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Presidents who do not have a working knowledge of foreign policy tend to lean on a trusted adviser to get them through a confusing and troubled world. [...]

Proving to be the worst geopolitical decision made in our lifetimes for a leader of a country. vladimir putins destroyed russia. in so many ways. and donald trump was praising him saying how brilliant it was. he is wrong all the time. >> i just think about how desensitized the nation is to shocking moment after shocking moment after shocking moment. and yet, it is important that we try and frame history and the facts of what happened during this presidency. the new audio book is entitled "the tr...

"waging a good war." also with us, retired u.s. army ranger adrian lewis, professor at the university of kansas and a reason adrian is on today is to focus on the civil rights movement and toms book and the lessons learned from the military. tom, set the scene for us what you have in the book and learned about how this nonviolent movement learned some incredible philosophies from the military itself? one thing i loved about writing this book i began to think, wow,

Author and journalist Tom Ricks along with the Washington Monthly's Debra Dickerson discuss Ricks' new book 'Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968.'

How 9/11 ushered in an era of fear, mistrust, and division in America. The compromises and consequences for American democracy—from the terror attacks, through four presidencies, wars abroad, and ultimately insurrection at home.

Host Michael Morell speaks with former CIA Deputy Director John McLaughlin about global implications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Eric Adams admits to lapses in his veganism as he launches campaign to get New Yorkers to eat a more plant-based diet

When experts say something is going to happen, the odds are generally even that it won't.

Political correctness, p.c. it was what people used to call -- what they now call wokeness. one of the targets was campus politics. even though i thought it was excessive and insane, it was true that campus politics could be pretty radical. targeting the pentagon, it just didnt even scan. like what are we talking about? >> they are the least woke people -- i mean they are the -- they are not lefty. when i first started covering the pentagon beat in 2014, tom ricks, who is this veteran well known...

Transcript: Malcolm Gladwell, Author, “The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, A Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War” Washington Post Live MR. IGNATIUS: Welcome to Washington Post Live. I’m David Ignatius, a columnist for the Post. Today its a special pleasure to welcome back to The Washington Post, Malcolm Gladwell. Its not a big part of Malcolms biography, but back in the 1980s, I tried to hire Malcolm as a writer for the Outlook section of The Post that I ...