Podcast appearances and mentions of Colin Kahl

Every app on your phone brags about being “AI-powered.” Policymakers and pundits predict that the technology will soon dominate every aspect of life. But what's actually happening with AI, and what can America do to “win” the global race to activate the tech's promise?On this episode, Colin Kahl, Biden's former undersecretary of defense for policy and now co-director of Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation, breaks down where things stand. He and Oren talk through what the AI debate gets wrong, whether “winning” the tech race with China is even a sensible goal, and the policy decisions that confront today's leaders.Further reading:“Is It Interesting to Say That AI Isn't That Interesting?” by Oren Cass “Here's Why Oren Is Wrong About AI,” by Abigail Ball

Tommy is joined by Colin Kahl, Biden's former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, to discuss multiple conflicts and hot spots around the world including the ongoing efforts against ISIS in Iraq, the hard lessons being learned in the war in Ukraine, Republican attempts to blame Kamala Harris for the Afghanistan withdrawal, extremist attacks in western Africa, and the futility of trying to defeat Hamas militarily in Gaza. Then, Tommy is joined by Vera Bergengruen, Senior correspondent for TIME Magazine, to discuss her cover stories on President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador and President Javier Milei of Argentina, why they're popular at home and with Republicans in the US, the DOJ indictment that disclosed the Russian government paid huge sums to American right-wing influencers, and why Russian influence operations work best in smaller countries.

In the first episode of Ripple Effect, Steve and Michael talk with Colin Kahl, former under-secretary of defence for policy in the Biden administration, about the United States' relations with the rest of the world as it moves toward a high-stakes election in November 2024. They discuss the foreign policy that the Biden administration inherited from Donald Trump in 2021, the kinds of changes Trump might make should he return to the Oval Office, and how the United States' friends and adversaries would greet a second Trump presidency. They also parse how the upcoming election could shape conflict dynamics between Russia and Ukraine, the recent thaw in bilateral relations between the U.S. and China, and even the prospect of a shooting war between the U.S. and Mexico's drug cartels. Finally, they look at why the U.S. hasn't joined the global call for a ceasefire in Gaza and the possibilities for U.S. policy shifts as the war's toll increases. For more of Crisis Group's analysis on the topics discussed in this episode, check out our United States page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in the U.S. Department of Defense is one of the biggest – and hardest – jobs in Washington. Colin Kahl served in that role for more than two years. From April 2021 to July 2023, he was the principal adviser to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin for all matters related to national security and defense policy, oversaw the writing of the 2022 National Defense Strategy, which focused on the “pacing challenge” posed by China, and he led the Department's response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, among other international crises. He also led other major defense diplomacy initiatives, like U.S. efforts to revitalize the NATO alliance. Kahl has had a long career in government and public service. During the Obama administration, he served as Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to then-Vice President Biden. Before that, he served in the Pentagon as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East for nearly three years.Just Security's Co-Editor-in-Chief Tess Bridgeman recently sat down with Kahl, who is now a Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation, for an exit interview.Show Notes: Colin Kahl (@ColinKahl)Paras Shah (@pshah518) Tess Bridgeman (@bridgewriter) Just Security's China coverage  Just Security's Russia-Ukraine war coverageJust Security's artificial intelligence coverageMusic: “The Parade” by “Hey Pluto!” from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/hey-pluto/the-parade (License code: 36B6ODD7Y6ODZ3BX)Music: “Lilac” by “Night Drift” from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/night-drift/lilac (License code: CFXEBHMVBA8FXVNC) 

(5/18/23) - In today's Federal Newscast: Employees at DoJ urge Congress to oppose an abortion ban that would impact health benefits for feds. Colin Kahl will soon return to Stanford after helping steer the DoD policy ship and steering clear of Twitter. And GSA is increasing the RPMs toward electrifying the federal fleet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

