaughter since the Holocaust: the Rwandan genocide.
Among the forces that ushered in an end to the conflict was a military officer who would ultimately become Rwanda’s president: Paul Kagame.
FDD’s RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery recently met with President Kagame and other senior officials in Kigali.
In addition to a debrief on his trip, he joins host Cliff May to discuss Rwanda’s growth, prosperity, and promising future — including why a prominent U.S. role therein is in the best economic and security interest of both Kigali an ..read more
Foreign Podicy
3w ago
Joining Cliff for this episode is Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby, whose first column appeared 30 years ago this week. Jeff’s career as a journalist has included interviews with Elie Wiesel and Mikhail Gorbachev, and on-the-ground reporting from such exotic locales as Cuba, the Korean DMZ, and Gaza.
Cliff asks Jeff how he came to his world view; what he saw in Gaza during visits from the 1970s to early 2000s; why a “Hitlerian” variant of antisemitism has reemerged; and what lessons might be learned from Israel’s experiments and experiences ..read more
Foreign Podicy
1M ago
As Israel's defensive war in Gaza enters its fifth month, host Cliff May is joined by FDD experts retired Major General Amir Eschel and retired Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery to talk about the current state of the war including how many Hamas terrorists are thought to remain in Gaza, the possible whereabouts of Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Deif, and IDF efforts underway to reduce civilian harm ahead of what’s expected to be a major battle in Rafah.
They also discuss the increasing volatility in the north of Israel; the impact that Ramadan, less than one month away, may have on th ..read more
Foreign Podicy
1M ago
The U.S. is in a decisive moment. Harried by turmoil and challenges at home, many Americans look overseas and see a world on fire.
Ukrainians are fighting for their lives against Putin, wondering whether the west will abandon them; Beijing is undertaking an unprecedented military expansion in preparation for potential aggression in the Taiwan Strait; Iran-backed terrorists are attacking U.S. troops in Iraq, Syria, and Jordan, while waging the worst campaign against international shipping in decades; and Israel is trying to finish the job against Hamas in Gaza while eyeing Hezbollah, the Irania ..read more
Foreign Podicy
1M ago
Colonel Richard Kemp has spent three decades fighting terrorists and insurgents around the world, including as commander of British forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has been present during each conflict between Israel and Hamas since 2008 and has been in Israel since the beginning of the current Gaza war.
Col. Kemp joins Cliff to discuss why Israel is not guilty of genocide and why Hamas, Hezbollah, and their patrons in Tehran are; the measures taken by Israel to reduce civilian harm — including their unparalleled ratio of civilians to combatants killed — in what the Col. calls ..read more
Foreign Podicy
1M ago
Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MI) are the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Armed Services Committee. On January 11, they issued a noteworthy joint statement after receiving a briefing from Admiral John Aquilino, the commander of all U.S. military forces in the Indo-Pacific. The briefing’s topic? The threat from China and how we should respond.
The two senators called Admiral Aquilino’s briefing “sobering” and said “Failure to maintain deterrence against China… would be catastrophic for American national and economic security.” They said tack ..read more
Foreign Podicy
2M ago
Colonel Richard Kemp has spent three decades fighting terrorists and insurgents around the world, including as commander of British forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has been present during each conflict between Israel and Hamas since 2008 and has been in Israel since the beginning of the current Gaza war.
Col. Kemp joins Cliff to discuss why Israel is not guilty of genocide and why Hamas, Hezbollah, and their patrons in Tehran are; the measures taken by Israel to reduce civilian harm — including their unparalleled ratio of civilians to combatants killed — in what the Col. calls ..read more
Foreign Podicy
2M ago
Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MI) are the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Armed Services Committee. On January 11, they issued a noteworthy joint statement after receiving a briefing from Admiral John Aquilino, the commander of all U.S. military forces in the Indo-Pacific. The briefing’s topic? The threat from China and how we should respond.
The two senators called Admiral Aquilino’s briefing “sobering” and said “Failure to maintain deterrence against China… would be catastrophic for American national and economic security.” They said tack ..read more