Brussels Sprouts

Benjamin Haddad and Alice Pannier join Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend on the latest episode of Brussels Sprouts to discuss France’s foreign policy and Emmanuel Macron’s latest comments on Russia. Haddad is the Director of the Future Europe Initiative at the Atlantic Council and the author of Paradise Lost: Europe in the World of Trump. Pannier is an Assistant Professor of International Relations and European Studies at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and an Associate Research Fellow at the Security Studies Center of the French Institute of International Relations.

Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman join Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Carisa Nietsche on the latest episode of Brussels Sprouts to discuss their concept, “weaponized interdependence,” and how it intersects with transatlantic affairs. Farrell is a Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the Elliott School at The George Washington University. Newman is a Professor and Director of the Mortara Center for International Studies at Georgetown University.

On the latest episode of Brussels Sprouts, Torrey Taussig and Max Bergmann join Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the future of progressive foreign policy. The "project of advancing free and open societies," Taussig tells the hosts, "has lost momentum and remains unfinished because we need to recommit to building broad and inclusive alliances." Taussig is a Research Director at the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Bergmann is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Thomas Wright, Director of the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution, joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss what took place at the Munich Security Conference.

William J. Burns, President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former Deputy Secretary of State, joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the past, present, and future of American diplomacy. He tells them, "Our capacity to draw on alliances and mobilize coalitions sets us apart from lonelier powers like China or Russia."

Thomas Graham, Distinguished Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and Senior Advisor at Kissinger Associates, joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Carisa Nietsche to discuss Putin’s recent changes, U.S. strategy toward Russia, and where the two countries can cooperate. "We have to deal with the Russia we have and not the Russia we would want to have," he tells them.

Richard Fontaine, CEO of CNAS, joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss conditions for military intervention, the future of the Iran crisis, and what he learned from the late Senator John McCain.

Ilan Goldenberg, Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Security Program at CNAS, joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the fallout from Qassem Soleimani's death, the state of the JCPOA, and Europe's changing posture in the Middle East.

Rose Gottemoeller, former Deputy Secretary General of NATO, joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the the state of the Alliance, arms control, and the challenges of a new decade.

Vladimir Milov, Russian politician and former Visiting Scholar with the Carnegie Endowment, joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss Russian opposition politics, the 2020 elections, and the prospects for change in Russia.

Kathleen McInnis, International Security Analyst for the Congressional Research Service, joins Carisa Nietsche and Jim Townsend to discuss her book, “The Heart of War: Misadventures at the Pentagon.”

Matti Anttonen, State Secretary of Finland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend for a conversation about Arctic security, Finland’s foreign policy, and European Union enlargement.

Celeste Wallander, President and CEO of the U.S. Russia Foundation, joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss Russian operations in Ukraine and the U.S. response.

Jim Goldgeier, Professor of International Relations at American University, and Josh Shifrinson, Professor of International Relations at Boston University, join Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss NATO expansion, U.S.-Russia relations, and the upcoming NATO Summit.

In a period of such rapid global change, how does the Kremlin view China? Dmitri Trenin, Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor to discuss Russian foreign policy, the country's cooperation with China, and more.