(5/18/23) - In today's Federal Newscast: Employees at DoJ urge Congress to oppose an abortion ban that would impact health benefits for feds. Colin Kahl will soon return to Stanford after helping steer the DoD policy ship and steering clear of Twitter. And GSA is increasing the RPMs toward electrifying the federal fleet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In early April, the U.S. government became aware that classified documents had been shared widely online, in what is considered to be the most damaging national security leak since Edward Snowden. How will the Biden administration respond? This week, FP's Ravi Agrawal is joined by Colin Kahl, the U.S. undersecretary of defense for policy, to discuss the recent leaks, U.S. strategy in Ukraine, China, and beyond. Suggested reading: Rishi Iyengar: Biden Wants to Reboot America's Cyber Defenses Colin Kahl: ‘We're All In' on Supporting Ukraine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EPISODE 144: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (1:42) SPECIAL COMMENT: Good news everyone! We don't have to worry about Kevin McCarthy turning over 44,000 hours of January 6 Video to Tucker Carlson. Because Tucker has promised Kevin that he won't use any of the sensitive stuff that could get congressmen or senators or Vice Presidents killed next time. And we know how we can trust Tucker Carlson! Just look at all those Carlson texts from the Dominion defamation suit! His word is the coin of the realm. Provided the realm in question is Russia. Perhaps never before in American history has their been such a pairing of Political Scum with Media Scum as McCarthy and Carlson. And McCarthy's response to the criticism of his unprecedented and indefensible act: "It almost seems like the press is jealous...He'll have an exclusive. Then I'll give it out to the entire country." And McCarthy's henchman in this sleazy nightmare turns out to be Barry Loudermilk, the Georgia Congressman caught ON the January 5-6 video giving at least one January 6th defendant a tour of security checkpoints. There are still steps the Biden Administration and the Democrats can do to stop this farce. It stops with ending access to all representatives of all NewsCorp employees, for the simple reason that Fox News and its cousins are NOT news organizations. I'm not holding my breath. B-Block (21:03) POSTSCRIPTS TO THE NEWS: The Fools on the Hill: Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene humiliate themselves during congressional hearings, while trying to play "gotcha" with people smarter than they are. (26:02) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Chris Licht again, this time for putting on an ex-Norfolk Southern lobbyist to comment on the Norfolk Southern disaster; How could you possibly misspell Jackie Robinson's name? And help us: NYC has elected a messianic theocrat as mayor. Eric Adams goes nuts - again. C-Block (31:00) EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY: Dora and Lee, starved puppies in Arkansas (32:00) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: The Fox News/NewsCorp perfidy is not limited to television. When the tv arm of the octopus is criticized and threatened, the Murdoch monster uses the print arms to try to strangle the opponent. When a right wing would-be terrorist sent fake anthrax to me and a dozen other liberals, the FBI asked me - and all news organizations - to keep it quiet just for a day. Murdoch's New York Post not only refused, but wrote the story concluding that the person to blame here was...me.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EXPERTS FRÉDÉRIC ENCEL Docteur en géopolitique Maître de conférences à Sciences Po Paris et Paris School of Business AZADEH KIAN Sociologue franco-iranienne Auteure de « Femmes et pouvoir en Islam » ARMELLE CHARRIER Éditorialiste en politique internationale - « France 24 » ANTHONY BELLANGER Éditorialiste, spécialiste des questions internationales – « France Inter » Que se passe-t-il en Iran ? L'Agence internationale de l'énergie atomique (AIEA) a détecté dans le pays des particules d'uranium enrichi à 83,7%, soit juste en deçà des 90 % nécessaires pour produire une bombe atomique, selon un dernier rapport de cette instance de l'ONU. Ces particules ont été découvertes dans des échantillons collectés en janvier dans l'usine souterraine de Fordo. "Des clarifications" sont demandées à Téhéran et "les discussions sont toujours en cours" pour déterminer l'origine de ces particules a expliqué l'agence onusienne. L'Iran, qui nie vouloir se doter de l'arme atomique, a fait état la semaine dernière "de fluctuations involontaires" au cours du processus d'enrichissement, dans une lettre citée par l'AIEA. Ces informations surviennent alors que le directeur général de l'AIEA, Rafael Grossi, est attendu en Iran dans les jours à venir, dans un contexte de détérioration des relations. Les négociations afin de ranimer l'accord de Vienne (JCPOA ) conclu en 2015 pour limiter les activités atomiques de l'Iran en échange d'une levée des sanctions internationales sont en effet au point mort. Depuis le retrait des États-Unis de cet accord, décidé en 2018 par le président Donald Trump, la République islamique s'est progressivement affranchie de ses engagements. Au 12 février, son stock total d'uranium enrichi s'élevait ainsi à 3 760,8 kg, soit plus de 18 fois la limite autorisée par l'accord, selon les estimations de l'AIEA. Surtout, l'Iran enrichit à des niveaux toujours plus élevés, loin de la limite fixée à 3,67 %. Hier, le numéro trois du ministère de la Défense américaine, Colin Kahl, a estimé que l'Iran pourrait désormais fabriquer suffisamment de matière fissile pour une bombe nucléaire en "environ 12 jours" lors d'une audience de la Chambre des représentants, en réponse à un parlementaire républicain qui lui demandait pourquoi l'administration Biden avait cherché à relancer l'accord sur le nucléaire iranien. "Parce que les progrès nucléaires de l'Iran depuis que nous avons quitté le JCPOA ont été remarquables. En 2018, lorsque l'administration précédente a décidé de quitter le JCPOA, il aurait fallu environ 12 mois à l'Iran pour produire l'équivalent d'une bombe de matière fissile. Maintenant, il faudrait environ 12 jours", a-t-il expliqué. Le chef de la CIA a lui estimé dimanche que le programme d'enrichissement d'uranium iranien "progresse vite à tel point qu'il leur suffirait de quelques semaines pour atteindre les 90 %, s'ils décidaient de franchir cette ligne". Il s'est également inquiété d'une « dangereuse » escalade dans la coopération militaire entre Téhéran et Moscou. "Ce que nous constatons, ce sont des signes selon lesquels la Russie propose d'aider les Iraniens avec leur programme de missiles et envisage aussi la possibilité de procurer à l'Iran des avions de combat ", a déclaré Bill Burns dans une rare interview diffusée sur la chaîne CBS. Alors jusqu'où ira le régime des mollahs dans la poursuite de son programme nucléaire ? Le pays peut-il se doter bientôt de l'arme nucléaire ? Et après plus de 5 mois, où en est la révolte en Iran ? Le mouvement est-il en train de s'essouffler ? Enfin que va faire Israël ? Le Premier ministre sur le retour, Benyamin Netayahou, qui a formé il y a quelques semaines une alliance électorale avec les ultra-nationalistes extrémistes auparavant en marge de la politique, multiplie les menaces. Lui qui préconise depuis longtemps une action militaire contre l'Iran, l'a de nouveau évoqué lors d'un discours mi-février. "La seule chose qui parvient à arrêter les États voyous qui s'apprêtent à développer la bombe atomique, c'est une menace militaire crédible ou un passage à l'action militaire crédible", a-t-il indiqué lors d'une conférence sur la sécurité nationale. DIFFUSION : du lundi au samedi à 17h45 FORMAT : 65 minutes PRÉSENTATION : Caroline Roux - Axel de Tarlé REDIFFUSION : du lundi au vendredi vers 23h40 RÉALISATION : Nicolas Ferraro, Bruno Piney, Franck Broqua, Alexandre Langeard, Corentin Son, Benoît Lemoine PRODUCTION : France Télévisions / Maximal Productions Retrouvez C DANS L'AIR sur internet & les réseaux : INTERNET : francetv.fr FACEBOOK : https://www.facebook.com/Cdanslairf5 TWITTER : https://twitter.com/cdanslair INSTAGRAM : https://www.instagram.com/cdanslair/

Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl and Counselor to the Secretary of State Derek Chollet join the show to reflect on the war on year after Russia's brutal invasion and the commencement of Ukraine's monumental resistance. In a wide-ranging, hour-long conversation, the two respond to Ryan's questions about the arming of Ukraine, sanctions, choices about certain platforms and munitions, China, India, America's staying power, and much more.

Cerca de 80.000 soldados russos foram mortos ou feridos desde o início da invasão da Ucrânia, disse hoje o número três do Pentágono, Colin Kahl, salientando que os alvos anunciados pelo Presidente russo, Vladimir Putin, ainda não foram atingidos.

飛碟聯播網《飛碟早餐 唐湘龍時間》2022.07.18 週一閱讀單元 燎原出版主編 查理 《疫後震盪效應：防疫政治學與世界秩序的崩潰》 ※主題：《疫後震盪效應：防疫政治學與世界秩序的崩潰》/ 科林‧凱爾、湯姆斯‧萊特 / 燎原出版 ※來賓：燎原出版主編 查理 ◎節目介紹： 唯一從多方面回顧過去700多個日子防疫作戰失敗與成功的故事。這是一場全人類的浩劫！我們不能忘記，單一疫病全球超過5億確診（數字還在新增當中），突破620萬死亡的大流行，留給我們是哪些教訓！全世界從一開始的無關痛癢、事不關己，到最後的驚嚇，乃至於惶恐，彷彿末日電影般的場景發生在我們的周遭。COVID-19在毫無預警的情形下，成了你我這一世代人類不想要的共同記憶。封城、隔離、口罩、疫苗、足跡已經成了我們的日常，消毒、量體溫、篩檢變成了習慣。疫情發生之前的生活，彷彿是另存在別個世代的記憶。何時才能夠恢復COVID-19發生前的日子？我們還回得去嗎？ 兩位美國主要的國家安全專家，從對世界各地官員的訪談和廣泛的研究，提出民粹民族主義和大國競爭，如何導致對百年來最嚴重疫病採取令人丟失性命的糟糕應對方式的經過。對有史以來最詭異、影響最重大的這些日子，道出最真實的觀察結果。根據COVID-19對全球的影響，以及它將在21世紀對美國和世界秩序產生的震盪效應，作者提出鏗鏘有力的主張。 在下一次全球疫病大流行到來之前——作者預警一定會再來——人類會有補考的機會嗎？是時候檢視這兩年的錯誤，檢討我們的缺失，參考成功的案例，盤點將來我們要如何應對。面對下一次的攻擊，我們必須做好準備！ ◎作者介紹：科林‧凱爾（Colin Kahl） 2014年至2017年擔任拜登副總統的國家安全顧問，後任史丹福大學佛里曼—史波利格國際研究所的高級研究員。他目前借調到聯邦政府擔任美國國防部政策次長。 ◎作者介紹：湯瑪斯‧萊特（Thomas Wright） 布魯金斯研究院高級研究員，《大西洋雜誌》特約作家。 ▶ 《飛碟早餐》FB粉絲團 https://www.facebook.com/ufobreakfast/ ▶ 飛碟聯播網FB粉絲團 https://www.facebook.com/ufonetwork921/ ▶ 網路線上收聽 http://www.uforadio.com.tw/stream/stream.html ▶ 飛碟APP，讓你收聽零距離 IOS：https://reurl.cc/3jYQMV Android：https://reurl.cc/5GpNbR ▶ 飛碟Podcast SoundOn : https://bit.ly/30Ia8Ti Apple Podcasts : https://apple.co/3jFpP6x Spotify : https://spoti.fi/2CPzneD Google 播客：https://bit.ly/3gCTb3G KKBOX：https://reurl.cc/MZR0K4

On this episode of the Global Exchange, Colin Robertson talk to Thomas Wright about the book he co-wrote with Colin Kahl, Aftershocks: Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order. Guest bio: Thomas Wright is the director of the Center on the United States and Europe and a senior fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy at the Brookings Institution. He is also a contributing writer for The Atlantic and a nonresident fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy.https://www.brookings.edu/experts/thomas-wright/ Read: Aftershocks: Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order by Colin Kahl and Thomas Wright –https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250275752/aftershocks All Measures Short of War: The Contest for the 21st Century & the Future of American Power by Thomas Wright –https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300223286/all-measures-short-war Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy by Martin Indyk –https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/535623/master-of-the-game-by-martin-indyk/ Host bio Colin Robertson is a former diplomat, and Senior Advisor and Fellow for the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, https://www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson Recording Date: 3 Feb 2022. Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on Apple Podcast! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

To understand the strategy and politics behind Russian president Vladimir Putin's buildup of military might on Ukraine's border and how Ukraine, the United States, Europe and Nato are responding, Hugh talks to foreign policy expert Tom Wright. Tom Wright is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute, a Washington-based foreign policy think tank, and the director of its Centre on the United States and Europe. He's the author of two books: Aftershocks: Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order (with co-author Colin Kahl) and All Measures Short of War: The Contest For the 21st Century and the Future of American Power. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For their first episode in 2022, Allan and Darren look back over the past 12 months, starting with the international landscape and then focusing on Australia. First up, what big lesson did 2021 teach them? Interestingly, both focus on the United States in their answers--but how much is domestic dysfunction in the US actually affecting Biden's foreign policy? Second, did the world's experience with COVID-19 over the past year affect any of the major trends in international affairs? While at the end of 2020 there seemed to be a clear dividing line between ‘competent' and ‘incompetent' government responses, that distinction appears far less clear a year later. Third, what other notable trends emerged or crystallised across the year? For Allan, signs of a reversal of the long period called “the great convergence” are quite concerning, while for Darren the big picture structural trends are mostly unchanged.  The same questions are asked about Australia. Allan (cheekily?) describes 2021 as Australia's response to a ‘fear of abandonment', while Darren is interested in how the change in US administration affected foreign policy rhetoric from the Morrison government. Looking forward to 2022, both Allan and Darren offer both expectations and hopes for the coming year, internationally and for Australia. Both expect that 2022 will be a calmer and more stable year--how quickly might they be proven wrong? On that cheerful note, a happy new year to all! Relevant links COVID-19: Make it the Last Pandemic by The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness & Response, May 2021: https://theindependentpanel.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/COVID-19-Make-it-the-Last-Pandemic_final.pdf Anne Applebaum, “The kleptocrats next door”, The Atlantic, 8 December 2021: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/american-kleptocracy-kleptopia-united-states-dirty-money/620852/ Colin Kahl and Thomas Wright, Aftershocks: Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order (St Martin's Press, 2021): https://www.brookings.edu/books/aftershocks-pandemic-politics-and-the-end-of-the-old-international-order/ Anthea Roberts and Nicolas Lamp, Six Faces of Globalization: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why It Matters (Harvard University Press, 2021): https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674245952

This episode, we excerpt a few of this year's Outlook 2022 interviews, including: Defense One Senior National Security Correspondent Jacqueline Feldscher in conversation with Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl (at the 1:24 mark); Defense One Executive Editor Kevin Baron interviews White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (at 5:48); Defense One's Global Business Editor Marcus Weisgerber moderates a discussion with Kristine Liwag, executive director at Morgan Stanley, and Ron Epstein, senior equity analyst at Bank of America (at 14:29); Defense One Tech Editor Patrick Tucker speaks with Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., and Bryan Clark of the Hudson Institute (at 18:57); Weisgerber interviews Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall (at 33:26); and Senior Pentagon Correspondent for Defense One Tara Copp spoke with Air Force Brig. Gen. John Olson, mobilization assistant to the Chief of Space Operations (at 44:39). Catch all Outlook 2022 video interviews on Defense One's YouTube page here.

In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to former presidential advisor Fiona Hill about her latest book, There is Nothing for You Here, and her observations about the state of American democracy and security. Participant Biography: Fiona Hill is the Robert Bosch senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. She recently served as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council from 2017 to 2019. From 2006 to 2009, she served as national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at The National Intelligence Council. Host biography Colin Robertson is a former diplomat, and Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, https://www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson R&R There is Nothing for you Here: Finding Opportunity in the 21st Century by Fiona Hill – https://www.brookings.edu/books/there-is-nothing-for-you-here-finding-opportunity-in-the-twenty-first-century/ Aftershocks: Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International by Colin Kahl and Thomas Wright – https://www.brookings.edu/books/aftershocks-pandemic-politics-and-the-end-of-the-old-international-order/ Who Dare Wins: Britain, 1979-1982 by Dominic Sandbrook – https://www.waterstones.com/book/who-dares-wins/dominic-sandbrook/9780141975283 Recording Date: 21 Oct 2021. Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on Apple Podcast! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

A major ruling of Poland's Constitutional Court challenging the primacy of EU law has escalated Warsaw's legal and political dispute with Brussels and unleashed serious concerns of a ‘Polexit.' In this week's episode, host Mark Leonard speaks with Piotr Buras, head of ECFR's Warsaw office, and Jana Puglierin, head of ECFR's Berlin office, about the implications of the ruling for Poland as well as for the European Union. Should the EU fear ‘Polexit'? What steps can the EU take to defend its legal order and protect the authority of the Court of Justice of the European Union? This podcast was recorded on 14 October 2021. Further reading: Forget Polexit – the EU must defend the CJEU by Piotr Buras on Balkan Insight: https://buff.ly/3FA2Ftj Bookshelf: - Aftershocks: Pandemic politics and the end of the old international order by Colin Kahl and Thomas Wright - Angela Merkel: Die Kanzlerin und ihre Zeit by Ralph Bollmann - The Age of Unpeace: How Connectivity causes Conflict by Mark Leonard

In this episode of The Global Exchange, Colin Robertson speaks to Deanna Horton, Rob Wright, and Gordon Houlden about Canada-China relations now that the two Michaels have been released Participant Biographies: Deanna Horton is a Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, focusing on interactive mapping projects and related research. Ms. Horton is a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Foundation, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Ontario Museum, the International Women's Forum, and Quadrangle Society of Massey College.  https://www.cgai.ca/deanna_horton Professor Gordon Houlden is Director Emeritus of the China Institute, Professor of Political Science and Adjunct Professor of the Alberta School of Business at the University of Alberta. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the National Institute for South China Sea Studies. He was born in Calgary, Alberta, and attended the University of Calgary where he received his B.A., and subsequently did graduate work at Carleton University in Ottawa, and at the University Nacional in Lima, Peru. https://www.ualberta.ca/china-institute/about/people/director-emeritus.html Rob Wright served as Canadian Ambassador to China from 2005-2009. He served as Ambassador to Japan from 2001-2005. He has also served as a Director of Export Development Canada (EDC), Chairman of the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) and Commissioner of the Northern Pipeline Agency. During his appointment in China he was concurrently accredited as Canadian Ambassador to Mongolia. He retired from public service in 2009. In addition to enjoying retirement, he writes, lectures and consults on Canada's relations with China and Japan and on Canada's foreign and trade policies. https://www.cgai.ca/rob_wright Host biography Colin Robertson is a former diplomat, and Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, https://www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson R&R Evening in the Palace of Reason by James R. Gains – https://www.harpercollins.ca/9780007156610/evening-in-the-palace-of-reason/ Aftershocks by Thomas Wright and Colin Kahl– https://www.brookings.edu/books/aftershocks-pandemic-politics-and-the-end-of-the-old-international-order/ A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacIntyre – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/227649/a-spy-among-friends-by-ben-macintyre/9780771055522 A Mistress of the Art of Death Novel Series by Ariana Franklin – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/BRC/a-mistress-of-the-art-of-death-novel Recording Date: 29 Sept 2021. Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on Apple Podcast! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

The COVID-19 pandemic has killed millions, infected hundreds of millions, and laid bare the deep vulnerabilities and inequalities of our interconnected world. The ensuing economic collapse was the worst since the Great Depression, undoing more than two decades of progress in reducing extreme poverty. Tensions between the United States and China boiled over, and the worldwide contest between democracy and authoritarianism deepened. At a time when this global crisis required a truly collective response, international cooperation had almost entirely broken down, with key world leaders hardly on speaking terms. In Thomas Wright and Colin Kahl's Aftershocks: Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order, the two national security experts offer a definitive account of the global impact of COVID-19, the political shock waves it will have on the United States, and myriad ways in which the crisis exposed the limitations of the old world order. This comprehensive account of the year 2020 draws on interviews with officials around the world and extensive research to tell the story of how nationalism and major power rivalries constrained the response to the worst pandemic in a century. Co-author Thomas Wright is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a contributing writer at The Atlantic. He has written several extensively researched pieces analyzing Donald Trump's foreign policy. Join us as Thomas Wright delves into his latest analysis of one of the strangest and most consequential years on record. SPEAKERS Thomas Wright Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Co-author, Aftershocks: Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order In Conversation with Edward Luce Associate Editor, Financial Times In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on September 13th, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The COVID-19 pandemic has killed millions, infected hundreds of millions, and laid bare the deep vulnerabilities and inequalities of our interconnected world. The ensuing economic collapse was the worst since the Great Depression, undoing more than two decades of progress in reducing extreme poverty. Tensions between the United States and China boiled over, and the worldwide contest between democracy and authoritarianism deepened. At a time when this global crisis required a truly collective response, international cooperation had almost entirely broken down, with key world leaders hardly on speaking terms. In Thomas Wright and Colin Kahl's Aftershocks: Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order, the two national security experts offer a definitive account of the global impact of COVID-19, the political shock waves it will have on the United States, and myriad ways in which the crisis exposed the limitations of the old world order. This comprehensive account of the year 2020 draws on interviews with officials around the world and extensive research to tell the story of how nationalism and major power rivalries constrained the response to the worst pandemic in a century. Co-author Thomas Wright is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a contributing writer at The Atlantic. He has written several extensively researched pieces analyzing Donald Trump's foreign policy. Join us as Thomas Wright delves into his latest analysis of one of the strangest and most consequential years on record. SPEAKERS Thomas Wright Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Co-author, Aftershocks: Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order In Conversation with Edward Luce Associate Editor, Financial Times In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on September 13th, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the past decade or so, a school of thought known as “restraint” has been steadily gaining currency in the U.S. foreign policy establishment. While the idea encompasses a wide range of views and assumptions, proponents of restraint generally argue that in the wake of the Cold War, America overcommitted to its global responsibilities and stretched itself too thin, undertaking ill-conceived and costly military adventures while underwriting the security of allies in Europe and East Asia at a time when the strategic rationale of those alliances was hard to justify. The so-called restrainers have been increasingly visible lately in media outlets and on Twitter. And in 2019, they got an institutional home in Washington, a new think tank called the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, set up with funding from a diverse array of foundations and philanthropists from across the political spectrum, including both Charles Koch and George Soros. The restrainers’ most prominent talking points concern the follies of U.S. military adventurism in the Middle East and Afghanistan. But how well do their views and assumptions hold up elsewhere in the world? This week on Trend Lines, Thomas Wright joins WPR’s Elliot Waldman for a critical look at what a U.S. grand strategy of restraint would mean in practice. Wright is the director of the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution, where he is also a senior fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy. He is the author of “All Measures Short of War: The Contest For the 21st Century and the Future of American Power” which was published in 2017. His second book, co-authored with Colin Kahl, “Aftershocks: Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order,” will be published in August. If you like what you hear on Trend Lines and what you’ve read on WPR, you can sign up for our free newsletter to get our uncompromising analysis delivered straight to your inbox. The newsletter offers a free preview article every day of the week, plus three more complimentary articles in our weekly roundup every Friday. Sign up here. Then subscribe. Relevant Articles on WPR: Getting to Restraint, Responsibly The Rise of Restraint Is Shaking Up Washington Engaged Restraint: A Framework for U.S. Foreign Policy After Trump What Would ‘Restraint’ Really Mean for U.S. Foreign Policy? What Would a U.S. Grand Strategy of Restraint Look Like? Trend Lines is produced and edited by Peter Dörrie, a freelance journalist and analyst focusing on security and resource politics in Africa. You can follow him on Twitter at @peterdoerrie. To send feedback or questions, email us at podcast@worldpoliticsreview.com.


In this episode i cover my years of following the Libertarian Party, & how i believe their ideas are by far, better than the other two, but they continue to fail in focusing on the ties between monopolies, bankers, & government. I ask, are they purposely being led astray, or have they just failed to educate themselves on the way our system really works? On day one, Libertarians learn taxation is theft, & the govt. is inefficient, & ineffective, but are any of the leaders from the Party informing them that corporate funded NGO's & tax exempt organizations are behind much of the liberty killing legislation that stamps out free market competition? Do they know groups like the Council On Foreign Relations have been behind nearly every bad foreign policy measure since WW1? Do they know that the same CFR, Atlantic Council, & Aspen Institute types are in every single presidential administration? Is it just a club, or are Libertarians serious about fighting the enemies of freedom? Do they not understand GovtCorp is moving towards a global private public partnership, & The Great Reset is being pushed by Corporatists, as well as the (S)tate? I ask all these tough questions, & more as we dive down the rabbit hole, far beyond the mainstream. Thank you

Cheers, & blessings.

 CFR/Globalists In Biden Administration•

Laura J. Richardson, Lisa O. Manoco, Eric S. Lander, Thomas J. Vilsack, William J. Burns, Loyd T. Austin, Alejandro M. Mayorkas, John F. Kerry, Susan E. Rice,
Anthony Blinken, Janet Yellen, Linda Thomas Greenfield, Cecilia Rouse, Jeffery Zients, Jon Finer, Gina Raimondo, Colin Kahl, Kathleen Hicks, Wendy Sherman,
Eric Lerner, Michael Morell- All CFR Members 

Victoria Nuland is a former CFR/PNAC member with her husband Robert Kagan
Biden Himself was listed as a member in the 1990's. Avril Haynes Bilderberg Attendee, Jake Sullivan, a member of the Carnegie Endowment and the Marshall Fund, Bruce Reed- Co-Chair of Aspen Institute.   5 Aspen Institute members are now serving in the Biden administration, including Deputy Treasury Secretary nominee Adewale Adeyemo, NEC Director Brian Deese, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Reed, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Jeffrey Zients. #kissinger

 

CFR Corporate Members
https://www.cfr.org/membership/corporate-members

CFR, & The Media
https://www.transcend.org/tms/2018/02/wikileaks-exposes-how-council-on-foreign-relations-controls-most-all-mainstream-media/



The Reece Committee: Social Science As A Tool For Control https://sagaciousnewsnetwork.com/the-reece-committee-social-science-as-a-tool-for-control/

Full text of "Dodd Report to the Reece Committee on So-called Philanthropic Organizations• https://archive.org/stream/DoddReportToTheReeceCommitteeOnFoundations-1954-RobberBaron/Dodd-Report-to-the-Reece-Committee-on-Foundations-1954_djvu.txt

Foundations, America Foundations; Their Power And Influence https://archive.org/details/FoundationsTheirPowerAndInfluenceReneAWormser1958

NGO's & Foreign Policy

https://www.globalissues.org/news/2019/07/12/25453

The Rockefeller File
https://youtu.be/bnY3nBzkG0o


Why isn't the CFR in the History Books? - Bilderberg


United Nations, & Their NGO's

https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/conference-of-states-parties-to-the-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-2/list-of-non-governmental-organization-accredited-to-the-conference-of-states-parties.html


“Political scientist Lester Milbraith observes that the influence of [the] CFR throughout the government is so pervasive that it is difficult to distinguish CFR from government programs: ‘The Council on Foreign Relations, while not financed by government, works so closely with it that it is difficult to distinguish Council actions stimulated by government from autonomous actions."


Brief History of The CFR
http://www.hirhome.com/cfr.htm

Groups Libertarians, & Everyone Else Should Be Watching. Follow Their Social Media To See Where Policies Are Headed•
The Council On Foreign Relations (CFR), Foreign Affairs, Atlantic Council, Aspen Institute, World Economic Forum, Brookings Institute, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Carnegie Endowment, Center for a New American Security, Bilderberg Group, Rand Corp, Center For American Progress, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Trilateral Commission, Open Society Foundation, Club of Rome, Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs), Bank of International Settlements, Council For National Policy, Rhodes Scholarships, Schwarzman Scholarships, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Heritage Foundation, Kaiser Foundation, American Enterprise Institute, Wilson Center Quotes From Imperial Brain Trust https://thirdworldtraveler.com/New_World_Order/ImperialBrainTrust_CFR.html 

Oddcast Episodes On The Subjects of This Show•

Bankers Love Communism
https://theoddmanout.podbean.com/e/the-oddcast-ft-the-odd-man-out-ep24-bankers-love-communism/

Illuminated Institutions-CFR=NWO Pt.1
https://theoddmanout.podbean.com/e/the-oddcast-ft-the-odd-man-out-ep23-illuminated-institutions-cfr-nwo-pt1/


Illuminated Institutions-CFR=NWO Pt.2

https://theoddmanout.podbean.com/e/the-oddcast-ft-the-odd-man-out-ep29-illuminated-institutions-cfrnwo-pt-2/


The Philosopher's Blackrock

https://theoddmanout.podbean.com/e/the-oddcast-ft-the-odd-man-out-ep-30-the-philosophers-blackstone/

UN Agenda 21, Target Earth
https://theoddmanout.podbean.com/e/the-oddcast-ft-the-odd-man-out-ep19-agenda-21-target-earth/


UN, Unconstitutional, Unholy, & Unneeded Pt.1 
https://theoddmanout.podbean.com/e/the-oddcast-ft-the-odd-man-out-ep-6-unconstitutional-unholy-unneeded-pt1/


U.N. -Unconstitutional, Unholy, & Uneeded Pt.2 
https://theoddmanout.podbean.com/e/the-oddcast-ft-the-odd-man-out-ep-8-unneeded-unconstitutional-unholy-pt-2/


2 Corinthians 3:17
"Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."   Odd Man Out Patreon     https://www.patreon.com/theoddmanout   Patreon-Welcome to The Society Of Cryptic Savants   https://www.bitchute.com/video/C4PQuq0udPvJ/       All Odd Man Out Links   https://linktr.ee/Theoddmanout   
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I am pleased to welcome back to the virtual studio Thomas Wright from Brookings to explore Biden foreign policy in the wake of the first US-China Summit which took place on March 18th and 19th. What does this meeting between top foreign policy officials tell us about the Biden Administration’s foreign policy, especially between the United States and China? Have we entered Cold War 2.0 between China and the United States? Tom is the director of the Center on the United States and Europe and a senior fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy at the Brookings Institution. Tom has been very active writing on contemporary politics and in particular the impact of former President Trump and his officials and now President Biden and his officials on American foreign policy. He continues his writing in The Atlantic magazine. Tom’s most recent book, co-authored with Colin Kahl, is entitled: “Aftershocks: Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order” and will be released this coming August.

On this week’s episode, Rich and Jarrod are joined by former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to discuss the state of the Republican Party and the future of bipartisan support for US-Israel ties. Plus, Rich and Jarrod weigh in on the nomination debate around Dr. Colin Kahl. Source

On this week's episode, Rich and Jarrod are joined by former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to discuss the state of the Republican Party and the future of bipartisan support for US-Israel ties. Plus, Rich and Jarrod weigh in on the nomination debate around Dr. Colin Kahl. Source

If, as Ronald Reagan contended, “Personnel is policy,” the Biden-Harris administration’ wrecking-operation is being relentlessly locked into place by the people being appointed and confirmed to top government posts. For example, virtually every senior official involved with U.S.-China relations has compromising dealings or ties to the Chinese Communist Party. That’s a problem for U.S. policy. It’s also emboldening our mortal enemy, the CCP – as Beijing’s representatives made contemptuously clear in recent meetings with top Biden appointees in Alaska. The Senate will shortly consider the latest addition to this dubious roster: Colin Kahl, the nominee for the Pentagon’s top policy job. Kahl has longstanding ties to Peking University, which American intelligence regards as a prime locus of CCP recruitment of foreign nationals. Senators must stop enabling the Biden team’s dangerous policies by rejecting, not confirming, such problematic personnel. This is Frank Gaffney.

The topic: How will--and should--the Biden administration go about fashioning its policies across the range of issues that make up U.S.-China relations? Should we expect major shifts compared to the approach of the Trump presidency? What can we glean from the views and backgrounds of Biden's key advisers? How might domestic politics impact policy-making toward China? Just what sort of challenge does China present to the U.S. and our allies? Our guest: Thomas Wright is the director of the Center on the United States and Europe and a senior fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy at the Brookings Institution. He's also a contributing writer for the Atlantic and a nonresident fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy. He's the author of "All Measures Short of War: The Contest for the 21st Century and the Future of American Power," which was published by Yale University Press in May 2017. His second book, "Aftershocks: Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order," co-authored with Colin Kahl, will be published in 2021 by St. Martin's Press. Wright also works on U.S.l foreign policy, great power competition, the European Union, Brexit, and economic interdependence. Full episode transcript: https://david-skidmore.medium.com/kyle-munson-and-david-skidmore-interview-with-thomas-wright-3e991bd67de7. The series: David Skidmore and Kyle Munson produced this podcast series in conjunction with Skidmore's Spring 2021 U.S.-China international relations course at Drake University. Your hosts: David Skidmore is a Professor of Political Science at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where he has taught since 1989. Skidmore's teaching and research focuses on U.S. foreign policy and U.S.-China relations. During the 1996-97 academic year, he taught at the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing, China. He also served as a Fulbright Scholar based at the University of Hong Kong in 2010-2011. He is past Director of the Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship (2002-2017) and the Nelson Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs (2012-2017), both at Drake University. Skidmore is author, co-author or editor of six books including a monograph titled The Unilateralist Temptation in American Foreign Policy (Routledge, 2011), and has published numerous articles or chapters in various academic journals and books. His most recent research focuses on China's Belt and Road Initiative. His editorial writing has appeared in Fortune, U.S. News and World Report, Salon, The Conversation, the Diplomat, Global Times and the Des Moines Register. Kyle Munson is a journalist, writer, podcaster, and content strategist who currently works in content marketing and financial services. He previously spent 24 years with The Des Moines Register/Gannett in a variety of roles, including eight years as columnist. In 2017 he was awarded a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to report on U.S.-China relations early in the Trump administration as Amb. Terry Branstad began his tenure in Beijing. That resulted in the project “Iowa in the Heart of China.” Munson also reported on Chinese President Xi Jinping's 2012 visit to Iowa. He has volunteered and served as a board member with Iowa Sister States, a nonprofit dedicated to citizen diplomacy. He currently chairs the board of the Western Iowa Journalism Foundation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/uschina/message

Zack, Jenn, and Alex break down why the Biden administration hasn’t yet reentered the Iran nuclear deal. They explain that the process of rejoining is more complicated than it might seem, but that it’s still likely the deal will come back eventually. They then debate the pros and cons of rejoining the accord and how well the Obama foreign policy team — many of whom have joined the Biden administration — handled the pact. One point of agreement: The Trump administration’s Iran policy failed. References: Alex wrote about the impending US-Iran talks over the nuclear deal. And he also wrote about Colin Kahl’s under-threat confirmation. Foreign Policy asks if Biden took too long to reengage Iran. Jenn noted a Politico magazine story detailing how the Obama administration let a Hezbollah criminal enterprise proceed to help strike the 2015 deal. Al Jazeera reported on then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s 12 demands on Iran. He achieved none of them. Vox has a great visual explainer on the Iran deal. Hosts: Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp), senior correspondent, Vox Jennifer Williams (@jenn_ruth), senior foreign editor, Vox Alex Ward (@AlexWardVox), White House reporter, Vox   Consider contributing to Vox: If you value Worldly’s work, please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts   More to explore: Subscribe for free to Today, Explained, Vox’s daily podcast to help you understand the news, hosted by Sean Rameswaram.   About Vox: Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.   Follow Us: Vox.com  Newsletter: Vox Sentences Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TOMMY WALLER, Director of Infrastructure Security, Center for Security Policy, Lieutenant Colonel, US Marine Corps, Secure the Grid Coalition, Twitter: @Secure_the_Grid President Joe Biden suspended President Trump's May 1st Executive Order, "Securing the United States Bulk-Power System," during his first week in office - Why?  Tommy Waller: The federal government and the utility industry have conspired NOT to protect the grid from attack but to shield the electrical grid industry from federal oversight Over 200 large power transformers currently in use are from China STEVEN MOSHER, President, Population Research Institute, first American social scientist to visit mainland China, Author, "A Mother's Ordeal: One Woman's Fight Against China's One-Child Policy" and "Bully of Asia: Why China's Dream is the New Threat to World Order," Twitter: @StevenWMosher Part I:  Steven Mosher: Since its founding in the 1920s, the Chinese Communist Party has been in a race to catch up to and defeat the United States of America Great Britain's electrical grid has been slowly subdued by the People's Republic of China According to Mosher, Wall Street's integration with the Chinese Communists is a problem: People in China normally exaggerate about 50%, sometimes 70%, of their total revenue  China was on a gliding path to overtake the US economically by 2020. President Trump put a stop to this trend Part II:  Traditionally, Chinese Communist dictators prefer not to lose face when provoking an attack against Taiwan Mosher expands on Colin Kahl's compromising ties to the People's Republic of China Stanford University caved to China's demands in the 1970s, who's to say they are not doing the same today PASTOR BRIAN GIBSON, Lead Pastor, HIS Church, Spokesperson, Peaceably Gather, Twitter: @leadpastor Pastor Brian Gibson provides his insight on what happened in our nation's capitol on Jan. 6th Why are some political pundits/commentators referring to the Capitol Riot as a "Christian Insurrection" According to Open Doors USA, 340 million Christians are persecuted around the world

In this episode, Colin Kahl from Stanford University joins us to discuss how the pandemic impacts global governance and multilateralism, and the role technology companies should play in enabling a global recovery. Colin H. Kahl is co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University and formerly served as Deputy Assistant to President Obama and National Security Advisor to Vice President Biden. Click here for transcript of this episode. Casper Klynge | LinkedIn | Twitter | EU Policy Blog Colin Kahl | Twitter | Center for International Security and Cooperation | Penn Biden Center Microsoft Europe | Site | Twitter | YouTube

In this episode, Colin Kahl takes us back before age 22, discussing how his childhood and upbringing have influenced his choices and actions over the years. When he graduated from the University of Michigan, an incomplete thesis led him to continue studying through the summer. Two weeks after completing this degree, he moved to New York for a PhD. Since finishing this program, Colin has spent time between academic institutions and government offices, including the While House and the Pentagon, working on National Security. Today, he is a Co-Director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) and a professor in the Political Science department. Fearless First by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3742-fearless-firstLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s name has appeared regularly in discussions about the controversial situation with Ukraine. What was Biden trying to achieve during his visit to Ukraine in 2015, and what is his connection to the controversy surrounding the July 25 phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky? Colin Kahl is co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation and a senior fellow at FSI. From 2014 to 2017, he served as deputy assistant to President Barack Obama and national security advisor to Biden. In this episode, Kahl provides an inside look into what really happened between Biden and Ukrainian officials during that time period.

