SE Cupp's Weekend Warriors
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SE Cupp's Weekend Warriors
Each week, SE and a rotating cast of experts discuss and debate the most pressing foreign policy issues facing the US. From the crisis in Syria to North Korea's nuclear weapons and Russian election meddling, Weekend Warriors keeps listeners on top of the world.
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43 эпизодовA Playpen for Psychopaths: Syria & The Refugee Crisis
The latest outrage stemming from the Syrian civil war: Thousands of refugees have gathered at Turkey's northern border with Greece after Turkey backed...
How The Trade War & Xi's Secrecy Affect The Coronavirus Outbreak
Hours after the World Health Organization announced Wuhan Coronavirus cases stabilized, China revealed a massive one-day spike in deaths and infection...
The Soleimani Killing Was Supposed To Change Everything In Syria...Did It?
When a US drone strike killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, it didn't just reverberate in Iran. It was supposed to be a huge blow to Syria's auth...
Stick To Sports? 2020 Olympics Set Controversial Rules For Athlete Protests
The Olympics are usually a nice respite from political drama, but this year's Tokyo Summer Games are already courting political controversy. The Inter...
Iran Flareup Puts Iraq's Fate In The Balance
Cooler heads prevailed in the faceoff between the US and Iran, for now. But both countries still have forces fighting in a hot war in Iraq, so there's...
Afghanistan, Iraq, and Open-Ended US Military Intervention
A massive, bombshell investigation this week by the Washington Post found that top US officials have been misleading the public about the Afghanistan...
After the Flood: How Can Venice Stay Afloat?
Venice has been suffering from flooding for decades, if not centuries. However, this time it's different. A torrential rain dump created the worst flo...
Syrian Filmmaker Behind Award-Winning "For Sama" Tells Her Story
Discussions about the Syrian conflict tend to focus on the global implications, but today's episode focuses on one woman's story. The winner of Best D...
Trump's Handling of the ISIS Raid: What Happened (What Shouldn't Have) & What Now?
The death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi is a national security success. But, in usual Trump fashion, details of the raid were embellished by the...
Snatching Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory In Syria
Turkey and the US iron out a temporary ceasefire to pause the Turkish incursion into Northern Syria, an agreement which Turkey's Foreign Minister insi...
Trump's Syria Shocker Endangers US Ally, Enrages Republicans & Democrats
President Trump has opened the floodgates in Northern Syria, pulling out the only protection Kurdish fighters there could count on to keep Turkey at b...
Impeachment & Trump's Tainted Foreign Policy
It's the second week of an impeachment inquiry, and Trump has asked a second foreign country to investigate the Bidens - this time it's not an ally, i...
"Locked & Loaded": Is The Saudi Oil Attack America's Problem?
Tensions with Iran are boiling over following the attack on Saudi oil refineries. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has warned that US military str...
Seeking Justice After Genocide In Iraq
In August 2014, ISIS invaded northern Iraq and massacred 10,000 Yazidi people, mostly men and boys over age 12. They kidnapped thousands of women and...
Celtics Center Enes Kanter Refuses To Stay Silent On Turkey
"The last time I saw my family was in 2015. The last time I talked to them, I can't even remember. It's been years." From subjecting his family in Tur...
Trump's Problematic Pick For DNI
Dan Coats is out as the Director of National Intelligence and there are real questions about the credibility & reasoning behind Trump's replacement ch...
A Preventable Crisis: Thousands Of Syrians Starving As The US Military Stands By
Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin this week exposed a stunning, preventable humanitarian crisis happening in US-controlled territory in Syria. He j...
The Not-So-Special Relationship?
The UK Ambassador to the US resigns after secret cables in which he described President Trump as "incompetent" and "inept" leaked to the Daily Mail. T...
Are We At War With Iran?
Iran shoots down a US military drone a week after the Trump administration blamed Tehran for an attack on two energy tankers, escalating tensions betw...
