Fault Lines Episode 648: Vance, Iran, and the Race for 2028
Today, John, Les, and Algene break down a striking tweet from Vice President J.D. Vance pinning Republican midterm losses squarely on the Ir...
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20 of 660 episodesFault Lines Episode 647: New Congress, New Calculus
Today, Jess, Les, John, and Andrew break down a strong midterm night for Democrats, with a blue wave sweeping across the country, delivering...
Fault Lines Episode 646: Poland's Judicial Showdown
Today, Les, Jess, John, and Amy dig into the political crisis unfolding in Poland after President Nawrocki was forced to cut short a state v...
Fault Lines Episode 645: Warp Speed to Tehran: Talks, Strikes, and Trump’s Legacy
Today, John, Jess, Les, and Andrew take stock of where the United States and Iran are headed — and how fast. Vice President Vance delivered...
Fault Lines Episode 644: Ballots and Battles: Israeli Elections and the Future of U.S.-Israel Ties
Today, Jess, Les, John, and Andy break down Israel's first election since the October 7 attacks, with no clear winner yet emerging and multi...
Fault Lines Episode 643: Shifting South: Democracy, Elections, and Alignment in Latin America
Today, Les, Jess, John, and Andrew take stock of a turbulent electoral moment across Latin America. Lula's victory in Brazil marks a leftwar...
Fault Lines Episode 642: AI vs AI: Cybersecurity, Disruption, and the New National Security Economy
Today, John, Les, and Jess dig into the accelerating collision between artificial intelligence and cybersecurity as businesses scramble to r...
Fault Lines Episode 641: Protests in France: Guns vs. Beurre
Today, Jess, Les, John, and Andrew examine the wave of riots sweeping France and what they reveal about the country's deepening political an...
Fault Lines Episode 640: Trump, Putin, Xi, and a Deal Without Kyiv?
Today, Les, Jess, John, and Amy dig into the accelerating — and increasingly chaotic — diplomacy surrounding the Russia-Ukraine war. Trump a...
Fault Lines Episode 639: A Rupture Over Russia
Today, John, Andy, and Marc dig into the deepening rupture between the Trump administration and Ukrainian President Zelensky. After Trump an...
Fault Lines Episode 638: Sovereign Territory: Enclaves, Empires, and the Limits of Self-Determination
Today, John, Les, Jess, and Jamil take stock of a world where territorial sovereignty is suddenly anything but settled. From Spain's enclave...
Fault Lines Episode 637: Houthis Hit Riyadh: Where’s Washington?
Today, Jess, Jamil, Les, and John break down the deadly Houthi strikes on Riyadh's airport, which killed well over a dozen people — includin...
Fault Lines Episode 636: Contagion and Capital Punishment: A Week of Warning Signs
Today, Les, John, and Amy confront a collision of alarming headlines: a plague outbreak traced to Russian anti-plague research institute, an...
Fault Lines Episode 635: Red Sea Rising: Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the Houthi Offensive
Today, John, Jamil, Les, and Matt examine the renewed Saudi and Yemeni offensive against Houthi forces along the western coast of Yemen, a s...
Fault Lines Episode 634: B-1s Out of Britain
Today, Les, Jamil, John, and Jess examine the sudden withdrawal of twelve U.S. B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford following the arrest and swift...
Fault Lines Episode 633: Rebound Diplomacy and the Pentagon's New Playbook
Today, Jess, Les, John, and Amy examine two developments reshaping how America projects power. Former NBA star Dennis Rodman was photographe...
Fault Lines Episode 632: A Super Intelligence Summit
Today, John, Les, and Jamil break down Trump's high-profile AI summit, where the president gathered leaders from the country's biggest tech...
Fault Lines Episode 631: Strait Talk: Iran's Diplomacy Gambit and the Trump Ultimatum
Today, Les, Jamil, John, and Andy examine the latest twist in U.S.-Iran negotiations after reports emerged that the Trump administration rej...
Fault Lines Episode 630: UNGA, Multilateralism, and the Limits of Global Institutions
Today, Jess, John, Les, and Algene break down a packed week at the UN General Assembly in New York, where world leaders delivered speeches r...
Fault Lines Episode 629: The New Fight for Greenland
Today, John, Les, Jess, and Jeffrey break down the new U.S.-Denmark-Greenland security agreement, which amends the foundational 1951 defense...