Nicolás Maduro on the Brink of Dictatorship – The New Yorker Radio Hour – WNYC

https://www.wnyc.org/story/nicolas-maduro-brink-dictatorship/

Advanced Surveillance Spreading From Xinjiang Across China – China Digital Times (CDT)

https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/12/advanced-surveillance-spreading-xinjiang-across-china/

The exile: The stunning inside story of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida in flight – Brookings Institute

https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-exile-the-stunning-inside-story-of-osama-bin-laden-and-al-qaida-in-flight/

The Kingdom falls down. Greg Copley, Foreign Affairs on the John Batchelor Show

https://audioboom.com/posts/6551966-the-kingdom-falls-down-gregory-copley-defense-foreign-affairs

Brookings Institute: Kings and presidents: Whither the special relationship with Saudi Arabia?

https://www.brookings.edu/events/kings-and-presidents-whither-the-special-relationship-with-saudi-arabia/

Midrats Episode 415: 2017 Review … and 2018 Preview

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/midrats/2017/12/17/episode-415-2017-review-and-2018-preview

The Lawfare Podcast: Andrei Soldatov on Russian Intel Ops and Surveillance

https://www.lawfareblog.com/lawfare-podcast-andrei-soldatov-russian-intel-ops-and-surveillance

Al Qaeda’s ‘external communications officer’ weighs in on dispute over Syria | FDD’s Long War Journal

https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2017/12/al-qaedas-external-communications-officer-weighs-in-on-dispute-over-syria.php

Yes, yes. Please argue in public! Our analysts and drone pilots are eager for juicy details.

The Lawfare Podcast: “Ruusia is a revisionist power without a vision.” Cliff Kupchan on Russia in Syria

https://www.lawfareblog.com/lawfare-podcast-cliff-kupchan-russia-syria

The Lawfare Podcast: Putin’s Imperial Gamble

https://www.lawfareblog.com/lawfare-podcast-putins-imperial-gamble