The Truth of the Matter

By CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies

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

Episode Date
Government Use of Deepfakes
Mar 26, 2024
The Government Clock is Ti(c)kTok-ing
Mar 22, 2024
China Outpacing U.S. Defense Base
Mar 19, 2024
Rise of Domestic Terrorism
Mar 15, 2024
James Stavridis and Elliot Ackerman on “2054”
Mar 14, 2024
The Relevant Question: Pollster Mark Penn on Israel-Hamas
Mar 11, 2024
"Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War” on Netflix
Mar 08, 2024
Russia’s Food War
Mar 07, 2024
Ukraine: A Real War
Mar 01, 2024
The State of the Global Semiconductor Competition
Feb 28, 2024
World’s Coolest Dictator
Feb 14, 2024
U.S. Targets Baghdad
Feb 09, 2024
U.S. Strikes Back
Feb 06, 2024
LNG Terminal Pause
Jan 26, 2024
AI 2023 Year in Review
Jan 26, 2024
The Houthis and U.S. Options
Jan 18, 2024
Wider War in Mideast
Jan 09, 2024
Grateful Dead’s Influence on Modern Media and Culture
Jan 05, 2024
Israel’s Hard Choices
Dec 21, 2023
Hamas’ Hostages
Dec 18, 2023
Ukraine: Will America Come Through?
Dec 15, 2023
WSJ’s Dion Nissenbaum Reporting on Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah
Dec 14, 2023
Brian Stelter on “Network of Lies”
Nov 28, 2023
Gaza Hospitals
Nov 21, 2023
A View From Israel
Nov 17, 2023
De-Risking and Export Controls
Nov 08, 2023
War in Gaza and The Hollow Crown
Nov 02, 2023
U.S.-Australia Relationship
Nov 01, 2023
Israel, Hamas & Egypt’s Role
Oct 27, 2023
Israel’s Intelligence Regroups
Oct 23, 2023
Tell it Like it Is: Aaron Neville
Oct 20, 2023
Dimensions of War in Gaza
Oct 19, 2023
Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Avi Mayer on Hospital Blast
Oct 18, 2023
Aftermath of Hamas Attack
Oct 13, 2023
Hamas's Attack on Israel
Oct 11, 2023
Ukraine Funding’s Real Battlefield Implications
Oct 06, 2023
Mexico’s Historic Election
Sep 26, 2023
Iran Hostage Release: Honey and Vinegar
Sep 20, 2023
CSIS Visits Taiwan
Sep 15, 2023
Kim Jong-Putin Summit
Sep 14, 2023
AI and Autonomous-Powered U.S. Military
Sep 13, 2023
Everyone is Confused About Covid
Sep 12, 2023
Conflict Minerals
Sep 07, 2023
Prigozhin's Demise
Aug 25, 2023
The Worst is Over—Now What?
Aug 18, 2023
Resilience and the Hunger Crisis with Michelle Nunn
Jul 31, 2023
Russia’s Second Africa Summit
Jul 26, 2023
Water Stress in the U.S. with NYT's Chris Flavelle and CSIS's Caitlin Welsh
Jul 26, 2023
Age of Danger with Thom Shanker
Jul 25, 2023
Russia Inflicts Grain Pain
Jul 20, 2023
Distrust of Everything: Misinformation and AI
Jul 18, 2023
European Defense Against Russian Aggression and Lurking China
Jul 06, 2023
Putin and the Prigozhin Putsch
Jun 30, 2023
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 702 Re-Authorization
Jun 29, 2023
What’s Next for Wagner
Jun 28, 2023
Schumer’s AI Vision
Jun 23, 2023
Deterring Chinese Aggression
Jun 15, 2023
AI Warnings Changed Everything
Jun 12, 2023
Bloodiest Part of Ukraine War
Jun 09, 2023
Erdogan Wins, U.S.’s “Difficult Ally”
May 31, 2023
Putin’s Missile War
May 24, 2023
AI and the G7
May 19, 2023
China, Ukraine, and AI at the G7 Summit
May 18, 2023
China’s New Strategy for Waging the Microchip Tech War
May 12, 2023
End of Line for Erdogan?
May 11, 2023
Most Populous Country
May 04, 2023
Former National Security Adviser Steve Hadley’s “Hand Off”
May 01, 2023
Sudan: Battle to the Death
Apr 26, 2023
Imprisoned in Russia: WSJ's Evan Gershkovich
Apr 06, 2023
Democracy Summit
Mar 27, 2023
China-Russia: A New Cold War?
