Mar 2023

CIA Clinical Psychologist Ursula Wilder on Profiling World Leaders

In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with Ursula Wilder, a clinical psychologist at the Central Intelligence Agency, about why intelligence agencies conduct psychological profiles of world leaders, and how past policymakers have used what they have ... Show More

44m 23s

Mar 2023

Former Middle East Envoy Dennis Ross on Regional Instability

In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with former senior U.S. ambassador and Middle East envoy Dennis Ross about growing instability in the Middle East, including tensions between Israel and Palestine, controversial judicial reforms in Israel, and co ... Show More

38m 25s

Mar 2023

The U.S. Invasion of Iraq: A Look at Intelligence, 20 Years Later

In this special episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with five former senior CIA officers about the agency's work before, during and after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. With personal recollections and reflections, Morell offers a candid walkthrough of ... Show More

48m 42s

Aug 2017

Mira Rapp-Hooper and Stephan Haggard on North Korea

<p>The growing threat from North Korea has intensified during the past few weeks after a series of missile tests demonstrated that the Kim regime may soon be able to strike the continental United States. This week, Benjamin Wittes spoke with Mira Rapp-Hooper, an Adjunct Senior Fe ... Show More

46m 57s

Jan 2025

Why North Korea Is Planning a Second Korean War and How to Stop It

<p>Dmitri Alperovitch sits down with Andrei Lankov, one of the west’s foremost experts on North Korea, and Sergey Radchenko, a leading Cold War historian, for a deep dive into North Korea. They discuss the threats posed by North Korea's nuclear program and possibility of a new wa ... Show More

1h 20m

Apr 2017

North Korean Threats - 4.17

Vice President Mike Pence had some harsh words for North Korea today as he told an audience of South Koreans that "the policy of strategic patience is over." Sean is joined by Newt Gingrich, Terry Jeffrey, Jeffrey Lord and Sara Carter to discuss our many complicated options for ... Show More

1h 36m

May 2020

Jung Pak on 'Becoming Kim Jong Un'

<p>Jung Pak is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a former CIA analyst and a North Korea specialist. She is the author of "Becoming Kim Jong Un: A Former CIA Analyst’s Insights into North Korea’s Enigmatic Young Dictator.” She joined Benjamin Wittes to discuss Kim Jong ... Show More

53m 12s

Jan 2022

Why is North Korea Suddenly Launching So Many Missile Tests?

North Korea has already launched more than six missile tests since the start of the new year. Why is North Korea is suddenly launching so many new missile tests -- and what can be done about? Three experts weigh in: Jeffrey Lewis is a Professor at the Middlebury Institute of Int ... Show More

33m 2s

Dec 2022

85 - Could the US Conquer North Korea?

North Korea, a nation whose GDP is equivalent to that of the small island of Jamaica, has tested a record amount of missiles this year. With these increasing tests, there is a worry that they will build upon this momentum, and in the future, pose a credible threat to the United S ... Show More

1h 22m

The Future of the Kim Regime: North Kore...