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- 1 weeks ago57 min
The Oct. 7 War and Israel’s Unfinished Fight
Elliot Kaufman and Yonah Jeremy Bob talk with host Cliff May about the outcome of Israel’s elections, jihadi threats that have been diminished but not eliminated, and their new book: “In the War Room: The Inside Story of Israel’s Fight Against Hamas and the Iranian Axis.”
- 2 weeks ago53 min
Canada’s Anti-Zionist Crack Up
Casey Babb is Director of The Promised Land at theMacdonald-Laurier Institute in Ottawa and an international fellow with the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University in Israel.A frequent contributor to major outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, The Free Press, and The Spectator, he focuses on extremism, antisemitism, and other threats to Westernliberal democracies. He talks with Foreign Podicy host Cliff May about what the hell is going on up in Canada, and in Europe as well. They also discuss Casey’s new book, The Moral Case for Zionism, which came out on October 22.
- 3 weeks ago48 min
How Goes the Jihad?
Richard Landes is a historian specializing in medieval millennial thinking. His 2022 book, “Can ‘The Whole World’ Be Wrong? Lethal Journalism, Antisemitism, and Global Jihad," documented a pattern in which Western newsrooms adopted the framing of jihadist groups—a pattern that, one year later, coverage of October 7 would exemplify. He joins Foreign Podicy host Cliff May to discuss the Hamas war, the Western media, the UN, the awarding of a Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay, “Pallywood,” and “infidel awareness.”
- 4 weeks ago53 min
Confronting Threats and Building Consensus
Leon Panetta has been there and done that. From joining theArmy in the 1960s, to serving in Congress for more than a decade and a half, to directing the Office of Management and Budget, to serving as the Director of the CIA and Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta has served our country with distinction for decades. He also serves on the board of advisors for the Center on Military and Political Power at FDD. How does Secretary Panetta believe the threats to our country have changed? Why should Americans care about developments overseas? How does he view defense spending? And how do we build and sustain bipartisan consensus around necessary national security policies? Bradley Bowman, senior director of FDD’s Center on Military and Political Power, guest hosts this Foreign Podicy conversation with Secretary Panetta.
- Oct 2, 202657 min
The Houthis, Tehran, and the Deep Red Sea (Cliff May feat. Edmund Fitton-Brown & Bridget Toomey)
Since declaring a blockade against Saudi Arabia on July 20, the Houthis have struck vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, fired missiles and drones at Saudi cities and, over recent weeks, seized Yemen's entire Red Sea coast, along with islands in the Bab al-Mandeb, the southern exit from the Red Sea.FDD senior fellow Edmund Fitton-Brown, a former British ambassador to Yemen, and FDD research analyst Bridget Toomey tell host Cliff May everything you've always wanted to know about the Houthis but were afraid to ask.They discuss also how an attempt to hijack and crash a flydubai passenger jet was foiled by an Indian pilot and Israelis passengers, and the complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from their last base in Iraq.
- Sep 23, 20261h 5m
Strait Lines
Xi is in Washington, shaking hands and smiling as the People’s Liberation Army prepares for aggression in the Pacific. Putin continues to try to play the victim while continuing his unprovoked and brutal invasion of Ukraine. The regime in Iran is severely weakened but continues to menace commercial traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. And North Korean leader Kim Jong Unis responding to American concessions and South Korean conciliation with more ballistic missile launches.Some Americans are familiar with the threats China, Russia,Iran, and North Korea pose individually. But how are these adversaries helping each other, and how does American action or inaction, strength or weakness in one region or against one adversary impact the others?To explore these questions and more on Foreign Podicy,Lt. Gen. (Ret.) H.R. McMaster and Ryan Brobst join guest host Bradley Bowman, senior director of FDD’s Center on Military and Political Power (CMPP). H.R. McMaster is a former U.S. national security advisor to President Trump and serves as chair of the Advisory Board for CMPP, where Ryan Brobst is deputy director.
- Sep 18, 202639 min
Confronting Authoritarians around the Globe
Russia is turning captured Orthodox parishes into tools of occupation while holding tens of thousands of abducted Ukrainian children as leverage in any ceasefire deal. China and Iran continue to feed the Houthi militants in Yemen drone and satellite technology to terrorize Red Sea shipping lanes. From election interference to drone incursions along the Baltics and Poland, these authoritarian regimes continue to test the will of fragile democracies and international order. U.S. Representative Joe Wilson (SC-2), chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, and FDD’s Research Fellow Dr. Ivana Stradner join Foreign Podicy guest host RADM Mark Montgomery to unpack the Axis of Aggressors new generation warfare campaign against NATO and the West.
- Sep 11, 20261h 2m
Inside the White House on 9/11
Sept. 11, 2001 began as a beautiful late summer day in New York City and Washington, DC. Then, out of what was literally a clear blue sky, two hijacked passenger jets slammed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, another into the Pentagon just outside Washington. A fourth plane, thanks to the courage of the passengers aboard, did not reach its target but insteadcrashed in Pennsylvania.Lewis “Scooter” Libby was in the White House. He tells host Cliff May what took place over the days – and years – that followed. Relevant Link: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/8/cruel-awakening-911/
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