All episodes of Foreign Office with Michael Weiss

Episodes

Author Owen Mathews on his latest book Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin’s War Against Ukraine

Published 01/23/23

Foreign Office #65. On Ukraine's Military Adaptability

Gen. Mick Ryan explains how Ukraine has handled Western weapons platforms, and why it's wisely gone back to a war of "corrosion" against Russian forces.

Published 08/08/22

Foreign Office #64. The Kyvian Reshuffle

What’s behind Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s sacking of his SBU chief and Prosecutor General? Ukrainian journalist Viktor Kovalenko explains.

Published 08/01/22

Foreign Office #63. The Fellas of NAFO

How a dog avatar became a meme that chased a Russian ambassador off Twitter (for a while).

Published 07/26/22

Foreign Office #62. On Coups and Illegals

Former CIA officer Marc Polymeropolous discusses the capture of a GRU illegal trying to infiltrate the ICC -- and whether or not former National Security Adviser John Bolton could really plan a "coup."

Published 07/21/22

Foreign Office #61. The Battle of Donbas

War reporter Danny Gold on his time at Ukraine’s eastern front

Published 07/02/22

Foreign Office #60. What is Wrong With Germany?

Benjamin Tallis explains the Sholz government's wobbliness on Ukraine and why old habits die hard in Berlin.

Published 05/26/22

Foreign Office #59. How Mapmaking Explains Conflicts

Nathan Ruser combined open source intelligence and cartography to offer a more precise and explanatory visual of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Published 05/16/22

Foreign Office #58. What Ukraine Has -- And What It Still Needs

James Rushton, an independent national security analyst, on the Western weapons systems sent to help Ukraine defend the Donbas.

Published 05/10/22

Foreign Office #57. The Russian Dissident in Jail

Evgenia Kara-Murza talks about her husband Vladimir's latest arrest in Moscow.

Published 04/13/22

Foreign Office #56. How Military Analysts Got Russia's War So Wrong

Phillips O'Brien, a professor a strategic studies at the University of St. Andrews, on why so many overestimated Russia's military capability.

Published 04/04/22

Foreign Office #55. On Ukraine's Non-Neutrality

Olexander Scherba, Ukraine's former ambassador to Vienna, on why his country will never be like Austria.

Published 03/16/22

Foreign Office #54. Putin’s Purge

Russian journalists Andrei Soldatov on how the FSB’s Fifth Service is taking the blame for failure in Ukraine.

Published 03/13/22

Foreign Office #53. On Defending Kyiv

Pavlo Kalyuk, the community organizer for Podil, explains why he isn't leaving Ukraine's besieged capital.

Published 03/07/22

Foreign Office #52. Our Man in Kyiv

British journalist John Sweeney reports from Ukraine's besieged capital.

Published 03/02/22

Foreign Office #51. The view from Ukraine

Agnieszka Legucka recently returned from Eastern Ukraine, offers her perspective of what happens next.

Published 02/23/22

Foreign Office #50. Information war as a prelude to real war

Peter Pomerantsev and Vladislav Davidson discuss the messaging about an intending Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Published 02/23/22

Foreign Office #49. Russia Prepares the Battlespace in Ukraine

Hybrid War Expert Liubov Tsybulska on how Russia’s “imminent” invasion is already underway.

Published 02/07/22

Foreign Office #48. A Likely Attack

Robert Lee, a Russian military analyst, says Putin's buildup at Ukraine's borders means only one thing: an invasion is coming.

Published 01/24/22

Foreign Office #47. The Crisis in Kazakhstan

Human rights lawyer Steve Swerdlow and scholar Diana Kudaibergenova on the recent turmoil in the Central Asian republic.

Published 01/10/22

Foreign Office #46. Putin’s Expendables

Journalists Holger Roonemaa and Mattias Carlsson discuss their joint investigation with @foreignoffpod into the notorious Russian mercenary corps.

Published 12/30/21

Foreign Office #45. The Case Against Assange

National security attorney Mark Zaid explains the US government’s indictments of the Wikileaks founder, history of the Espionage Act, and why this case is unique.

Published 12/20/21

Foreign Office #44. The State of Iraq

Newlines Institute senior analyst Rasha Al Qeedi dissects the results of the last election and how the country has changed since America's invasion.

Published 10/31/21

Foreign Office #43. Once Bitten, Twice Bold

Ambassador Daniels Fried on why the US keeps making the same mistakes with Russia.

Published 10/28/21

Foreign Office #42. How the Kremlin Manipulates the Anti-Money Laundering System

Attorney Jonathan Reich explains how financial safeguards against criminality are being used to target Russian dissidents and exiles from Putin's regime.

Published 10/18/21