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FPRI Radio
FPRI Radio is a podcast dedicated to topical discussions between members of the FPRI staff and leading experts on current events relating to and affecting world affairs in the diplomatic, informational, military, and economic domains. These conversations generally range from between 15 and 45 minute...
Recent Episodes
25 episodes
The Hunt for Mobile Missiles
This week FPRI's Director of Research Aaron Stein and Senior Fellow Paul Bracken discuss Bracken's new report: The Hunt for Mobile Missiles: Nuclear W...
U.S. Troop Movements in Germany
This past week, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced that the United States would withdraw 11,800 troops from Germany, with 5.600 of those being...
From Freedom Fighters to Jihadists
In this edition of FPRI Radio Michael Noonan, the director of FPRI's Program on National Security, sits down and speaks with Harvard University's Vera...
A Conversation with Lt. Gen. Jonathon Riley: Afghanistan, the US-UK Relationship, and Brexit
In this episode of FPRI Radio Michael Noonan, director of FPRI’s Program on National Security, sits down with retired British Army Lt. General Jonatho...
Israel's Election: An Update
Israelis head to the polls on April 9th. To get a sense of the state of the race, the political maneuvering by elements of the Israeli center, the via...
Taxing Wars: The American Way of War Finance and the Decline of Democracy
In this episode of FPRI Radio Michael Noonan sits down with Sarah Kreps from Cornell University to discuss her Pennsylvania roots and her latest book...
What Does the "Day After" look like for Syria?
While the conflict in Syria shows no sign of abating, scholars and policymakers alike are trying to make projections for the “day after,” when the fig...
The BackChannel: Friends into Foes, Foes into Friends? The Trump Putin Summit in Geopolitical Perspective
In the latest episode of FPRI’s Back Channel, Host Ron Granieri welcomes Templeton Fellows Dominic Tierney and Nada Bakos along with special guests Tr...
The BackChannel: Artificial Intelligence, Genuine Transformations: The Tech Revolution and the future of National Security
In the latest episode of FPRI’s new podcast, The BackChannel, host Ron Granieri welcomes Templeton Fellows Dominic Tierney and Nada Bakos along with s...
The BackChannel: Israel, Palestine, and the USA: How Many States, How Many Partners?
In the latest episode of FPRI’s new podcast series, The BackChannel, host Ron Granieri welcomes Templeton Fellow Dominic Tierney, Director of FPRI’s P...
The BackChannel: North Korea and the United States: Fire and Fury, or Friends for Now?
In this premiere episode of FPRI’s new podcast series, BackChannel, Host Ron Granieri welcomes Templeton Fellows Nada Bakos and Dominic Tierney and sp...
Life After the Caliphate
This episode, hosted by Tally Helfont, Director of FPRI's Program on the Middle East, is the first in a four part series exploring topics related to F...
Assessing Trump's Trip to Asia
President Donald Trump recently completed a 12-day trip to Asia, with stops in Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines, and including...
Europe's Voters Have Spoken... But what did they say?
The German elections on 24 September marked the end of a year and a half of major elections and referenda across the Continent. As the dust settles, E...
The "Deep State" of Intelligence?
In this episode of FPRI Radio, host Michael Noonan is joined in conversation with FPRI Senior Fellow Nada Bakos to discuss the U.S. intelligence appar...
Violence, Non-State Actors, and Turmoil in the Middle East
From the breakdown of states to the exploitation of the ensuing power vacuum by violent non-state actors, there are numerous pressing issues currently...
Venezuela in Crisis
As President Nicolás Maduro relies on increasingly repressive means to preserve the regime he inherited from the late Hugo Chávez, Venezuela has desce...
France Votes, the World Watches
French voters go to the polls on April 23 in the first round of a presidential election that may upend European politics. Populist nationalist Marine...
Online Nationalism in China
Popular opinion in Chinese cyberspace—the postings of China’s “netizens”—are often ardently nationalist. Are nationalist voices online representative...
A Bull in the China Shop? Asia Policy in the Age of Trump
Philadelphia Inquirer Worldview columnist Trudy Rubin (back from a pre-inauguration trip to Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei and Hong Kong) and FPRI Asia Pro...
Reflections of a Female, Muslim Immigrant Who Served Three Republican Presidents
In this edition of FPRI Radio, FPRI President Alan Luxenberg interviews Amb. Shirin Tahir-Kheli on her experience in government at the highest levels...
On the Brussels Attacks
In this edition of FPRI Radio, FPRI's Mike Noonan interviews Robert A. Fox Fellow Clint Watts on the Brussels Attacks.
Law and Geopolitics in the South China Sea Disputes
FPRI Asia Program Director and University of Pennsylvania Professor Jacques deLisle joins panelists Professor Peter Dutton of the U.S. Naval War Colle...
The Taming of Democracy Assistance: Why Democracy Promotion Does Not Confront Dictators
In this edition of FPRI Radio, FPRI Senior Fellow Mitchell Orenstein interviews FPRI Senior Fellow Sarah Bush about her new book, The Taming of Democr...
The Taiwan Elections: A Post Mortem
In this edition of FPRI Radio, Jacques deLisle interviews a panel of FPRI scholars about the recent Presidential Elections in Taiwan, and what it mean...