A DAILY PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAM FEATURING NEWS ANALYSIS OF THE DAY'S TOP ISSUES

Background Briefing: March 17, 2022

  Saudi Arabia’s Arrogant and Entitled MBS Adds Injury to his Insulting Behavior Towards the U.S. We begin with the insulting behavior of a supposed U.S. ally Saudi Arabia which now after 50 years of American support and protection, the country’s...

Background Briefing: March 16, 2022

  Having Been Fought to a Standstill, Russia Now Appears Interested in Peace We begin with the possibility of a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine now that Zelensky is signaling that the Russians are more realistic in their demands and Russia’s Foreign...

Background Briefing: March 15, 2022

  The Change in German Attitudes to Russia and Three Prime Ministers Show up in Kyiv We begin with President Biden’s decision to attend a NATO summit in Brussels next week on March 24 and the arrival by train in Kyiv today of three prime ministers from...

Background Briefing: March 14, 2022

  How Far Will Xi Jinping Go in Supporting His Fellow Dictator Putin? We begin with talks between The U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi in Rome after leaks from the Biden administration warning that Russia had...

Background Briefing: March 13, 2022

  A Moscow-Based Defense Analyst on How the Ukrainians Are Winning So Far We begin and go to Moscow to speak with Dr. Pavel Felgenhauer, a Moscow-based defense analyst, columnist and journalist who previously served as senior research officer in the Soviet...