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Elise Labott hosts Cosmopolitics by Elise Labott, a news show with 64 episodes published.
If you’re trying to follow the current state of the Iran war without losing your mind, retired military officers, former officials or Washington journalists are probably not the people to call. You call Arash Azizi. Beca
Iran, Lebanon, the King’s speech, the WHCD shooting and more…. Danielle Pletka and I are back in full force! Join us TODAY at 5:30 ET for some cocktails and what promises to be a lively discussion. We had an audio glitch
Lebanon is having a moment, people! After decades of successive government failures, Hezbollah’s stranglehold on the country, and Iran pulling the strings of its very own “Party of God” terrorist army — complete with mis
Seven weeks in, the war with Iran has morphed into an economic game of chicken — with a side order of nuclear negotiation. Having failed to get Iran to capitulate on the battlefield, the United States is now trying to sq
For a brief moment Tuesday night, it looked like the Iran war might end the way it had unfolded — abruptly, ambiguously, and with more questions than answers. After a day of escalating threats — including a warning from
If you didn’t catch my Substack Live with Nancy Youssef, here is the recording. Nancy has covered wars in the Middle East for two decades. While she brings encyclopedic knowledge of the region and the U.S. military from
As a former Assistant Secretary of State and senior military officer who served in Iraq and at CENTCOM, he has watched campaigns that looked decisive on paper but far less so in practice — wars where early battlefield su
Is the war eliminating the dead wood in the Iranian regime? If the regime survives — and survival, in some form, remains likely — it may not be the same regime that went in. A different generation could emerge from the w
If you haven’t caught my Substack Live with Arash Azizi, here is the recording. I really enjoyed this conversation and I think you will too. In Washington and much of the media, the war is framed through the lens of US d
Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman is one of the few Americans ever to have met Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - a surreal encounter he experienced as a top UN diplomat accompanying Secretary-General Ban Ki-mo
Wars are fought with bombs and missiles. But they are also fought with narratives - the explanations leaders give their citizens about why a conflict is necessary, what success looks like, and what sacrifices may be requ
Folks: forgive me - I sent out the recording of the discussion with Dany - but meant to send this out. Dany will send her version of the recordings with show notes later, which I will forward in the chat. Sorry for the s
If you didn’t catch my live conversation with Larry Diamond of Stanford University, here’s the recording. I encourage you to listen in full. Larry has spent his career studying how democracies die. He’s watched authorita
Yesterday’s conversation with Steven A. Cook drew the biggest turnout we’ve had yet! So many familiar faces and so many new ones. Smart questions, sharp pushback. The kind of crowd that reminds me why we started Cosmopol
If you missed my conversation with former Undersecretary Tom Shannon, here’s the recording. It’s essential viewing for anyone trying to make sense of President Trump’s strategy for the Western Hemisphere. Tom’s insights
If you missed my conversation with former US Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder here’s the recording. Ivo walks through the strategic importance of the Arctic, how Greenland fits in and why cooperation with NATO strengthen’s
Folks: If you missed my conversation with former US envoy to Venezuela Elliott Abrams, I encourage you to watch the recording. Elliot’s knowledge and insights bring essential context and nuance to this complex story. I w
It was great to see so many of you on Monday for our year-end show . Danielle Pletka and love our #HTHH community! If you weren’t able to catch us live, here is the full recording…best watched with a strong cocktail. Loo
Always great to see you all: Dany has assembled some good reading material (links below about the debate over whether Congress has the sole power to declare war when it comes to Venezuela, as well as some objections to t
I love talking with my friend and former CNN colleague Barbara Starr. Few journalists can cut through the noise to focus on what truly matters like she can - and this conversation was no exception. If you weren’t able to
Arash Azizi
Iranian historian
2 appearances on this show
Danielle Pletka
distinguished senior fellow in foreign policy and defense studies · American Enterprise Institute
2 appearances on this show
Scott Bessent
Segretario al Tesoro USA · Milken Institute
1 appearance on this show
John Bolton
former US Ambassador to the UN and former National Security Advisor · University of Cape Town
1 appearance on this show
Larry Diamond
Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), William L. Clayton Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education at Stanford University · Stanford University
1 appearance on this show
Steven A. Cook
Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for the Middle East and Africa studies · Council on Foreign Relations
1 appearance on this show
Elliott Abrams
former deputy national security advisor and Special Representative for Iran · Council on Foreign Relations
1 appearance on this show
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