With less than three weeks before the crucial 2018 midterm elections, John Fortier, Director of the Democracy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, and Jim Kessler, Senior Vice President for Policy at Third Way, preview prospects for Democrats and Republicans with host Carol Castiel.

With less than three weeks before the crucial 2018 midterm elections, John Fortier, Director of the Democracy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, and Jim Kessler, Senior Vice President for Policy at Third Way, preview prospects for Democrats and Republicans with host Carol Castiel.

In May, the Trump administration unilaterally withdrew from the multilateral Iran nuclear deal even though Iran was technically in compliance. Washington plans to impose new sanctions aimed at Iran's oil sector by November 4. On this edition of the program, Patrick Clawson, Senior Fellow and Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Ahmad Majidyar, Fellow and Director of the Iran Observed Project at the Middle East Institute, discuss the reasons behind and fallout from the Trump administration's policy toward Iran with host Carol Castiel.

In May, the Trump administration unilaterally withdrew from the multilateral Iran nuclear deal even though Iran was technically in compliance. Washington plans to impose new sanctions aimed at Iran’s oil sector by November 4. On this edition of the program, Patrick Clawson, Senior Fellow and Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Ahmad Majidyar, Fellow and Director of the Iran Observed Project at the Middle East Institute, discuss the reasons behind and fallout from the Trump administration’s policy toward Iran with host Carol Castiel.

J. Peter Pham, Vice President for Research and Regional Initiatives and Director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council, and Jennifer Cooke, Director of the Institute for African Studies at the George Washington University spar over the significance of First lady Melania Trump's trip to Africa and the latest peace deal in South Sudan with host Carol Castiel.

J. Peter Pham, Vice President for Research and Regional Initiatives and Director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council, and Jennifer Cooke, Director of the Institute for African Studies at the George Washington University spar over the significance of First lady Melania Trump’s trip to Africa and the latest peace deal in South Sudan with host Carol Castiel.

On the sidelines of the UNGA, US President Donald Trump reversed his initial position and said he now endorses a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. On the 25th anniversary of the Oslo Peace Accords, Khaled Elgindy, a Fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution and David Pollock, Senior Fellow and Director of Project Fikra at the Washington Institute of Near East Policy, spar over prospects for a two-state solution with host Carol Castiel.

On the sidelines of the UNGA, US President Donald Trump reversed his initial position and said he now endorses a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. On the 25th anniversary of the Oslo Peace Accords, Khaled Elgindy, a Fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution and David Pollock, Senior Fellow and Director of Project Fikra at the Washington Institute of Near East Policy, spar over prospects for a two-state solution with host Carol Castiel.

People around the world look to the United States as a beacon of freedom. They often seek practical guidance on how to foster democratic, open and accountable systems of governance. Daniel Twining, President of the International Republican Institute, and Ambassador Derek Mitchell, President of the National Democratic Institute discuss with host Carol Castiel the rationale behind decades of US democracy promotion efforts and contrast them with Moscow's tactics to sow chaos, to influence election outcomes and suppress dissent.

People around the world look to the United States as a beacon of freedom. They often seek practical guidance on how to foster democratic, open and accountable systems of governance. Daniel Twining, President of the International Republican Institute, and Ambassador Derek Mitchell, President of the National Democratic Institute discuss with host Carol Castiel the rationale behind decades of US democracy promotion efforts and contrast them with Moscow’s tactics to sow chaos, to influence election outcomes and suppress dissent.