Foreign Office with Michael Weiss

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1. Foreign Office #40. Our Own Worst Enemy

   31 Aug 2021 · 52 min · S1 E40

   Atlantic contributor and USA Today columnist Tom Nichols discusses America's political and cultural dysfunction, and why there may not be a cure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2. Foreign Office #39. The Geopolitics of the New Afghanistan

   30 Aug 2021 · 31 min · S1 E39

   A scholar and expert on Afghanistan Kamran Bokhari explains how various countries will respond to the Taliban takeover, and what to do about ISIS-K. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3. Foreign Office #38. ISIS-K and the Taliban: It's Complicated

   28 Aug 2021 · 42 min · S1 E38

   Former US Army intelligence officer Michael Pregent on the terrorist threat from Afghanistan in the wake of two horrific suicide bombings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4. Foreign Office #37. Crisis and Credibility

   20 Aug 2021 · 33 min · S1 E37

   Mike Nelson, a U.S. war veteran and visiting fellow at the National Security Institute at George Mason University, discusses the pullout from Afghanistan. And America's place in the world. Learn more about your ad…

5. Foreign Office #36. America's Abandoned Allies

   18 Aug 2021 · 37 min · S1 E36

   Journalist and author Wesley Morgan explains how Afghans integral to the U.S. war effort have been left to a grim fate in a Taliban-run country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6. Foreign Office #35. Afghanistan, Before and After the Americans

   17 Aug 2021 · 52 min · S1 E35

   Afghanistan scholar and professor at the US Naval Postgraduate School Thomas Johnson explains how America bungled its longest war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7. Foreign Office #34. Why Vladimir Milov Is Optimistic

   13 Aug 2021 · 48 min · S1 E34

   Russia's former deputy energy minister discusses the political situation in Russia, and why Putin isn't as strong as he looks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8. Foreign Office #33. Tales from Odessa

   11 Aug 2021 · 32 min · S1 E33

   Author Vladislav Davidzon on a decade of writing about (and for) Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9. Foreign Office #32. The Biden-Russia Conundrum

   4 Aug 2021 · 42 min

   Veteran Russia expert James Sherr discusses the recent policy pivot on Nord Stream 2, and what the West doesn't understand when dealing with Moscow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10. Foreign Office #31. Sorge's Way

    21 Jul 2021 · 50 min · S1 E31

    Historian and biographer Owen Mathews on how Soviet master spy Richard Sorge infiltrated the Third Reich. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11. Foreign Office #30. The Silent Weapon

    21 Jun 2021 · 38 min · S1 E30

    Former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos on being a victim of directed energy attacks, U.S. Russian relations, and his new book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12. Foreign Office #29. The View from Vilnius

    26 May 2021 · 32 min · S1 E29

    Former Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicious discusses Belarus's hijacking of a commercial plane, and what the West needs to do about Minsk (and Moscow). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

13. Foreign Office #28. A KGB Kidnapping

    24 May 2021 · 29 min · S1 E28

    Andrei Sannikov, a former Belarusian presidential candidate, explains Alexander Lukashenko's crazy plot to arrest a journalist by hijacking a RyanAir plane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

14. Foreign Office #27. Microwaves and Bounties

    19 May 2021 · 41 min · S1 E27

    National security reporter Tom Rogan on why the CIA isn't giving up on the GRU 'bounties' claim, and on alleged directed energy attacks against Americans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15. Foreign Office #26. Explosions and Expulsions

    5 May 2021 · 36 min · S1 E26

    Czech analyst Jakub Janda on how Russian state terrorism on NATO soil has upended Prague's relationship with Moscow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16. Foreign Office #25. A 21st Century SMERSH

    4 May 2021 · 27 min · S1 E25

    Bellingcat's Christo Grozev on what the latest disclosures out of Bulgaria and Czechia tell us about GRU Unit 29155. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

17. Foreign Office #24. The Professor and “Ivan”

    26 Apr 2021 · 46 min · S1 E24

    Nerma Jelacic, director of External Relations and Communications at Commission for International Justice and Accountability, explains how her NGO unmasked a Russian-back disinformation network on Syria — by pretending…

18. Foreign Office #23. Of “Kostya” and Collusion

    19 Apr 2021 · 40 min · S1 E23

    RFE/RL’s Mike Eckel explains how the latest US sanctions on Russia advance what Mueller alleged about the Trump campaign’s ties to Moscow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

19. Foreign Office #22. Will Russia Invade Ukraine (Again)?

    12 Apr 2021 · 42 min · S1 E22

    USIP Russia Director Don Jensen weighs the possible reason for Russia’s military buildup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20. Foreign Office #21. Strategic Miscommunication

    29 Mar 2021 · 42 min · S1 E21

    Analyst Monika Richter explains how Chinese government threats got an EU report on COVID-19 disinformation censored. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21. Foreign Office #20. Disinformation and Its Discontents

