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Adversaries Abroad and Divisions at Home: Reflections on America’s Greatest Challenges
In this closing reflection of Waitt, What? The Podcast, Samuel Waitt takes listeners on a sobering tour of the forces shaping America’s...

Samuel Waitt
Sep 163 min read


The Big Man Goes to Beijing
After a bizarre exchange between two dictators, China flexes its muscles to the world— and a very special guest For centuries, humans...

Samuel Waitt
Sep 96 min read


Healing a Fractured Democracy: Professor Brent Nelsen on the Divided States of America
Director of the Tocqueville Center for the Study of Democracy and Society at Furman University, Professor Nelsen explores the legacy of...

Samuel Waitt
Sep 23 min read


Alaskan Borscht
Despite successes in solving other conflicts, a pair of US-led peace summits leave the war in Ukraine no closer to an end. February 28,...

Samuel Waitt
Aug 226 min read


Russia, Power, and Putin: Dr. Thomas Graham on the Kremlin’s Grand Strategy
Dr. Thomas Graham, former senior director for Russia at the National Security Council and now a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign...

Samuel Waitt
Aug 194 min read


Countering China’s Great Game: A Strategy Conversation with Michael Sobolik
As a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute specializing in United States–China relations, Michael Sobolik unpacks one of America’s most...

Samuel Waitt
Aug 53 min read


Ukraine's (Temporary) Hara-Kiri
Ukraine inflicts a wound on itself— and then a U-turn Imagine this nightmare scenario: you are in a hurry, as you forgot to set your...

Samuel Waitt
Jul 315 min read


Inside NATO: Power, Partnership, and Purpose with General William Hickman
Retired U.S. Army General William Hickman, whose career includes deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as key leadership roles...

Samuel Waitt
Jul 223 min read


The River from Hell
A review of the one expedition Theodore Roosevelt would regret During my weeks away from the office in these dog days of summer, I am...

Samuel Waitt
Jul 173 min read


Bomb Iran (Part 2 of 2)
The 12-Day War ends in ceasefire, leaving the Islamic Republic with a stark choice Beautiful Sky of Qatar While the Middle East, as you...

Samuel Waitt
Jul 157 min read
Confronting Iran: Sanctions, Strategy, and Security with Gabriel Noronha
Gabriel Noronha, Executive Director of POLARIS National Security and a former State Department official, shares to discuss the Islamic...

Samuel Waitt
Jul 113 min read


Global Independence Day
As we celebrate July 4th, let us be reminded of all the nations around the globe who owe their freedom and independence to the United...

Samuel Waitt
Jul 35 min read


Bomb Iran - Part 1 of 2
Israel— and the United States follow through on a long-threatened military operation One goal I have been working on recently is ensuring...

Samuel Waitt
Jul 37 min read


Poles at the Polls
I take you on a tour of foreign land I know very well and the political earthquake delivered by its people I saw plenty of both these...

Samuel Waitt
Jun 65 min read


Nowhere to go but up
The world grapples with a new Syria and prays for a better outcome than the old Syria Syria, a nation known for more than a decade as...

Samuel Waitt
Jun 65 min read


Democracy or a Coup?
When elections go off the rails and judges intervene, chaos ensues It’s not every day when one hears the name Kim Kardashian at an...

Samuel Waitt
Jun 65 min read


Trade War
My Newsletter on Trumps "Liberation Day" Tariffs It should be no surprise to anyone Americans love our almighty dollar. Perhaps more than...

Samuel Waitt
Jun 66 min read


Overslept
The roots of the US-Europe breakdown, as told by someone who saw it coming “I hate bailing out Europe again.” “I fully share your...

Samuel Waitt
Apr 146 min read


Taiwan and the Silicon Shield
After two Ukraine entries, I journey you to a geopolitical hotspot in an entirely different corner of the world After two previous...

Samuel Waitt
Mar 265 min read


Bigger than Ali-Frazier
I really hoped to publish something related to anything other than Ukraine. After the brawl last Friday, such hopes were no longer...

Samuel Waitt
Mar 264 min read
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