The DSR Network

The United States faces a wide variety of foreign policy challenges two months into 2023. David is joined by DSR regulars Ed Luce, David Sanger, and Kori Schake to discuss these threats and how the United States should respond. Is the U.S.-Israeli relationship broken? Will Iran get a nuclear weapon? What is going on in North Korea? Find out the answers to these and other pressing questions during this thoughtful episode. Don't miss it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The two hundred forty-sixth episode of the DSR Daily Brief. Stories Cited in the Episode:Bola Tinubu wins Nigeria's presidential election against Atiku Abubakar and Peter ObiTaiwan says 19 Chinese fighter jets entered its air defence zoneAt least 36 killed after train collision in GreecePakistani court orders arrest of former premier Imran KhanIran expels 2 German diplomats in tit-for-tat moveCanada bans TikTok on government devices over security risksMilitants kidnap 25 youths in northern DR CongoRussia bans government officials from using most foreign words Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The two hundred forty-fifth episode of the DSR Daily Brief. Stories Cited in the Episode:Tensions high in West Bank after deadly Israeli settler rampageSerbia and Kosovo accept EU proposal to normalize tiesSunak hails ‘new chapter’ in UK-EU relations as Northern Ireland deal is agreedMacron lays out ‘new era’ for France’s reduced presence in AfricaMexican troops, border residents clash after 5 shot, killedAlgeria and Russia aim to boost military tiesKerala: India temple replaces elephant with robot for ritualsWeb-based kissing device horrifies Chinese social media users Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The two hundred forty-fourth episode of the DSR Daily Brief. Stories Cited in the Episode:Nigeria gets early results from tight election raceIsraeli and Palestinian officials vow to curb violenceBao Fan: Missing Chinese billionaire assisting authorities, firm saysMexicans turn out in droves to protest electoral overhaul, see democracy at riskNorth Korea holds rare meeting on farming amid food shortageRussian plane destroyed near Minsk airfield: Belarus oppositionHundreds in Tunisia protest against president’s anti-migrant clampdownMexican president posts photo of what he claims is an elf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally Aired: June 15, 2021When Vladimir Putin sits down with Joe Biden, both men will be well familiar with each other and Putin will have no illusions that he can toy with the new American president like he could with the last one. Joe Biden has been working at a high level in US foreign policy since 1973 (when Leonid Brezhnev was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.) As Biden's Europe trip has demonstrated this past week, he is a savvy foreign policy professional who knows how to pull the levers of diplomacy behind the scenes. If not every speech is a barn burner, the results so far outstrip those of all his recent predecessors in their first years in office. We discuss the Putin meeting with David Sanger of the New York Times, who is traveling with the president, and Evelyn Farkas, former senior Obama Administration official and Russia specialist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally Aired: March 10, 2022As the war in Ukraine drags on, Russian atrocities are mounting. Bombing hospitals, using thermobaric weapons, and potentially escalating to chemical weapons. What should the West do? David Rothkopf and Kavita Patel look for answers with Alex Vindman former Director for European Affairs on the National Security Council and former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder. Should the U.S. get involved militarily in Ukraine? Is Putin on his way out? How should we approach countries that don't support Ukraine? Find out the answers to these and other pressing questions during this dark period. Don't miss it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kavita is back from her trip but the problems in the country haven't moved much. The train derailment in East Palestine has caused concerns about environmental and health impacts while the right-wing media pushes it as race issue. Members of The DSR Network get access to a bonus segment about Mark Brnovich. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The role of the United States in the world is in question but it isn't the first time. David talked with Robert Kagan author of the new book "The Ghost at the Feast: America and the Collapse of World Order, 1900-1941" and what lessons we can take for it into our current moment. What pushed America into its super powered status? What resonances does an "America First" foreign policy have with his point in history? Find out the answer to these and other questions during this informative conversation.z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The two hundred forty-third episode of the DSR Daily Brief. Stories Cited in the Episode:Russia's war on Ukraine in numbersRussia deports thousands of Ukrainian children. Investigators say that's a war crimeUkraine War in Data: A year of casualties, violence and displaced UkrainiansFake Russian diplomats revealed as heart of ‘hive’ spy ring in AustraliaBrazil downpours leave at least 50 dead as rescue ship arrivesTikTok banned from EU Commission phones over cybersecurityChinyere Igwe: Nigerian politician arrested with $500,000 in cash on eve of electionsSpy balloon, UFO or Dragon Ball? Japan baffled by iron ball washed up on beach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Russia has suspended their participation in New START but are we actually at a greater risk of nuclear war? David discusses with Jon Wolfsthal of Global Zero and Dr. Emma Belcher of the Ploughshares Fund. Is nuclear war imminent? Does the U.S. still have visibility on Russia's nukes? What comes next? Find out during this expert discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices