Global I.Q. Podcast

Brigadier General Robert Spalding discusses the growing power of China in “Stealth War.”

Richard Stengel, managing editor of Time Magazine (2006-2013) and Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs(2013-2016), discusses the finer point of the global battle against disinformation.

The legacy of the Cold War still has a lasting effect on diplomacy today. Philip Zelikow, co-author of “To Build a Better World” with Condoleezza Rice, discusses pivotal events that ultimately led to global peace.

Former FBI Supervisory Special Agent Josh Campbell talks to Jim Falk about his role in the investigation that led to the Mueller report.

Could the next World War be started over a bunch of uninhabited islands? The Brookings Institution’s Michael O'Hanlon discusses the growing geopolitical impact of trigger points in “The Senkaku Paradox.”

The intelligence community is deeply invested in shades of truth and untruth, the known and the unknown. It has inspired generations of writers and moviemakers and we can’t seem to get enough details about this ancient art. Lea Carpenter is the author of “Red, White and Blue” and “Eleven Days.” She is a contributing editor at Esquire and wrote the screenplay for Mile 22, a film about the CIA’s Spe...

Jim Mattis, a retired United States Marine Corps general and 26th United States Secretary of Defense, shares leadership lessons he learned on the battlefield.

American journalist and biographer Susan Page discusses Barbara Bush’s never-before-seen private diaries. What role did she play in advising her husband and son during their presidencies? Which other First Lady did Barbara butt heads with?

Senator Ted Cruz discusses American foreign policy and lends listeners as little of his in-depth knowledge of the Constitution.

After 30 years of chasing Soviet KGB secrets and jumping out of moving cars for the CIA, Jim Olson now shares his adventures with the world through his books. Olson was Directorate of Operations during his time at the CIA and mostly served overseas in clandestine operations. Currently a professor of practice at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, he is also th...

Former CIA Chief of Disguise Jonna Mendez talks about the exciting tactics used by American agents in Moscow during the height of the Cold War.

President of Global Ties U.S. and author of "Your Country, Our War: The Press And Diplomacy in Afghanistan," Katherine Brown discusses the power of the U.S. News Media to engage in informal diplomacy through their reporting.

Farah Pandith, a world-leading expert and pioneer in countering violent extremism, draws on her visits to eighty countries, interviews with experts in a number of fields, and her experience in the Bush and Obama administrations as the world’s leading expert on countering violent extremism to explain her theory on how to inoculate communities against extremist ideologies.

President of the Middle East Institute, Paul Salem, discusses political change, transition, and conflict as well as the regional and international relations of the Middle East, with a special focus on recent changes in the U.S.- Iran relationship.

Allan Stam, the Dean of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia, discusses his research on historical leaders and the trends they follow.

CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett discusses fundamental changes in journalism as the result of recent administration changes, and what he believes the future has in the store for the ever-evolving profession.

UT Austin's Jeremi Suri discusses the long-term ramifications of U.S. withdrawal from international treaties and agreements.

American Enterprise Institute president Arthur Brooks delves into how gratitude can bridge the increasing gap in American society caused by contempt.

Author and historian Evan Thomas delves into the interesting and often surprising life of the first female Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor.

The New York Times’ Peter Baker gives an insider's perspective of what it's like to work in the White House Press Corps, as well as his personal experiences reporting on the impeachment trials of President Bill Clinton.

Biographer and historian Andrew Roberts delves into the life and times of one of the most recognizable personalities of WWII, Winston Churchill.

Thomas Pickering - an esteemed diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Russia, India, El Salvador, Israel, Nigeria, and Jordan - shares his views on consistent diplomatic engagement and the best way to approach Iran in the wake of the dissolution of the nuclear arms agreement.

How does America fit within the larger historical narrative of the rise and fall of world powers? Dr. Charles Edel, a senior fellow at the United States Studies Centre, draws on Greek history to caution Americans against forgetting the violence and tragedy of our past and expands upon the need to overcome our nation’s collective amnesia of tragic events in order to sustain a lasting peace.

Stratfor's Fred Burton uncovers the details behind the abduction and murder of CIA Station Chief William Buckley at the hands of Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon in the 1980s, and how his abduction has shaped the Middle East to this day.

Madeleine Albright shares her insight on the current state of American politics, its place in the greater historical context, and what we can learn from it.