    22 Mar 2021 · 51 min · S1 E20

    Johns Hopkins scholar and “Active Measures” author Thomas Rid on the DNI report on Russian meddling and how 2020 is different from 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

22. Foreign Office #19. When a Hack is not an Attack

    15 Mar 2021 · 48 min · S1 E19

    Wired journalist Andy Greenberg on the SolarWinds hack and why cyberespionage is not cyber warfare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

23. Foreign Office #18. The Pipeline from Hell

    8 Mar 2021 · 46 min · S1 E18

    Benjamin Schmitt, an energy security expert, argues Nord Stream 2 can and should be cancelled. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

24. Foreign Office #17. Canceling Navalny

    25 Feb 2021 · 34 min · S1 E17

    Russian journalist Yevgenia Albats — on Amnesty International’s decision to revoke Navalny’s prisoner of conscious status. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25. Foreign Office #16. Mr. Jones and Me

    23 Feb 2021 · 42 min · S1 E16

    Andrea Chalupa, screenwriter of "Mr. Jones," on what inspired her to memorialize the journalist who uncovered Ukraine's terror-famine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

26. Foreign Office #15. What the Borrell Was He Thinking?

    15 Feb 2021 · 35 min · S1 E15

    Senior Fellow at the European Values Center for Security Policy Nathalie Vogel on why the EU let the Kremlin humiliate it — again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27. Foreign Office #14. Beirut Blues

    8 Feb 2021 · 38 min · S1 E14

    The deputy editor of Newlines magazine Faysal Itani on the murder of Lebanese activist Lokman Slim and what America can and cannot do in the Middle East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28. Foreign Office #13. The KGB's "Confidential Contacts"

    4 Feb 2021 · 41 min · S1 E13

    Former CIA Officer John Sipher discusses the grey area between Russian informant and Russian agent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29. Foreign Office #12. The People v. Julian Assange

    14 Jan 2021 · 39 min · S1 E12

    Journalist Marcy Wheeler explains the U.S. government's charges against the Wikileaks founder, and why Britain refused to extradite him to America to face them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

30. Foreign Office #11. How to Catch a Russian Assassin

    19 Dec 2020 · 53 min · S1 E11

    Christo Grozev, the Bellingcat journalist who unmasked Alexey Navalny’s hit squad, explains how he did it, and what it says about Putin’s security state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

31. #10. America in a Post-Trump World

    17 Dec 2020 · 49 min · S1 E10

    Foreign policy analyst Damir Marusic on why a Biden presidency won't necessarily change much. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

32. #9. Resets, Be Gone!

    8 Dec 2020 · 28 min · S1 E9

    Former Biden adviser and Russia expert Michael Carpenter discusses his coauthored articles with President-Elect Joe Biden and what to expect from the new administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

33. #8. Unfrozen Conflict

    1 Dec 2020 · 28 min · S1 E8

    Award-winning journalist Simon Ostrovsky reports from Nagorno-Karabakh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

34. #7. The View from Europe

    11 Nov 2020 · 46 min · S1 E7

    As Joe Biden crept to victory, Estonia's former President Toomas Henrik Ilves explained how much of Europe saw this election -- and what it expects and (doesn't expect) from America going forward Learn more about your…

35. #6. Thumping Out Sandworm

    26 Oct 2020 · 33 min · S1 E6

    FireEye's John Hultquist explains the U.S. government's newly unsealed indictment about the GRU's devastating hacking operations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

36. #5. CIA v KGB: How American and Russian political warfare differs -- and how it doesn't

    19 Oct 2020 · 23 min · S1 E5

    Tim Weiner, the acclaimed historian of the CIA, discusses his new book on American-Russian political warfare, from the Cold War till now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

37. #4. Second Time As Farce: How a Russian-Backed Operation in Ukraine to Sway the 2020 U.S. Election Came Undone

    12 Oct 2020 · 28 min · S1 E4

    Time magazine's Simon Shuster discusses the ongoing Kremlin disinformation campaign involving individuals sanctioned by the U.S. Government Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

38. #3. Double Trouble: Who and What Poisoned Vladimir Kara-Murza?

    1 Oct 2020 · 28 min · S1 E3

    In this episode, Vladimir Kara-Murza, vice president of Free Russia Foundation, recounts his own poisoning (twice) while traveling in Russia and what the FBI will has and hasn't told him about what it knows. Learn…

39. #2. Russia's history of poisonings

    28 Sep 2020 · 31 min · S1 E2

    Russian journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan discuss Russia's history of poisonings in light of the Navalny case and why the use of a signature toxin such as Novichok implicates Vladimir Putin. Learn more…

40. #1. How Austria became Europe’s spy capital

    21 Sep 2020 · 24 min · S1 E1

    In our pilot episode, Michael interviews Anton Shekhovtsov, an expert on the European far-right and the Russian government's ties to it. They discuss their jointly written essay for The Daily Beast, drawn from a…