Mar 24, 2023
AUKUS: Strategic Convergence
Mar 16, 2023
TikTok: Is it Chinese Espionage?
Mar 09, 2023
Covid Frozen Conflict
Mar 03, 2023
Russian Deaths in Ukraine
Mar 02, 2023
China’s Spying Efforts and U.S. Countermeasures
Feb 22, 2023
Ukraine a Year Later
Feb 21, 2023
Eliot Cohen on Russia-Ukraine and Iran-Israel
Feb 06, 2023
U.S.-Israeli Military Exercises
Feb 02, 2023
David Crosby’s Moved On
Jan 27, 2023
U.S. LNG: Remapping Energy Security
Jan 26, 2023
U.S. Weapons Industry isn’t Prepared for a China Conflict
Jan 24, 2023
The CDC America Needs
Jan 19, 2023
Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan
Jan 13, 2023
Brazil’s January 8
Jan 11, 2023
Talking Rus-Ukraine with "The Doorstep"
Jan 06, 2023
Countering Chinese Economic Coercion and NK’s Latest Test
Dec 19, 2022
Japan’s New Defense Strategy
Dec 16, 2022
U.S.-Africa Summit
Dec 15, 2022
US-Australia Ministerial Consultations
Dec 09, 2022
World Cup Geopolitics
Dec 01, 2022
What Gen Z Voters Want
Nov 30, 2022
China Protests
Nov 29, 2022
Ukraine’s Winter Is Here
Nov 22, 2022
Iranian Women’s Revolution
Nov 11, 2022
Tim Shriver on the Special Olympics, Inclusivity, and Smart Power
Nov 10, 2022
Asst Secretary Deborah Rosenblum on Supply Chain and the War in Ukraine
Nov 09, 2022
Choking Off China’s Access to the Future of AI
Nov 07, 2022
Disinformation and the Midterm Election
Nov 03, 2022
China’s New Era
Nov 02, 2022
Saudi Oil Moves
Oct 28, 2022
Russia’s Missile Plan
Oct 21, 2022
Steve Case on “Rise of the Rest”
Oct 20, 2022
Brazilian Election Preview
Oct 17, 2022
#NAFO Co-Founder Matt Moores on Combatting Russian Disinformation
Oct 13, 2022
Visions of Kiev
Sep 30, 2022
Taiwan Confusion
Sep 22, 2022
Paul Rosenzweig on Misinformation and Difficulties Facing the Tech Industry
Sep 21, 2022
Politico’s Ryan Heath: Global Insider
Sep 15, 2022
Russia Falls Back
Sep 13, 2022
Future of News Consumption
Sep 12, 2022
PM Truss and Europe’s Energy War
Sep 08, 2022
Winter is Coming
Sep 02, 2022
Six Months of War in Ukraine
Aug 25, 2022
Climate Legislation Explained
Aug 16, 2022
The Great War: A View From The Ground In Ukraine
Aug 15, 2022
Unprecedented Chinese Activity Toward Taiwan
Aug 11, 2022
Terrorism Threat Not Over
Aug 10, 2022
Japan After Abe
Jul 22, 2022
Disinformation’s Bipartisan Problem
Jul 20, 2022
Biden’s Mideast Visit
Jul 13, 2022
Chicago Rules of War
Jul 07, 2022
Colombia’s Chavismo?
Jul 01, 2022
North Korea’s Missile Threat
Jun 30, 2022
Tara Palmeri Insider Conversation
Jun 29, 2022
Marc Lasry: Ukraine, Economics, Basketball, and Politics
Jun 24, 2022
Israel Dissolves Government
Jun 24, 2022
Russia Processing Reality
Jun 23, 2022
Chris Stirewalt: Why Media Rage Machine Divides America
Jun 21, 2022
NATO: Everything’s Changed
Jun 15, 2022
Rethinking U.S. Industrial Policy
Jun 13, 2022
Stolen Grain Food Crisis
Jun 09, 2022
National Security North
Jun 08, 2022
Sanctions, Gas Prices, Inflation
Jun 03, 2022
State Dept Counselor Derek Chollet on War in Ukraine
Jun 01, 2022
Russia, China, and Strategic Depth
May 31, 2022
The Taiwan Equation
May 27, 2022
NATO Net Plus
May 26, 2022
Shrinking Battlefield, NATO Expansion
May 26, 2022
North Korea Covid Outbreak
May 19, 2022
Runaway Gas Prices, the Future of U.S. Energy Security and Climate Policy
May 19, 2022
Aussie Elections
May 18, 2022
Transformational War
May 17, 2022
Confused Rules-Based Order
May 16, 2022
Meet the New Marcos, Same as the Old?