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s name has appeared regularly in discussions about the controversial situation with Ukraine. What was Biden trying to achieve during his visit to Ukraine in 2015, and what is his connection to the controversy surrounding the July 25 phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky? Colin Kahl is co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation and a senior fellow at FSI. From 2014 to 2017, he served as deputy assistant to President Barack Obama and national security advisor to Biden. In this episode, Kahl provides an inside look into what really happened between Biden and Ukrainian officials during that time period.

It is now clear that the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi embassy in Turkey was a pre-planned execution, likely ordered by people at the very top of the Saudi government. The incident has sparked an international outcry, and raises questions about the US’s relationship with the Saudis. What is the underlying nature of the US-Saudi alliance? How has Trump's strategy differed from Obama’s, and what impact might all of this have on relations with Iran and elsewhere across the Middle East? Colin Kahl was deputy assistant to President Obama and a national security advisor to Vice President Biden from 2014 to 2017. He’s now the co-director of FSI’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, and the head of its Middle East Initiative. In this discussion with Michael McFaul, Kahl outlines the unease some American diplomats feel towards our relationship with Saudi Arabia. He explains steps that President Obama took to restructure the alliance, and he argues that President Trump’s decision to double-down in Saudi Arabia has narrowed the options for responding to an increasingly fractured relationship.

It is now clear that the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi embassy in Turkey was a pre-planned execution, likely ordered by people at the very top of the Saudi government. The incident has sparked an international outcry, and raises questions about the US’s relationship with the Saudis. What is the underlying nature of the US-Saudi alliance? How has Trump's strategy differed from Obama’s, and what impact might all of this have on relations with Iran and elsewhere across the Middle East? Colin Kahl was deputy assistant to President Obama and a national security advisor to Vice President Biden from 2014 to 2017. He’s now the co-director of FSI’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, and the head of its Middle East Initiative. In this discussion with Michael McFaul, Kahl outlines the unease some American diplomats feel towards our relationship with Saudi Arabia. He explains steps that President Obama took to restructure the alliance, and he argues that President Trump’s decision to double-down in Saudi Arabia has narrowed the options for responding to an increasingly fractured relationship.

Colin Kahl was targeted by Black Cube, the same company Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein hired to discredit his accusers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The War on the Rocks podcast celebrates its 100th episode with a blockbuster group of close friends of the site. The entire episode is an attempt to answer a straightforward, but devilishly complex question: Is a major inter-state war likely in the next several years? Join Ryan Evans as he corrals Kori Schake, Frank Gavin, Colin Kahl, William Inboden, and Hal Brands to sort through the scenarios, opportunities, and possibilities (over drinks, of course). This question and discussion started in the War Hall, our members-only forum that you can sign up for right here.    Produced by Tre Hester 

It began with an email. Colin Kahl, who served as an adviser to Vice President Biden, had been out of government for a few months when a woman identifying herself as Adriana Gavrilo reached out to inquire about his daughter’s school. What followed was an ordeal that seems to be connected to Kahl’s work on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal – and efforts by certain people to undermine it. Colin, now a professor at Stanford University and a contributor to FP’s Shadow Government channel, tells the story in the latest episode of our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With John Bolton loose in the West Wing, what will happen to US foreign policy? Deep State Radio's Rosa Brooks hosts in David Rothkopf's absence, joined by regulars Kori Schake of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and Ed Luce from the Financial Times, with a special guest appearance by Stanford University's Colin Kahl. Colin assures DSR listeners that Bolton's a nixer, not a fixer, and suggests we kiss the Iran nuclear deal goodbye. Ed and Kori wonder if there's any such thing as a Trump Whisperer, and contemplate the likely (non)-impact of French President Macron's visit to Washington. Rosa provides prophecies of doom and suggests that Trump's election was all Ed's fault. In this episode of Deep State Radio, the Ministry of Snark team covers the terrain from Mike Pompeo and Gina Haspel to prospects for progress on North Korea. Tune in!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We talk Trump and the future of the Iran nuclear deal with Colin Kahl, former national security adviser to Vice President Joe Biden.Show Notes:Guest Bio: Colin KahlColin Kahl, “The Myth of a ‘Better’ Iran Deal”Emma Ashford and John Glaser, “Unforced Error: The Risks of Confrontation with Iran” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Donald Trump ends the DACA program. He tacitly supports white supremacists. He goes after Muslims. He wants a wall. He attacks the courts. He can’t get anything done but can’t stop talking about it. He’s a mess. But he’s not just our mess. When the guy who holds the job of “leader of the free world” cedes the moral high ground, is incompetent, and actively undermines our values and those of our allies, it has a big effect on the way the world works. Has the world reached the point where it has concluded Trump is incapable of global leadership and they are either waiting for his replacement or taking advantage of America’s newfound absence of influence? Is this where we will be for years to come? Our panelists, Rosa Brooks and Colin Kahl of Georgetown and Kori Schake of Stanford, discuss. And hijinx ensue. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Donald Trump ends the DACA program. He tacitly supports white supremacists. He goes after Muslims. He wants a wall. He attacks the courts. He can’t get anything done but can’t stop talking about it. He’s a mess. But he’s not just our mess. When the guy who holds the job of “leader of the free world” cedes the moral high ground, is incompetent, and actively undermines our values and those of our allies, it has a big effect on the way the world works. Has the world reached the point where it has concluded Trump is incapable of global leadership and they are either waiting for his replacement or taking advantage of America’s newfound absence of influence? Is this where we will be for years to come? Our panelists, Rosa Brooks and Colin Kahl of Georgetown and Kori Schake of Stanford, discuss. And hijinx ensue.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Donald Trump has taken establishing foolish redlines into the 21st Century with the use of social media. In the case of North Korea, he is threatening devastating outcomes if they go one inch further…and then they do…and do it again…and he doesn’t act. Is he all talk? Or is he the irrational maniac he seems to be, the kind who could trigger a catastrophe on the Korean Peninsula? Our loyal band of deep staters—Rosa Brooks, Kori Schake and Colin Kahl—discuss and lament the current state of play of this most serious crisis of the young Trump administration. Join them for this special back-to-school episode of Deep State Radio…and the most rational discussion of the North Korea crisis you will hear anywhere!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Donald Trump has taken establishing foolish redlines into the 21st Century with the use of social media. In the case of North Korea, he is threatening devastating outcomes if they go one inch further…and then they do…and do it again…and he doesn’t act. Is he all talk? Or is he the irrational maniac he seems to be, the kind who could trigger a catastrophe on the Korean Peninsula? Our loyal band of deep staters—Rosa Brooks, Kori Schake and Colin Kahl—discuss and lament the current state of play of this most serious crisis of the young Trump administration. Join them for this special back-to-school episode of Deep State Radio…and the most rational discussion of the North Korea crisis you will hear anywhere! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The War on the Rocks podcast is back with a big episode and an all-star cast. Hal Brands and Alex Bick of SAIS, Will Inboden of the Clements Center at the University of Texas, Kori Schake of the Hoover Institution, Colin Kahl of Georgetown, and Peter Feaver of Duke dish about the U..S. National Security Strategy, a report required by Congress meant to basically lay out how the president views America's role in the world and how he plans to exercise power. And having a bipartisan group of national security leaders around the table, Ryan Evans couldn't resist asking how they all felt the Iran deal was playing out at age two (yes, Ryan misspoke and says it's one year old in the intro - please forgive him).

