Sources & Methods

It’s been six months since the U.S. and Israel went to war with Iran.
Is anyone winning?

On the one-year anniversary of this podcast, Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR National Security Correspondent Greg Myre and two of NPR’s International Correspondents: Daniel Estrin in Tel Aviv and Hadeel Al-Shalchi in Istanbul. They discuss where the war stands – economically, diplomatically and militarily – and who has scored wins during the conflict.

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This week, President Trump ordered that annual military drills between the U.S. and South Korea be scaled back. He also said he’d like to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.

As Trump closes one door with a key U.S. ally, is he also trying to open one with its northern neighbor?

Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman and NPR White House Correspondent Emily Feng about whether the U.S. is once again trying to shift its attention to Asia, and how the war with Iran is hanging over that effort. Also, the latest on conditions aboard an aircraft carrier that’s been at sea for more than 260 days.

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Clarification: This episode has been updated to
remove an imprecise description of the Korean War.

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A president is stashed away in a catering truck -- a ruse to escape a threat from Iran. The White House press corps was clueless. 

Who else remained in the dark and how did this happen? 

Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR Correspondents Kat Lonsdorf and Tom Bowman, who covers the Pentagon, about the threat against President Trump from Iran. They also discuss the future of National Guard deployment and whether troops might be patrolling polling places in November, the human cost of war, and Count Binface. 

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In the past week, seven U.S. states have reported cyberattacks on their water facilities.

Some in the cybersecurity industry suspect Iran was responsible. Is this a new element of the war between the two countries? And how big is the risk?

Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR Cybersecurity Correspondent Jenna McLaughlin and NPR National Security Correspondent Greg Myre about the role cyberwarfare plays in military conflicts. They also discuss the latest from Ukraine, where a diminishing supply of air defense weapons has been unable to deter Russian missiles.

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A new book makes the case that if we look closely at hidden conflicts
unfolding around the globe,
we can glimpse a new world order taking shape.

The book is called Hinterlands: The New Cold War Brewing at
the Peripheries of the West and its author is Hannah Lucinda Smith, a veteran
correspondent who has spent years reporting from the Middle East and the
Balkans for outlets such as The Times of London and The Economist.

Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Smith about travelling to
and writing about these frayed geopolitical edges of the world and where we
should be keeping an eye out for the next brewing conflict.

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