Deep State Radio

Machiavellian Narcissistic Psychopaths, Oh My!

Brian Klaas’s research on dictators and tyrants around the globe highlighted a vital question; whether corrupt people are drawn to…

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Putin and Ukraine: Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me

On Monday, the United States and Russia spoke for hours in an attempt to forge a diplomatic end to Russian…

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January 6th as You Have Never Seen it Before

With time comes perspective and it is clear now that January 6th was not an isolated event. In fact, there…

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A Post-COVID Boom, a Ukraine War & the “Goulash Archipelago”: Predictions for 2022

As we begin a new year, the threats around the globe remain the same. Russia may invade Ukraine, Iran’s nuclear…

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2021: The Year We Realized Just How at Risk Our Democracy Is

From a year that began with January 6th to the American Rescue Plan, Build Back Better, and Beyond, 2021 has…

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A Look Back at the World in 2021

From January 6th to the Democracy Summit, 2021 has been an eventful year fore foreign policy and national security. To…

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Do we see a very dim light at the end of the tunnel for voting rights?

Former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’ text messages from January 6th were released by the January 6th commission and their…

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The Democracy Summit Has Ended. Now the Real Work Begins.

President Biden promised to hold a Summit of Democracies in the first year of his Presidency and he delivered with…

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Will the Supreme Court Survive the Stench of Politicization

The court is poised to overturn Roe V. Wade which will change forever not only the way abortion rights are…

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A Conversation with ABC’s Jon Karl About His Book “Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show”

Jon Karl’s first interview with Donald Trump was 27 years ago. Looking back, he is surprised by how little Trump has…

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The Deepening Crisis Along the Russia-Ukraine Border

The massive Russian troop build up along the border of Ukraine might be just posturing on the part of Russia’s President…

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A DSR Debate: Who Will Win the Power Struggle Between Big Tech and Nation States?

Big tech today rivals in influence many nation states.  Even the largest and most powerful countries are debating how to contain and…

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The Worst Public Health Crisis in US History May Be About to Get Worse

We may be at another dangerous inflection point in the nearly two year long COVID pandemic. The first Omicron variant cases…

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Master of the Game: A conversation with Martin Indyk

Martin Indyk, distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, former Ambassador of the United States to Israel, and former U.S.…

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Trump’s Disastrous Decision to Get Out of the Iran Deal Has Left Us with Only Bad Options

Once upon a time, the Israeli government urged the US to get out of the Iran deal. The American president…

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A Pre-Thanksgiving Foreign Policy Smörgåsbord

While Americans are turning their attention towards the upcoming holiday, the news from Washington and around the world is not…

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Bannon, Rittenhouse, and Arbery: What this week’s cases tell us about justice in America today

Steve Bannon was indicted for contempt of Congress but currently remains free awaiting trial. Kyle Rittenhouse stood trial in front of…

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Is Putin Making a Terrible Miscalculation?

Russian troops are building up along the Ukraine border. Russia’s close ally Belarus has provoked a crisis on its European borders…

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Is America Too Dysfunctional to Remain a Superpower?

Gerald Seib wrote in a recent column in the Wall Street Journal that the greatest threat to American national security…

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On Renewal: A Conversation with Anne-Marie Slaughter

Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of the New America Foundation, former head of policy planning at the State Department, has written a…

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