Journalist and author David Satter joins Robert Amsterdam at the studio in Washington DC to discuss Russia, the targeted assassination attempt against ex-spy Sergei Skripal in the UK, and broader issues of the Kremlin's use of political violence.

Once you believe in the impossible, Russia starts making sense

Robert Amsterdam and political risk expert Dante Disparte discuss the breakthrough on the Korean peninsula, the rise of China and demise of US influence, Russia, and numerous other key risk factors in the new international system.

A Nobel Prize for Trump?

Anders Aslund of the Atlantic Council joins Bob to discuss Putin's lack of a succession plan, his impact on Europe, the global reaction to Trump and his trade war, and what we can expect next from the populist wave upsetting Western democratic systems.

More Tsarist than Soviet

Robert Amsterdam is joined this week by Professor of History Benjamin Carter Hett, whose new book "The Death of Democracy" examines how Weimar Germany marched toward authoritarianism and the events that led to the rise of Hitler. Bob and Prof. Hett discuss a number of broad similarities between this period and the toxic politics of our current scenario.

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