Who's going to win the election?
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20 of 113 episodesIs war with North Korea imminent?
*** *** Receive 15% off the America Explained newsletter *** *** Andy is joined by Elena Guido from the Leiden Asia Centre to discuss all th...
What would a Harris foreign policy look like?
*** *** Receive 15% off the America Explained newsletter *** *** Andy and Martijn talk about what the foreign policy of a Harris administrat...
Rating the DNC media spectacle
*** *** Receive 15% off the America Explained newsletter *** *** Andy and Catherine discuss the latest from the DNC, how Tim Walz is being r...
What's next for NATO?
*** *** Receive 15% off the America Explained newsletter *** *** Andy and Martijn discuss last month's NATO summit. Although the event ended...
What are Harris' chances?
*** *** Receive 15% off the America Explained newsletter *** *** Andy and Catherine discuss the head-spinning events of the past few weeks,...
From the archive: When Israel wasn't a U.S. ally
*** *** Receive 15% off the America Explained newsletter *** *** Nowadays we're used to the idea that America will stick by Israel almost no...
China hawks vs. the energy transition
*** *** Receive 15% off the America Explained newsletter *** *** What's the relationship between U.S.-China competition, and the global stru...
Swing state guides: Arizona
*** *** Receive 15% off the America Explained newsletter *** *** In the first of a series, Andy gives explainers on U.S. swing states. Up fi...
Could Trump go to jail?
*** *** Receive 15% off the America Explained newsletter *** *** Andy and Catherine talk about Trump's trial in New York, and whether there'...
From the archive: Iran, the U.S., and the bomb
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The Supreme Court is more complicated than you think
*** *** Receive 15% off the America Explained newsletter *** *** Andy and Catherine go over some lesser-known and surprising recent Supreme...
Why America really fears China
*** *** Receive 15% off the America Explained newsletter *** *** Nowadays we're used to the idea that antagonism exists between the West and...
Why is American politics so depressing?
*** *** Receive 15% off the America Explained newsletter *** *** In this special 100th episode of America Explained, Andy zooms out to look...
Will Ukraine gets its military aid?
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How should Europe prepare for Trump 2.0?
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Republican border sabotage - and worse
*** *** Receive 15% off the America Explained newsletter *** *** The border is the big news in America right now. The Biden administration h...
Trump's weaknesses are becoming apparent
*** *** Receive 15% off the America Explained newsletter *** *** Donald Trump has won early primary contests in Iowa and New Hampshire. But...
From the archive: What did the Founders really think?
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