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The DSR Daily Brief for June 27, 2022

The eighty-fifth episode of the DSR Daily Brief. Stories Cited in the Episode Russia defaults on foreign debt for first…

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The DSR Daily Brief for June 9, 2022

The seventy-fourth episode of the DSR Daily Brief. Stories cited in the podcast: U.K. to Embrace Stricter Standards Around Sanctions…

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The DSR Daily Brief Newsletter – Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Welcome to the newsletter edition of the ‘The DSR Daily Brief.’ Please be sure to rate and review the podcast…

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The DSR Daily Brief Newsletter – Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Welcome to the newsletter edition of the ‘The DSR Daily Brief.’ Please be sure to rate and review the podcast…

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The DSR Daily Brief for May 9, 2022

The fifty-first episode of the DSR Daily Brief. Stories cited in the podcast: Russia: Vladimir Putin gives major speech on…

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The DSR Daily Brief – Tuesday, May 3, 2022

The Ukraine Daily Brief is now ‘The DSR Daily Brief.’ Please be sure to rate and review. (We know that…

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The DSR Daily Brief Newsletter – Tuesday, April 19, 2022

The Ukraine Daily Brief is now ‘The DSR Daily Brief.’ Please be sure to rate and review. (We know that…

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Overreaction? Taking Stock of the Top Foreign Policy Predictions of 2022

I have a confession to make.  I spend too much time watching sports on TV and reading about them on-line. …

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

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

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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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How Do You Feel About the Urge to Surge – Episode Transcript

Note: Transcripts are machine generated and lightly edited for speaker names. While Congress holds hearings questioning the Secretary of State…

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How Do You Feel About the Urge to Surge?

While Congress holds hearings questioning the Secretary of State about the conduct of America’s exit from Afghanistan, it probably should…

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The One in Which Rosa Suggests That He or She With the Most Instagram Followers Should Rule

The US could be back in the Iran nuclear accord by the end of the month.  There are plenty of…

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Shots in the Dark

Jeanne Meserve looks into the mysterious directed-energy attacks on officials in Washington with Mark Zaid, lawyer for CIA and State…

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Have We Just Bumbled into Another War in the Middle East?

In the days since President Donald Trump ordered the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, the presidents’s spokespeople have taken…

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t’s a Great Time to Be a Nuke!

President Trump became the first American president to enter North Korea.  That’s the good news.  He also seems to be…

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All eyes on G20 👀

The Quick Take A quick look at the headlines this week 👀🏃🏻‍♀️ G20: The leaders of the world’s strongest economies meet…

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Good Question for the Next Debate: Do You Have a Son-in-Law and Will He Control Your Foreign Policy?

So, there was this war with Iran, remember? Then there wasn’t. Then there were cyberattacks. But what did they do?…

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Bombs Away!

The Quick Take A quick look at the headlines this week 👀🏃🏻‍♀️ A lot happened… so it’s a long quick take……

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Blundering to another war in the Gulf?

For almost forty years the United States has been in a state of war in the Persian Gulf. American forces…

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