In the wake of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s surprise visit to Afghanistan and Iraq, host Carol Castiel sits down with Anthony H. Cordesman, the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Cordesman discusses a range of national security issues including US strategy in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria as well as challenges posed by Russia, Iran and North Korea.

Andrew Ferguson, Professor of Law at the University of the District of Columbia joins host Carol Castiel and Senior VOA correspondent Chris Simkins, to discuss his new book "The Rise of Big Data Policing: Surveillance, Race and the Future of Law Enforcement."

Andrew Ferguson, Professor of Law at the University of the District of Columbia joins host Carol Castiel and Senior VOA correspondent Chris Simkins, to discuss his new book “The Rise of Big Data Policing: Surveillance, Race and the Future of Law Enforcement.”

Hosts Rebecca Ward and Rick Pantaleo talk with Dr. John Butler, Special Assistant to the Director of Forensics, National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST), about the challenges of using DNA phenotyping, the process of predicting an organism's phenotype using only genetic information collected from genotyping or DNA sequencing.

Hosts Rebecca Ward and Rick Pantaleo talk with Dr. John Butler, Special Assistant to the Director of Forensics, National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST), about the challenges of using DNA phenotyping, the process of predicting an organism’s phenotype using only genetic information collected from genotyping or DNA sequencing.

David J. Kramer, Senior Fellow at the Vaclev Havel Program on Human Rights and Diplomacy at Florida International University, formerly Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor and senior fellow at the McCain Institute for International Leadership, talks about the themes in his new book: "Back to Containment: Dealing With Putin's Regime." Kramer asserts that Vladimir Putin is a paranoid, authoritarian leader who oversees one of the most corrupt regimes in the world

David J. Kramer, Senior Fellow at the Vaclev Havel Program on Human Rights and Diplomacy at Florida International University, formerly Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor and senior fellow at the McCain Institute for International Leadership, talks about the themes in his new book: “Back to Containment: Dealing With Putin’s Regime.” Kramer asserts that Vladimir Putin is a paranoid, authoritarian leader who oversees one of the most corrupt regimes in the world

Silicon Valley tech companies such as Google and Facebook have revolutionized the distribution of information and knowledge. Franklin Foer, author of the just released book "World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech" joins host Rick Pantaleo to talk about how relying these companies to feed us news and information could also cost us our privacy and even our own individuality.

Silicon Valley tech companies such as Google and Facebook have revolutionized the distribution of information and knowledge. Franklin Foer, author of the just released book “World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech” joins host Rick Pantaleo to talk about how relying these companies to feed us news and information could also cost us our privacy and even our own individuality.

On the margins of the 72nd UN General Assembly in New York City, host Carol Castiel speaks with Max Boot, the Jeanne Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow in National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, about the substance and tone of US President Donald Trump's maiden address to the world body.