May 13, 2022
Frozen Conflict in Ukraine
May 05, 2022
North Korea: Learning From Ukraine
May 04, 2022
Rescue in Ukraine
May 03, 2022
Military Aid to Ukraine
Apr 29, 2022
Covid, Ukraine, and the New Geopolitical Logic
Apr 28, 2022
Dr. Larry Gostin: “Should We Allow One Federal District Court Judge to Issue a Nationwide Injunction?”
Apr 28, 2022
War Comes Home to Europe
Apr 22, 2022
Long Haul for Ukrainian Refugees
Apr 22, 2022
Helping Ukraine Win
Apr 19, 2022
India’s View of Ukraine
Apr 15, 2022
Long Term U.S.-Russia Relations
Apr 14, 2022
Sanctions Impact
Apr 14, 2022
Reporting From Ukraine
Apr 13, 2022
War’s Decisive Moment
Apr 13, 2022
Missile Defense Ukraine
Apr 07, 2022
China’s Rock Solid with Russia
Apr 06, 2022
Clear Evidence of War Crimes
Apr 05, 2022
Putin’s Losses
Mar 31, 2022
Putin’s Bad Cyber Plan
Mar 31, 2022
Enraged Putin
Mar 18, 2022
9/11 Every Day in Ukraine
Mar 16, 2022
Ukrainian Refugees and Food Insecurity
Mar 16, 2022
The Future of the U.S.-UK Intelligence Alliance
Mar 15, 2022
No-Fly Zones and Besieged Cities
Mar 07, 2022
Sanctions in Uncharted Waters
Mar 04, 2022
Asia and the Ukraine Invasion
Mar 04, 2022
Humanitarian Crisis
Mar 03, 2022
Ukrainian Food Insecurity
Mar 03, 2022
Russia’s Lasting Damage
Mar 02, 2022
Russia's Military Missteps
Mar 02, 2022
End of Russia as Energy Superpower
Mar 01, 2022
Putin’s Gross Miscalculation
Feb 28, 2022
Russia Rolls In
Feb 23, 2022
John Barry: “The Guy Who Focuses at the End Will Win”
Feb 16, 2022
Dr. Michael Osterholm: “Don’t Be Surprised When You Are Surprised.”
Jan 28, 2022
AI Revolution in the Intelligence Community
Jan 24, 2022
Amy McGrath on Democracy
Jan 20, 2022
Violent Extremism Needs a Public Health Approach
Jan 13, 2022
Russia’s Next Move on Ukraine
Jan 12, 2022
IRC CEO David Miliband “Global System Failure”
Jan 04, 2022
Dr. Ashish Jha on Omicron, Communication & What’s Next
Dec 13, 2021
CNN’s Chris Cilizza on Politics as Performance
Dec 02, 2021
Omicron Up Close in South Africa
Dec 01, 2021
Cary Funk, Pew Research Center: “It Can Be Confusing”
Nov 16, 2021
Why We’re So Polarized
Oct 25, 2021
The Haitian Migrant Crisis and the Bigger Picture
Oct 18, 2021
Dr. Leana Wen on Covid and Her New Book “Lifelines”
Oct 14, 2021
German Elections and Future of Euro Leadership
Sep 30, 2021
Social Media and Political Polarization
Sep 24, 2021
Sub Deal with Aus-UK
Sep 23, 2021
Era of Strategic Competition: Measuring Chinese and U.S. Engagement with African Security Chiefs
Sep 15, 2021
Covid Reset
Sep 13, 2021
Meet the New Taliban, Same as the Old Taliban
Sep 08, 2021
Digital Taliban
Sep 02, 2021
Global Jihadist Shot in the Arm
Aug 26, 2021
Afghan Addiction
Aug 24, 2021
Jihadist Burning Man
Aug 19, 2021
Amy McGrath on Afghanistan and Her New Book “Honor Bound”
Aug 17, 2021
Afghanistan Now
Aug 16, 2021
Violence and Coexistence in Israel with CSIS's Jon Alterman
May 13, 2021
Bring Music Home with Amber Mundinger and Tamara Deike
May 12, 2021
Vaccine Hesitancy, Distribution and the Next Phase with CSIS’s Steve Morrison
Apr 14, 2021
Rise of Domestic Terror with CSIS’s Seth Jones
Apr 13, 2021
Food Insecurity in America with CSIS’s Caitlin Welsh
Apr 01, 2021
Political Data Science with David Shor
Mar 26, 2021
Alec MacGillis on “Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America”
Mar 18, 2021
Dr. Peter Hotez: Anti-Vaccine Movement, Resistance and the Texas Turmoil
Mar 11, 2021
Space is Defendable with CSIS’ Todd Harrison
Mar 09, 2021
The Bulwark’s Charlie Sykes: Tribalization and the Coalition of the Decent
Mar 04, 2021
WaPo’s Josh Dawsey: Trump and the GOP
Feb 24, 2021
What Does Freedom and Equity Mean to Americans?
