The hottest topics in foreign affairs.

Each week, we open up a “burn bag” with a leading thinker for an inside look at today's most pressing international challenges.

Past Guests

  • Fmr. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta

  • Fmr. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper

  • Fmr. Director of National Intelligence Jim Clapper

  • Fmr. CIA Director John Brennan

    Former CIA Director John Brennan

  • Fmr. CIA Director GEN (Ret.) David Petraeus

  • Fmr. Colombian President Iván Duque

  • Fmr. Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe

  • Fmr. NSC Senior Director Fiona Hill

  • Fmr. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff

  • Fmr. Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy

  • Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer

  • Fmr. Principal Deputy DNI Sue Gordon

  • Fmr. Special Rep. to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith

  • Council on Foreign Relations President Dr. Richard Haass

  • General (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal

  • Political Columnist and Author George Will

  • Fmr. Bishop of the Episcopal Church Michael Curry

  • Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)

Featured Episodes

  • Afghan technologist Sara Wahedi joins us to share her reflections on the third anniversary of the Taliban's takeover, how her crisis-notification app Ehtesab saved lives, and the state of women's rights in Afghanistan

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  • Mike Brown, former DIU Director, talks to A’ndre about his time leading the Defense Innovation Unit, accelerating acquisitions timelines, and how to address challenges facing commercial enterprise in partnering with.

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  • Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat explores her book, Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present, and the contemporary history of authoritarianism. She shares insights into how today’s most notorious “strongmen,” like Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban, remain in power.

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  • Bonnie Glaser, one of the country's top China/Taiwan experts, sits down with A'ndre to talk all things Taiwan, its contemporary history, recent elections, US strategic ambiguity, and why a Chinese invasion is NOT so likely in the near future.

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  • A'ndre sits down with Lindsay Gorman, Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund, to dive deep into the controversies surrounding TikTok and its national security implications, discussing the China factor, data sovereignty, and malignant influence

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