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John Herbst 56 minutes
The former ambassador to Ukraine and Uzbekistan joins Ryan and Glenn to connect military support, sanctions, negotiating leverage, and the wider competition with Russia and China.
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Steve Wills 42 minutes
The navalist joins Ryan to explain why Arctic shipping, vulnerable undersea infrastructure, Greenland, and Russian submarines matter far beyond the High North.
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John Tefft 56 minutes
The former ambassador to Russia and Ukraine joins Ryan and Glenn on Moscow’s ambitions, Ukrainian resilience, NATO deterrence, and what negotiators need to understand.
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Glenn Corn 43 minutes
Back from a delegation led by General David Petraeus, Glenn recounts an evacuation near the Polish border and asks what it takes to keep Ukraine connected, supplied, and protected.
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Glenn Corn and Ghost 49 minutes
Reporting from Kyiv, Glenn reflects on 9/11, Ukraine’s resilience, and a battlefield moving underground. Combat veteran Ghost shares the story of the medic who saved him and his work supporting fellow soldiers.
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Alex Vatanka 36 minutes
The Iran analyst examines Mojtaba Khamenei’s absence, competing Revolutionary Guard networks, nuclear bargaining, and why military pressure needs a defined political objective.
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Dave Berke 30 minutes
The former TOPGUN instructor explains what carrier endurance demands, why mobile missile launchers survive, and how drones are changing the pace of military learning.
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Rachel Minyoung Lee 31 minutes
Rachel Minyoung Lee explains what changed since 2019, what Kim Jong Un wants from Trump, and why Russia has given Pyongyang a stronger hand.
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Glenn Corn 13 minutes
Speaking from Ukraine, Glenn Corn weighs the reported Ratcliffe trip, the value of intelligence backchannels, and what Kyiv needs beyond another round of talks.
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Sarkis Karabashian 35 minutes
Sarkis Karabashian returns from the region with a look at Armenia's U.S. partnership, Russia's remaining pressure points, and the commercial projects meant to make peace worth protecting.
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Glenn Corn 45 minutes
Glenn Corn and Ryan Fugit debate sanctions, ceasefire terms, Ukraine's air defenses, and the ways the Iran conflict changes Washington's leverage with Moscow.
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Ralph Goff 33 minutes
Ralph Goff joins Glenn Corn and Ryan Fugit on Iran, Israel, Lebanon, and why promises to disarm Hamas or Hezbollah are so difficult to turn into reality.
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Peter Clement 71 minutes
Veteran CIA Russia analyst Peter Clement joins Glenn Corn and Ryan Fugit to examine succession, the people around Putin, and why a new leader would not necessarily mean a new system.
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Glenn Corn 51 minutes
Back from Kyiv, Glenn Corn separates battlefield progress from political turmoil, then follows the connections to Russia's negotiating tactics and Iran's regional pressure.
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Glenn Corn 40 minutes
Glenn Corn and Ryan Fugit weigh Ukraine's strikes, Turkey's relationship with Washington, and the risks hiding behind military signals from Russia and China.
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Nick Eftimiades 38 minutes
Nick Eftimiades explains why he is taking China's infrastructure access, supply-chain leverage, and long-term intelligence work to Capitol Hill.
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Roman Steblivskyi 48 minutes
Roman Steblivskyi explains how Russian supply chains adapt, why enforcement matters, and which restrictions he would protect in any negotiation over sanctions relief.
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Artist 45 minutes
In Kyiv, Glenn Corn speaks with Artist, a Ukrainian officer who traded sculpture and design for military service, about adaptation, air defense, and the life he had planned before the war.
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Glenn Corn 20 minutes
Speaking from Warsaw after a week in Ukraine, Glenn Corn weighs the pressure on Russia, the shortage of air defense, and what Americans should be learning from the war.
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Lyle Goldstein 49 minutes
The China and Russia specialist challenges assumptions about military readiness, leadership purges, and what a war over Taiwan would require of the United States.
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Glenn Corn 41 minutes
Ryan Fugit and Glenn Corn look past the ceremony in Beijing to Taiwan, promises about Iran, and the security decisions still facing Ukraine and the United States.
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David Satterfield 73 minutes
Ambassador David Satterfield joins Ryan Fugit and Glenn Corn to discuss Hormuz, armed groups, China, and the diplomatic work that has to accompany the use of force.
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Glenn Corn 53 minutes
Back from Ukraine, Glenn Corn discusses Russian negotiating habits, the pressure around Hormuz, and why Western militaries need to learn faster from Ukrainian experience.
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