Deep Dish on Global Affairs

This is the perfect choice for anyone interested in learning more about national security! Each episode is informative and enjoyable.

Brian is a terrific interviewer, and the Chicago Council does a great job producing. The interviews are lively and the content is always accessible. Great for foreign policy wonks and generalists alike.

Wandering confused answers to good questions. I was looking forward to a better discussion.

I approach anything funded by the Koch Institute with a healthy dose of skepticism, and I’d argue that it’s well earned given the very long and controversial track record that the Kochs have. The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations is certainly an academic body, but the Koch Institute funds it, in their words, to push a “Realism and Restraint” foreign policy. Now, that sounds like something reasonable, but it is absolutely an strong isolationist/libertarian leaning foreign policy strategy designed in part to benefit the interests of large multinational corporations, like Koch Industries. You should still view this content objectively, but know where the money for this think tank is coming from and you may choose not to take all foreign policy positions presented on this podcast, or any other, at face value, even if they do sound very reasonable...and restrained. Personally, I’ll be interested in if the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations starts to sound more and more like the Cato Institute or the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft (A very reasonable and responsible sounding name...entirely funded by the Koch Institute to promote their agenda). These are the people who have been pushing for a U.S. policy towards Russia that totally looks the other way on the unprovoked and criminal invasion of Ukraine and on all human rights issues. The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations took their money and gives their “experts” a home and a forum. They occasionally appear on this podcast. Just be aware.