Sources & Methods
National security, unlocked. Each Thursday, host Mary Louise Kelly and a team of NPR correspondents discuss the biggest national security news of the week. With decades of reporting from battlefields and the halls of power, they bring you inside the Pentagon, State Department, and intelligence community to help you understand America's shifting role in the world, and how events in faraway places matter here at home. Additional episodes feature interviews with power players from the NatSec world...
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Episodes (26)
Trump's oil deal / A year of boat strikes / Could Iran become a forever war?
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Six months of Iran war / Gains and losses / CIA Chief in Moscow
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South Korea military drills / Pivot to Asia? / USS Lincoln
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Trump’s AF1 ruse / Military at the polls? / Civilian casualties abroad
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Did Iran hack U.S. water systems? / Cyberwarfare abroad / Ukraine’s air defense...
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Hormuz whiplash / Russia, Ukraine shred ceasefires / Modern warfare
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Press gala shooter / Political violence / Iran war price tag
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Who’s in Trump’s ear / Ceasefire extension / Life inside Iran
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Iran ‘ceasefire’ / Hungary election / U.S.-NATO tension
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James Wolff was a spy. Now, he's writing about them
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What’s next after Iran truce / Hormuz status / Israel and Lebanon
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Trump's belated case for war in Iran
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Live Q&A: Trump on Hormuz; Lebanon, counterattacks, the intel beat, and more
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Trump's Hormuz plan / troops to Mideast / Iran peace ‘talks’?
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Top Swedish General: NATO 'heeding the call' on its new reality
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Inside a secret Pentagon effort to bring AI to the battlefield
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Iran latest: View from the border / Trump strong-arms allies
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U.S. vs. Israel on endgame / Battlefield tech / Wartime censorship
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Is Iran another Iraq?
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Iran’s fight for survival / The widening war / Trump’s nebulous goals
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Iran's supreme leader is killed. What happens now?
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U.S. and Israel strike Iran. Here's what we know
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Drone warfare / Iran on the brink? / Ukraine four years on
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China: Purging generals and testing nukes? / Trump, Iran and Ukraine
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Europe's post-Munich exhale / Machado on gifting Nobel to Trump
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Introducing Sources & Methods
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