Departures Podcast with Christopher Capozzola

By Editor | Published: February 15, 2021

Since the United States touched base in the Philippines in 1898, the relationship between the Philippines and the U.S. has endured with war and military service forging a continuing but contentious relationship between the two countries. But has it been a productive relationship for both members? While Filipinos have served in the American military since […]

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Departures Podcast with James Ryan and Susan Grant

By Editor | Published: February 5, 2021

It is easy to get very comfortable with our surface-level understanding of sweeping historical events. Most of the time it is generally consistent with the facts, except when it isn’t. When it comes to how we regard the notorious regime of Josef Stalin and this particular period of Russian history, there are more than a […]

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New White Paper Highlights Mongolian Government’s Attack on Rule of Law and Unlawful Persecution of Former Prime Minister

By Editor | Published: February 1, 2021

The following press release was distributed to media today. WASHINGTON DC, Feb 1, 2021 – Since coming into power in 2017, President Khaltmaa Battulga has plunged Mongolia’s democracy into a downward spiral of authoritarianism, abuses of anti-corruption law, and politically motivated persecutions of the president’s opponents, argues a new white paper published by Robert Amsterdam […]

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Departures Podcast with David Omand

By Editor | Published: January 29, 2021

Data is dumb, correlation is not causation. Explanation is everything. Spymaster David Omand on how to think critically.

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Latest Scandal at Gulen-run Charter School in Orlando Underscores Need for Urgent Investigation

By Editor | Published: January 26, 2021

The following press release was distributed to media today. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — According to reports aired by local ABC News affiliate WFTV, Abdulaziz Yalcin, the principal of Orlando Science Charter School, has been arrested on two counts of failing to report child abuse. “Mr. Yalcin’s arrest is only the latest in a long series of alleged […]

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Visa Restrictions Imposed against Magufuli Regime by United States a Welcome First Step, says Robert Amsterdam

By Editor | Published: January 19, 2021

The following statement was circulated to media today. WASHINGTON DC, 19 JANUARY 2021 – According to a statement published by US Department of State, new visa sanctions are going to be applied against  a series of Tanzanian officials who were determined to be “responsible for or complicit” in undermining Tanzania’s October 28, 2020, general elections. These travel restrictions […]

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Departures Podcast with Zephyr Teachout

By Editor | Published: January 7, 2021

After the siege of the Capitol, we talk about some other pressing threats against American democracy.

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Departures Podcast with Rana Mitter

By Editor | Published: December 28, 2020

For much of China’s history, the Communist Party leadership sought to portray the country’s experience in World War II as that of a victim of Japan. But now, as China grows much more powerful and influential, the historical memory is also adapting to tell a different story. This week we are joined by Rana Mitter, […]

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Departures Podcast with Stephen Wertheim

By Editor | Published: December 23, 2020

The United States is a country that spent most of its history avoiding interventions, avoiding entanglement in great power politics, content to be isolated looking after their own affairs. Then suddenly, in just the past 75 years, it has become the world’s preeminent armed power in a position of global leadership. How did such a […]

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Departures Podcast with Onur Öymen

By Editor | Published: December 18, 2020

Over the past several years, Turkey’s relations with both the European Union and the United States have come under strain by factors both internal and external. The complexities of these relationships, in addition to the management of tensions with Russia and the Middle East on numerous fronts are not often clearly understood, even by well […]

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