Feb 01, 2021
ABC’s Jonathan Karl on Trump’s Final 8 Days
Jan 12, 2021
Voter Registration HeadCount’s Andy Bernstein
Dec 22, 2020
Conflict, Climate, and Covid-19
Dec 18, 2020
Politico’s Tim Alberta Understanding Election 2020
Dec 02, 2020
Pappyland with Wright Thompson
Nov 23, 2020
Sustainable Infrastructure in the Amazon
Nov 16, 2020
American Feelings on Safety and Wellbeing
Oct 20, 2020
Mapping the Future of U.S. China Policy
Oct 15, 2020
Making Sense of 2020 Election Polling Trends
Oct 07, 2020
Daniel Yergin on "The New Map"
Sep 17, 2020
An Open World
Sep 15, 2020
Violence in the Streets of America
Sep 03, 2020
Terrorism in the U.S.
Aug 25, 2020
NYT’s Bret Stephens on Israel and “One” or “Two” State Solutions
Aug 13, 2020
David Sanger and the Roots of the Nation’s Struggle to Control the Pandemic
Jul 22, 2020
Climate, Energy, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Jul 08, 2020
Wes Moore, Robin Hood Foundation CEO on Ending Poverty and Systemic Racism in America
Jul 02, 2020
Dr. Michael Fauntroy on Systemic Racism
Jun 25, 2020
Law Professor Joshua Geltzer on Election Security
May 21, 2020
John Barry, Eminent Pandemic Historian - "Tell the Truth"
May 15, 2020
Sold Out of Meat
May 06, 2020
Long Term Impacts of Covid-19 on Global Migration
Apr 28, 2020
U.S. Views of China During Covid-19 Pandemic
Apr 23, 2020
Big Brother, Solutions & Widespread Distrust
Apr 15, 2020
Maggie Haberman WH Coverage of Covid-19
Apr 07, 2020
COVID-19 in North and South Korea
Mar 31, 2020
Health V. Economy
Mar 25, 2020
Oil Markets Under Pressure
Mar 20, 2020
COVID-19: Testing the U.S.
Mar 19, 2020
Italy Total Lockdown?
Mar 11, 2020
Age of Mass Protests
Mar 04, 2020
COVID-19: New Reality
Feb 27, 2020
Libya Conflict
Feb 11, 2020
Brexit: What Happens Next?
Feb 04, 2020
Impeachment and the Media
Jan 28, 2020
Global Economic Outlook
Jan 23, 2020
U.S.-China Trade Deal: Phase One
Jan 16, 2020
The Killing of Soleimani and U.S. Response
Jan 10, 2020
Bad Ideas in National Security
Dec 18, 2019
British Elections
Dec 11, 2019
Climate Change and Food Security
Dec 04, 2019
The Islamic State's Next Wave
Nov 05, 2019
Russia Into Africa
Oct 30, 2019
A Reckoning in Syria and What it Means for the Middle East
Oct 22, 2019
An Ongoing Discussion on Syria
Oct 16, 2019
U.S. Troop Pullout of Syria
Oct 08, 2019
U.S. and China: A New Paradigm
Oct 04, 2019
Bonus: Schieffer's Green Room on Iran
Oct 01, 2019
Explaining the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act
Sep 24, 2019
The Attack on Saudi Arabia
Sep 17, 2019
Edge of a New Epoch
Sep 12, 2019