William Galston, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and John Fortier, Director of the Democracy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, discuss with host Carol Castiel recent developments in US politics including the Supreme Court’s ruling on President Donald Trump’s travel ban, the stalled Senate healthcare legislation, and implications of recent special elections for Democrats.

Hussein Ibish, a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute and columnist and Andrew Bowen, a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, discuss with host Carol Castiel the causes and ramifications of the rift between Qatar and other Gulf Cooperation Council states led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, for the United States and the region.

President Donald Trump recently announced his intent to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Change Agreement. The decision was harshly criticized by leaders of numerous US allied countries, but was widely praised by the President’s supporters. Co-Hosts Rick Pantaleo and VOA Science Correspondent Steve Baragona join their guests to discuss the possible consequences of the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.

Omar Samad, Senior Central Asia Fellow at the International Security Program at the New America Foundation and former Afghan ambassador to Canada and France, and Scott Worden, Afghanistan & Central Asia Programs Director at the United States Institute of Peace, discuss with host Carol Castiel who is behind the recent violence in Afghanistan and the future US role in the country.

*This program was recorded before the London terror attacks on June 3.

Toby Harnden, Washington Bureau Chief for The Sunday Times of London, and James Astill, Washington Correspondent for The Economist, discuss with host Carol Castiel what’s at stake in the June 8th UK elections—it’s ramifications for Brexit negotiations and EU-UK relations.

Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute and Perry Cammack, Fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, talk with host Carol Castiel about the tone, substance and implications of President Donald Trump’s first overseas trip to the Middle East and Europe.

In the wake of the appointment of a special counsel to oversee the FBI investigation of Russian interference in the US presidential election, John Fortier, Director of the Democracy Project at the Bi-Partisan Policy Center and Ken Gude, Senior National Security Fellow at the Center for American Progress, talk with host Carol Castiel about the firing of FBI Director James Comey, the disclosure of classified intelligence to Russian officials and implications for the Republican legislative agenda.

Philippe Gelie, US Chief Correspondent for "Le Figaro," and Desmond Dinan, Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University, discuss with host Carol Castiel the significance and implications of centrist politician Emanuel Macron's victory in the French elections—for the future of France, Transatlantic Relations and the European Union.

Philippe Gelie, US Chief Correspondent for “Le Figaro,” and Desmond Dinan, Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University, discuss with host Carol Castiel the significance and implications of centrist politician Emanuel Macron’s victory in the French elections—for the future of France, Transatlantic Relations and the European Union.

Eric Farnsworth, Vice President of the Council of the Americas and the Americas Society, and Eric Olson, Associate Director of Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, discuss with host Carol Castiel the political crisis in Venezuela and implications for the hemisphere.