FDD's Foreign Podicy

When it comes to the war in Ukraine, we have seen a flurry of diplomatic activity this week by President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff.

Abu Dhabi earlier this week for negotiations. Moscow on Thursday for a meeting with Putin. And then on to Dublin to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The diplomatic energy is there, but where is this all headed? Arriving at a desired destination requires knowing the current location.

So, in that spirit, where are we with Putin’s predation in Ukraine and his hybrid war against Europe? What’s happening on the battlefield? Are Europeans stepping up on defense? What is going on with the Pentagon’s European force posture review? And what American interests and principles are at stake?

To discuss these questions and more, FDD experts Cameron McMillan and John Hardie join guest host and CMPP Senior Director Bradley Bowman.

The great historian Andrew Roberts, aka Baron Roberts of Belgravia, talks with host Cliff May about his new book, Napoleon and His Marshals: Victory, Rivalry, Betrayal, and explains why “In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.”

Elliot Kaufman and Yonah Jeremy Bob talk with host Cliff May about the outcome of Israel’s elections, jihadi threats that have been diminished but not eliminated, and their new book: “In the War Room: The Inside Story of Israel’s Fight Against Hamas and the Iranian Axis.”

Casey Babb is Director of The Promised Land at theMacdonald-Laurier Institute in Ottawa and an international fellow with the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University in Israel.
A frequent contributor to major outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, The Free Press, and The Spectator, he focuses on extremism, antisemitism, and other threats to Westernliberal democracies. 
He talks with Foreign Podicy host Cliff May about what the hell is going on up in Canada, and in Europe as well.  They also discuss Casey’s new book, The Moral Case for Zionism, which came out on October 22.

Richard Landes is a historian specializing in medieval millennial thinking. His 2022 book, “Can ‘The Whole World’ Be Wrong? Lethal Journalism, Antisemitism, and Global Jihad," documented a pattern in which Western newsrooms adopted the framing of jihadist groups—a pattern that, one year later, coverage of October 7 would exemplify. He joins Foreign Podicy host Cliff May to discuss the Hamas war, the Western media, the UN, the awarding of a Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay, “Pallywood,” and “infidel awareness.”