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What this show covers
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What listeners will find here
How AI’s power demands collide with clean energy, grid rules, and national security
Energy security, data centers, and AI are at the center of this conversation on environmental law and national security. Christie Hicks, Mandy DeRoche, and Kevin Frazier examine how the Biden administration’s AI push can strain grid stability, environmental commitments, and clean energy goals.
What Trump’s Gaza peace plan could mean for Israeli-Palestinian relations
President Trump’s proposed peace plan for Gaza is the focus of this conversation between Scott R. Anderson and Joel Braunold. They examine the plan itself and explore what it could mean for the future of Israeli-Palestinian relations.
How the U.S. Prepared for the 2024 Election
National security and election management take center stage in this panel on how the U.S. prepared for the 2024 election. The conversation looks at congressional reforms, responses to election-related disinformation, and how states applied lessons from 2020.
What the U.S. exit from Iraq could mean for ISIS, Iran, and Baghdad
The episode examines the recent withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Iraq and what it could mean for Iraq’s stability and its relationship with Washington. Scott R. Anderson speaks with three Iraq experts about lessons from 2011, the risk of an ISIS resurgence, and Iraq’s ability to counter Iranian influence.
Three pressure points: federal funds, election rules, and a murky Russian lab death
National security and governance take center stage as the panel examines a disputed White House funding maneuver, late-stage fights over election administration, and a suspicious death tied to a Siberian anti-plague institute. It’s a dense, timely episode focused on legal authority, institutional limits, and uncertainty.
