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December 25, 2017 5 key takeaways from 2017: The Donald Trump presidency and a world disrupted
For a special 50th episode of The Global Politico, Susan Glasser looks back on a year of the Donald Trump presidency and the world's reaction. She offers five key takeaways from Global Politico interviews in 2017; guests ranging from the Iranian foreign minister to Senator Bob Corker to women in national defense that are speaking out about sexism.
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31 min
December 18, 2017 Assessing a year of Trump with #NeverTrumpers Eliot Cohen and Max Boot
Lifelong Republicans and policy intellectuals Eliot Cohen and Max Boot discuss the toll – personal as well as political – that Trump’s takeover of their party has had, from broken friendships to a GOP unmoored from basic principles like free trade and promotion of democracy that were long seen as its bedrock precepts.
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44 min
December 11, 2017 Former CIA deputy director Michael Morell on the intelligence failure of Russia
Ex-CIA deputy director and two time acting director Michael Morell joins Susan Glasser to talk Trump, social media and how the intelligence community failed on Russia.
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46 min
December 05, 2017 Former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak talks Netanyahu's Israel
In part two of this week's Global Politico, Israel's former Prime Minister Ehud Barak talks with Susan Glasser just hours after the New York Times published his scathing op-ed on the current government of Israel. He elaborates on what he wrote, discussing the current Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the future of a possible Trump peace plan for the Mideast and Israel's shift of focus from the "moral high ground."
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30 min
December 04, 2017 Ambassador Ron Dermer on Trump's Mideast peacemaking tactics
In part one of this week's Global Politico, Israel's ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer sits down with Susan Glasser for a rare on-the-record conversation about the likelihood of Trump recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital and the effect that would have on potentially restarting Mideast peace talks. Dermer also explains how closely the Israelis are aligned with the White House and outlines a potential timetable for Iran concessions before Trump completely pulls out of the deal.
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55 min
November 27, 2017 Trump’s Russia problem, with Ambassador Kurt Volker
Ambassador Kurt Volker, the Trump administration’s special envoy charged with ending the war in Ukraine, joins The Global Politico this week. Volker talks at length about just how troubled relations are with Russia these days despite Trump’s hoped-for reconciliation, how the several rounds of talks he’s held with a top Putin adviser have not yet made any progress, what it’s like to be a special envoy for a Secretary of State who’s vowed to get rid of them, and why he supports sending weapons to Ukraine.
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38 min
November 20, 2017 Ben Cardin on how Trump is driving Democrats and Republicans together
Senator Ben Cardin, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, discusses where the committee stands on new sanction on Russia, the Iran nuclear deal and diplomatic solutions to the North Korea standoff. The senator also delves into how Republican and Democratic lawmakers are banding together to push back on some of President Trump's most controversial foreign policy statements.
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34 min
November 13, 2017 Episode 41: Inside the secret back-channel North Korea talks
For years, Suzanne DiMaggio and Joel Wit have been quietly meeting with North Koreans to talk about the country’s nuclear program. Since Trump was elected, DiMaggio and Wit have watched an initial outreach descend into a fury of name-calling, mutual recriminations and military escalation. DiMaggio and Wit give listeners a rare glimpse into the sensitivities of negotiating with North Korea, debunk assumptions about Kim Jong Un and give their takes on how concerned we should be about nuclear war.
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34 min
November 07, 2017 Sexism on America's front lines: Part Two
This week, a special part two of The Global Politico, our report on the everyday culture of sexual harassment — and sexism — that still plagues women who dare to represent America in the world. This episode features interviews with Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, a key figure in pushing for more women in national security, and Deborah James, the second woman secretary of the Air Force.
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46 min
November 06, 2017 Episode 40: Sexism on America’s front lines
Six women with careers in national security sit down with Susan Glasser to explore the challenges they've faced as they step up to participate in the policy debates about America’s place in the world. Laura Rosenberger, Evelyn Farkas, Mieke Eoyang, Loren Schulman, Kathleen Hicks and Julianne Smith explore how they've handled uncomfortable situations, confronted sexism and succeeded in this male-dominated field.
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1 hr 9 min

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Power Play is POLITICO's new weekly transatlantic podcast hosted by renowned British journalist Anne McElvoy. It takes listeners inside the minds of those who wield power to better…