If you were playing in the Trump Division of a Fantasy Felony League, who would you pick in the draft to accumulate the most points for subpoenas, indictments, convictions, appeals, counts of perjury, lawyers, lawyer resignations, and/or denigrating “Godfather” movie references in the press? Fredo (Don, Jr.)? Jared? Flynn? Manafort? Roger “Crazy Eyes” Stone? Agent Orange himself? Our experts including Georgetown’s Rosa Brooks and Colin Kahl, New America’s Heather Hurlburt and our host, David Rothkopf, debate and discuss the breaking news about America’s favorite crime family, the state of the investigation, next steps, and what this all means for the world. Plus, in a Deep State Radio first…we end with a brief reading from Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov. Join us.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you were playing in the Trump Division of a Fantasy Felony League, who would you pick in the draft to accumulate the most points for subpoenas, indictments, convictions, appeals, counts of perjury, lawyers, lawyer resignations, and/or denigrating “Godfather” movie references in the press? Fredo (Don, Jr.)? Jared? Flynn? Manafort? Roger “Crazy Eyes” Stone? Agent Orange himself? Our experts including Georgetown’s Rosa Brooks and Colin Kahl, New America’s Heather Hurlburt and our host, David Rothkopf, debate and discuss the breaking news about America’s favorite crime family, the state of the investigation, next steps, and what this all means for the world. Plus, in a Deep State Radio first…we end with a brief reading from Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov. Join us. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Middle East experts Dr. Colin Kahl, Ilan Goldenberg, and Nicholas Heras discuss their report on a strategy for ending the Syrian Civil War. Hosted by Neal Urwitz.

Tommy and Middle East expert Colin Kahl discuss the Syrian civil war from when the protests first erupted in 2011 to President Trump’s cruise missile strike last week. They cover the roots of the conflict, Syria’s chemical weapons, Obama’s red line and Trump’s policy options going forward.

How has counter-terrorism changed from 9/11 to today over three presidencies? To answer that question, Ryan Evans sat down with two guests with deep perspective on counter-terrorism: Colin Kahl was the national security adviser to Vice President Biden and, earlier in the Obama administration, was the deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Middle East. He is now associate professor in the Security Studies Program at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service. Stephen Tankel is an assistant professor in the School of International Service at American University, an adjunct senior fellow at CNAS, and a senior editor at War on the Rocks. He previously served as a senior adviser for Asian and Pacific security affairs at the Department of Defense. Stephen is the author of the forthcoming book, With Us and Against Us: America's Partners in the War on Terror.

Colin Kahl speaks with Marc Lynch about U.S. foreign policy during the Obama administration. Kahl is an associate professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. From October 2014 to January 2017, he was Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President. On Iran, Kahl spoke about the strategy behind the JCPOA. "I can't think of an actual bonafide Iran expert on on planet Earth that believed that you were going to resolve this problem without giving the regime some face-saving way out on enrichment. And that was, I think, an inflection point in the decision of the Obama administration, which was ultimately not to drive the program to zero— not because we wouldn't prefer a world in which every nut and bolt of Natanz and Fordow enrichment facility was dismantled— but because that's a perfect world that perfect scenario was impossible to achieve. No matter how much pressure you were going to you were going to put on the regime." "We found that in the case of countries— like Israel, Saudi Arabia or others— they want us to do two things, ultimately that the president was unwilling to do because of his overall theory of the role of military force in the region. One was they very much wanted us to engage in regime change— especially as it related to Iran. At the end of the day, the Israelis and the Saudis will never will never tolerate an Iran that's a strong actor in the region as long as this regime is in power. At the end of the day, they were more concerned about the regime and its had hegemonic ambitions than its nuclear program— even though the Israelis continually dialed up the existential language on the nuclear program. They did not believe that the threat from Iran— whether its nuclear or anything else— could be settled with anything short of regime change. And so, that was their preference: to basically leave the sanctions in place until the regime in Tehran went out of existence. And if they crossed some mythical red line, smash them like we smashed Saddam. The president wasn't going to go in for that." "The second issue is the president was extraordinarily clear about: defending our allies from external aggression. Which is why we did so much to bolster their own capabilities— unprecedented amounts of military assistance to Israel, unprecedented steps to maintain their qualitative military edge— even as we were providing unprecedented degrees of security assistance to our partners in the Gulf, to Jordan, and otherwise. But what we weren't going to do is give them a blank check to drag us into conflicts that we believed didn't serve their interests. And certainly didn't serve our interests," Kahl said. " I think it all goes back to Obama's fundamental humility about what military forces can and can't accomplish." Kahl also addressed criticism of foreign policy during the Obama administration. "Probably no area of the Obama administration's foreign policies came under more criticism than the approach to Syria. And yet every proposal— whether it was arming the opposition, putting in place a no fly zone or safe zones, or standoff strikes, or even you name it— whatever big idea was was out there in think tank land or in the academic world. They were deliberated over and over and over again. And so it doesn't mean that policy makers always make the right decision. They're human beings. They have incomplete information. They make wrong decisions all the time. But they're a lot smarter than you think." "The last point I will make just briefly is that I also think academics probably don't appreciate the degree to which things that seem relatively banal— like process, budgets and whether human beings are getting enough sleep— actually affect the outcome of certain things. And those are just constraints— bureaucratic and human."

Colin Kahl, former National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden and Deputy Assistant to President Obama, spoke at the Sanford School Wednesday about his experience working in foreign policy and his expectations of the Trump administration. During his visit, Kahl recorded an episode of Policy 360 with Sanford's Dean, Kelly Brownell.  Special thanks to Professor Peter Feaver and his Duke Program in American Grand Strategy, the Duke Department of Political Science, and the Triangle Institute for Security Studies for sponsoring Colin Kahl’s visit to Duke. Music: Impromptu in Blue by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Artist: incompetech.com/

WOTR's Ryan Evans sat down with Colin Kahl, the National Security Advisor to Vice Present Joe Biden, to talk about the mess of the Middle East and what the Obama administration is doing about it. From Iran to the Gulf states to Syria to Iraq to Turkey and beyond, Kahl explains how the White House views the problems and opportunities there. He also discusses what it's like to be in a presidential administration in its final year. If you like this podcast, be sure to check out our last conversation with Kahl about the Iran nuclear agreement. Image: USAF, Senior Airman Matthew Bruch

The deadline for a deal on the Iranian nuclear program is on June 30. Just weeks before the deadline, Colin Kahl, the National Security Adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, sat down with Ryan Evans to talk about the nuclear negotiations over drinks at the Jefferson Hotel's Quill Bar. Ryan lobbed every objection to the deal he could come up with at Colin. The result was one of the most candid conversations we've ever seen from a senior administration official on what might be a monumental event in the history of diplomacy. Have a listen!