Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was returning from a 5-nation tour of the African continent when President Donald Trump fired him via Twitter. 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 Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, talk with host Carol Castiel about the state of US-Africa relations in the aftermath of Tillerson's trip and touch on political developments in Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Africa and Kenya.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was returning from a 5-nation tour of the African continent when President Donald Trump fired him via Twitter. 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 Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, talk with host Carol Castiel about the state of US-Africa relations in the aftermath of Tillerson’s trip and touch on political developments in Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Africa and Kenya.

John Fortier, Director of the Democracy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, and Ken Gude, Senior Fellow for National Security at the Center for American Progress, talk with host Carol Castiel about the tumultuous US political landscape, from the ousting of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to the Democratic upset in the special Congressional election in the state of Pennsylvania.

John Fortier, Director of the Democracy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, and Ken Gude, Senior Fellow for National Security at the Center for American Progress, talk with host Carol Castiel about the tumultuous US political landscape, from the ousting of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to the Democratic upset in the special Congressional election in the state of Pennsylvania.

Jim Kessler, the Vice President for Policy at Third Way, and Michael Barone, a Political Analyst and Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, discuss with host Carol Castiel the politics and policies of gun safety legislation in the United States in light of the recent mass shooting at Stoneman Douglass High School in Parkland, Florida - one of the deadliest in U.S. history.

Jim Kessler, the Vice President for Policy at Third Way, and Michael Barone, a Political Analyst and Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, discuss with host Carol Castiel the politics and policies of gun safety legislation in the United States in light of the recent mass shooting at Stoneman Douglass High School in Parkland, Florida – one of the deadliest in U.S. history.

David Salvo, Senior Fellow in the Alliance for Securing Democracy Program at the German Marshall Fund for the United States, and Mark Simakovsky, Senior Fellow in the Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council join host Carol Castiel to discuss the magnitude and implications of the recent indictments by Special Counsel Robert Mueller against13 Russian companies and several individuals for their criminal interference in the 2016 U.S. election and what steps must be taken to thwart Moscow's nefarious efforts to disrupt democracies around the globe

David Salvo, Senior Fellow in the Alliance for Securing Democracy Program at the German Marshall Fund for the United States, and Mark Simakovsky, Senior Fellow in the Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council join host Carol Castiel to discuss the magnitude and implications of the recent indictments by Special Counsel Robert Mueller against13 Russian companies and several individuals for their criminal interference in the 2016 U.S. election and what steps must be taken to thwart Moscow’s nefarious efforts to disrupt democracies around the globe

Bruce Klingner, Senior Fellow for Northeast Asia at the Heritage Foundation and James Schoff [Shofe], Senior Fellow in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace discuss with host Carol Castiel South Korea's recent overture toward North Korea in the context of the Winter Olympics. They also evaluate Washington's options including whether Washington can both pursue a campaign of maximum pressure on Pyongyang and still acquiesce to talks without pre-conditions.

Bruce Klingner, Senior Fellow for Northeast Asia at the Heritage Foundation and James Schoff [Shofe], Senior Fellow in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace discuss with host Carol Castiel South Korea’s recent overture toward North Korea in the context of the Winter Olympics. They also evaluate Washington’s options including whether Washington can both pursue a campaign of maximum pressure on Pyongyang and still acquiesce to talks without pre-conditions.