Assad's Chilling Blueprint For Dictators
"What Assad is doing is he's creating a blueprint for dictators all over the world in order to create havoc... and operating with impunity." The Syria...
Attacking Trump's Weak Spot, With 2020 Candidate Rep. Seth Moulton
"National security should be front and center in this campaign because it's the best way to take on Donald Trump." Democratic Congressman and presiden...
The Trump Bump & Netanyahu's Record Victory
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won his record-breaking fifth term in dramatic fashion-how much of an impact did President Trump's aggressiv...
What Everyone SHOULD Be Talking About From The Mueller Report
While both sides are fighting over what will be redacted, what qualifies as obstruction, what meets the level of criminal liability, and who will get...
1,001 Days After Brexit, There's Still No Brexit: An Explainer
Time is running out for British PM Theresa May to iron out a Brexit deal with Parliament. SE Cupp and Doug Heye break down her ongoing battle with law...
Russia Touts "Hypersonic" Missiles: Are We Taking The Russian Threat Seriously Enough?
Russia boasts about new "hypersonic" weapons that could thwart US missile defenses, as Putin withdraws from the INF treaty. CNN National Security Anal...
Nuclear Showdown?: De-escalating India & Pakistan's Military Face-Off In Kashmir
Is the current standoff between India and Pakistan the closest the world has come to a nuclear conflict since the Cuban Missile Crisis? SE is joined b...
"History Will Remember This Genocide": The Human Cost of Inaction in Syria
Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad has led a campaign of carnage against hundreds of thousands of his own people, deploying chemical attacks and other at...
Have Democrats Gone Soft on Anti-Semitism?
Rep. Ilhan Omar is a rising star in the Democratic party, but does her vocal and frequent criticism of Israel cross the line into anti-Semtism? And wh...
War Profiteering & Reconstruction In Syria
Years of conflict have left Syrian cities in ruins, and while the images evoke tragedy for most, for President Bashar al Assad they represent opportun...
"A Huge Coup For ISIS": Deadly Suicide Bombing In Syria Raises More Questions About Trump's Withdrawal Plan
Weeks after Trump announced he plans to pull US troops out of Syria, saying ISIS was defeated, the terror group claims responsibility for a suicide bo...
Is Putin Using The Arrest Of Paul Whelan As A Political Bargaining Chip?
The Trump Administration remains relatively silent on the arrest of US citizen Paul Whelan on espionage charges in Russia, while the Kremlin is tight-...
The Firewall Between The Pentagon & Silicon Valley, With Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey
Is the DoD doing enough to harness Silicon Valley's most advanced technologies? Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey explains why he thinks the US military...
Decoding Brexit & The Theresa May Vote
The UK voted in favor of Brexit back in 2016, but where does it stand now? SE and CNN political commentator Doug Heye sort through the mess that is Br...
The Assassination Of Syrian Journalist & Activist Raed Fares
Raed Fares, a prominent activist who ran one of the only independent radio stations in Syria's last opposition stronghold of Idlib, was gunned down in...
UNqualified? Heather Nauert Rumored To Replace Nikki Haley
Former "Fox & Friends" host and current State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert is rumored to be Nikki Haley's replacement as the US Ambassador to...
Anti-Semitism Surging In America & Around The World
The global rise of anti-Semitism came into stark relief when a white supremacist killed 11 Jews at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. Anti-Defamation League C...
The "Trump Of The Tropics" & The Rise Of The Far-Right In Brazil, with Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald of The Intercept joins SE to discuss Brazil's far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro - who is expected to win Sunday's runoff...
The Murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Trump's Response, And The Saudi Cover-Up
Max Boot joins SE Cupp to discuss the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, calling President Trump's response thus far "embarrassing and pathetic." O...
The Disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi vanished a week ago after walking into the Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey. Was the former Saudi royal insider and...
"Like" War: How Social Media Is Shaping Military Conflicts
Social media behavior - even yours - is already influencing what happens on the battlefield. SE is joined by Peter Singer, co-author of "LikeWar: The...