WTH Is Going on with the CCP Purge in China? John Garnaut Explains.
Kremlinology has made its way east as analysts try to make sense of dramatic PLA purges under Xi Jinping. The CCP regime appears to be clearing house, but what does it all mean? Should there be a reco...
5 Feb 53min
WTH Can’t Putin Afford to Fail in Ukraine? Michael Tory Explains How He Will.
With regime change brewing in Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran, and the Russian war of attrition still marching on, Cold War déjà vu shapes our understanding of what happens when regimes do fall and offers a...
29 Jan 49min
WTH Is Christian Zionism? Ralph Reed Has the Gospel.
The so-called “pro-Israel lobby” in Washington, D.C., has long been a target for antisemites and for fringe voices on both sides of the aisle. Contrary to conventional wisdom, however, support for Isr...
22 Jan 57min
WTH Is Going On In Iran? Michael Rubin Explains.
The world is watching as protests rage across Iran amid nationwide internet blackouts, state-sponsored propaganda, and lethal security force crackdowns. Despite reports suggesting that hundreds, possi...
13 Jan 1h 3min
WTH Is Next For Venezuela? Roger Noriega Explains.
For many Americans, Operation Absolute Resolve, which brought Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro to trial in New York, was an unexpected New Year’s surprise. For others who have endured the corruption...
8 Jan 1h 5min
WTH: America 250 Begins! With Professor Gordon Wood.
It is officially 2026, which means America is turning 250 this year. Our question on this semiquincentennial looks back to America’s founding and the constitutional framework that gave birth to our na...
1 Jan 52min
WTH Is Going On With Civilian Control of the Military? Kori Schake Explains.
While we celebrate the remarkable achievement of 250 years of the US military being a bulwark of democracy, it is important to understand the intentionally laid foundations on which America’s civil mi...
22 Dec 20251h 11min
WTH Do MAGA Republicans Think on Foreign Policy? Roger Zakheim Explains.
The Reagan National Defense Survey has again illuminated the MAGA world: MAGA Republicans are not isolationists, nor are the majority of Americans. Despite what those in Washington assert Americans be...
18 Dec 202553min
