Michael Kugelman, Deputy Director and Senior Associate for South Asia at the Wilson Center, and Moeed Yusuf, Associate Vice President of the Asia Center at the US Institute of Peace, discuss the forgotten war in Afghanistan with host Carol Castiel, including the balance of power among the Taliban, the Afghan government, and the emerging ISIS presence.

Michael Kugelman, Deputy Director and Senior Associate for South Asia at the Wilson Center, and Moeed Yusuf, Associate Vice President of the Asia Center at the US Institute of Peace, discuss the forgotten war in Afghanistan with host Carol Castiel, including the balance of power among the Taliban, the Afghan government, and the emerging ISIS presence.

Bruce Klingner, Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, and Harry Kazianis, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy and Senior Editor for The National Interest, discuss with host Carol Castiel the ramifications of North Korea's provocative missile launches and the controversy over the deployment of a US missile defense system or THAAD in South Korea, in the face of China's objections.

Bruce Klingner, Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, and Harry Kazianis, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy and Senior Editor for The National Interest, discuss with host Carol Castiel the ramifications of North Korea’s provocative missile launches and the controversy over the deployment of a US missile defense system or THAAD in South Korea, in the face of China’s objections.

Tom Rosenstiel, Executive Director of the American Press Institute and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and W. Joseph Campbell, Professor at American University's School of Communication, discuss President Donald J. Trump's contentious relations with the press, including his dubbing of the news media an "enemy of the American people" with host Carol Castiel.

Tom Rosenstiel, Executive Director of the American Press Institute and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and W. Joseph Campbell, Professor at American University’s School of Communication, discuss President Donald J. Trump’s contentious relations with the press, including his dubbing of the news media an “enemy of the American people” with host Carol Castiel.

John Fortier, Director of the Democracy Project at the Bi-Partisan Policy Center and Beatriz Lopes, Communications Director at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, discuss the latest developments in the Trump administration with host Carol Castiel including the fallout from the resignation of former National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, adjustments to immigration policy, and relations with Congress.

John Fortier, Director of the Democracy Project at the Bi-Partisan Policy Center and Beatriz Lopes, Communications Director at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, discuss the latest developments in the Trump administration with host Carol Castiel including the fallout from the resignation of former National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, adjustments to immigration policy, and relations with Congress.

Eric Farnsworth, Vice President of the Americas Society and Council of the Americas and Jose Cardenas, President of VisionAmericas and former senior State Department and National Security Council official, discuss with host Carol Castiel the deteriorating state of US-Mexican relations in light of proposals by the Trump administration to renegotiate NAFTA and build a border wall.

Join host Carol Castiel each week as she and two advocates from the world of politics, public policy, or academia discuss and debate a critical issue in the news, bringing depth, perspective, and insight to the world around us. Issues that affect our lives and global stability are debated in a free-wheeling, unscripted discussion of fact and opinion.