In this special year-end episode, hosts Bob McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins sit down with the New York Times’ chief diplomatic correspondent in Europe Steven Erlanger to review the biggest stories of the past year and discuss developments to watch in 2025. They analyze the conflicts and political developments in the Middle East and Europe, President-elect Don ... Show More
Mar 2023
German Chancellor Scholz Visits Washington, China’s Congress Convenes, Cambodian Opposition Leader On Trial, and More
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meets U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss U.S.-German security cooperation in NATO and in the Indo-Pacific; China’s National People’s Congress begins its legislative session; Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha awaits the verdict of his treason tri ... Show More
29m 25s
Feb 2023
Nigeria’s Election, One Year Since Russia Invaded Ukraine, U.S. Asylum Restrictions, and More
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country and largest economy, holds its presidential election; Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reaches the one-year mark; U.S. President Joe Biden’s new restrictions on migrants seeking asylum spurs fury from immigration activists.
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32m 28s
Feb 2023
Munich Security Conference, Biden Visits Poland, Israel’s Judiciary Overhaul, and More
World leaders attend the Munich Security Conference, a high-level event focusing on global challenges; U.S. President Joe Biden visits Poland to reinforce NATO’s resolve for supporting Ukraine; and tens of thousands protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed cha ... Show More
31m 29s
Jun 2025
Europe’s game plan for handling Trump at G7
The Pentagon has launched a review of the 2021 Aukus submarine deal with the UK and Australia, Donald Trump has said the US and China’s deal to restore their trade war truce is “done”, and US inflation rose less than expected to 2.4 per cent in May. Plus, European governments are ... Show More
10m 31s
Mar 2025
Trump & Zelensky Hold Heated Oval Office Meeting
First: Zelensky joins a parade of European leaders at the White House this week, wheeling and dealing over the security of Ukraine and the whole continent.
Then: With the future of the US-European alliance on the line, Britain’s former defense secretary, Ben Wallace, discusses w ... Show More
31m 13s
Apr 2025
Fear and Fury: The Fallout From Trump’s Tariffs
<p>The reverberations from President Trump’s new global tariffs have rocked financial markets and world capitals. American stocks have plunged, and foreign leaders have issued forceful condemnations.</p><p>The Times journalists Michael Barbaro, Peter Goodman, Natalie Kitroeff and ... Show More
34m 55s
Mar 2024
March 21st, 2024: French Troop Furor, SpaceX's Secret Satellites, & Water Warning
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:
We delve into the escalating verbal conflict as Moscow accuses Paris of gearing up to deploy 2,000 troops to Ukraine.
SpaceX's latest initiative, a secretive pact to develop a network of spy satellites for the U.S. Government, is ... Show More
19m 33s
Nov 2024
441: Election 2024: The Stark Choice on Climate Change?
In this special episode of Pod Save the World, Ben looks at the most existential issue of our time, and one that gets little attention on the campaign trail: climate change. He examines both Harris and Trump’s records, the domestic and global benefits of the Inflation Reduction A ... Show More
53m 56s