Burn Bag 4/14/24 Burn Bag 4/14/24

Is TikTok a Threat? Data Sovereignty, Algorithmic Influence, and the China Factor with Lindsay Gorman, Senior Fellow at GMF Tech

This week, A'ndre is joined by Lindsay Gorman, the Managing Director & Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s GMF Tech, to delve into the controversies surrounding TikTok and its implications for national security.

Burn Bag 4/3/24 Burn Bag 4/3/24

Crisis in Haiti: A Primer on the Country's Violent Flashpoint with Brookings Fellow and NYU Visiting Scholar Sophie Rutenbar

Brookings Institution & NYU Center on International Cooperation Fellow Sophie Rutenbar joins us to discuss the current crisis in #Haiti, the rise of gang violence, and failed prior interventions in the first free black republic.

Burn Bag 3/23/24 Burn Bag 3/23/24

ISIS Attacks Russia: Dissecting the Terror Attack at a Moscow Concert Hall with fmr. Counterterrorism Official Javed Ali

Former counterterrorism official Javed Ali joins us to discuss Friday's horrific ISIS terror attacks at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia. Javed and A'ndre discuss what ISIS-K is, how the group has evolved over the last 10 years, their motivations in attacking Russia, and how the Friday’s events parallel prior terror attacks.

Burn Bag 3/19/24 Burn Bag 3/19/24

Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on Israel-Gaza, Russia-Ukraine, China, and the 2024 Presidential Election