In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin:
Russia unleashes one of its largest aerial assaults of the war, with missiles and drones pounding Ukraine. Among the targets: an American-owned electronics factory in the country’s far west.
Later, the FBI raids the Maryland home of former National Security Adviser John Bolton in a classified document ... Show More
Aug 21
PDB Afternoon Bulletin | August 21st, 2025: Is Trump Preparing To Overthrow Venezuela's Maduro? & Ukrainian Arrested Over Nord Stream Sabotage
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First—the White House has aggressively turned up the pressure on Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, issuing a $50 million bounty for his arrest and deploying multiple warships off his coastline. Is the Trump administration preparing to over ... Show More
14m 41s
Aug 20
PDB Afternoon Bulletin | August 20th, 2025: Trump Deploys Destroyers To Venezuela In Cartel Crackdown & Gabbard Revokes 37 Clearances Over Russiagate Scandal
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First—the Trump administration deploys three U.S. warship to patrol the waters off the coast of Venezuela, in a bid to further curb cartel operations and up the pressure on dictator Nicolás Maduro, who the U.S. has branded a narco-te ... Show More
13m 57s
Aug 18
Trump says Zelensky can end Russia war 'if he wants to'
Three days after President Trump's meeting in Alaska with President Putin, he's due to see President Zelensky in Washington. But this time, the Ukrainian leader will be getting back-up from his heavyweight European allies, who'll also be seeing Mr Trump. We gauge the mood in Russ ... Show More
28m 57s
Mar 2025
Signal scandal: The US and its shifting alliances
This week, Mark Leonard joins forces with Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR’s director of research and US programme director, to unpick two momentous geopolitical disruptions. First, a stunning scandal emerged from a Signal group chat, where senior US officials—including the vice president, s ... Show More
14m 21s
Aug 15
What Hangs in the Balance of Trump's Meeting With Putin
Today, President Trump and the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, are meeting on U.S. soil for the first time, to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine.David E. Sanger, the White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times, discusses the wide range of possi ... Show More
27m 3s