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

Background Briefing: February 17, 2022

  Rumors of War Intensify as Putin Has No Reason to Invade Ukraine We begin with the heightened anticipation of war in Ukraine expressed by President Biden as U.S. Intelligence dismisses Putin’s recent pledge to withdraw forces as a fake redeployment as...

Background Briefing: February 16, 2022

  The Saudis Stiff Biden’s Effort to Lower the Price of Gas at the Pump We begin with the rising gas prices contributing to inflation and their impact on Biden and the Democrat’s prospects in the November midterms which have led to the Administration...

Background Briefing: February 15, 2022

  Could Ukraine Become Finlandized? We begin with Putin’s statements after his Kremlin meeting with German Chancellor Scholz today that he was withdrawing some troops and that of course he does not want war, going on to say there was a precedent for a war...

Background Briefing: February 14, 2022

  NATO Should Not Expand Eastward For Its Own Sake, Not Russia’s We begin with the former head of the Russia/Ukraine desk at the State Department who believes NATO should not be expanding eastward but instead should be setting limits and saying no to...

Background Briefing: February 13, 2022

  With Warnings War Could Break Out on Wednesday, Ukraine’s Other Problem is Its Economy We will begin with warnings from the White House that a war over Ukraine could break out at any moment with U.S. intelligence reports suggesting it could happen as...