Along with John Bateman, a senior fellow in the technology and international affairs program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, in this episode the discussants focus on some of the failings of contemporary foreign policy decision making processes and what can be done to fix them.
Supporters of climate action have to be prepared for the decades-long period where climate policy and green technology gets really good, but climate impacts stay bad. In the meantime, countries can adapt so that the impacts are less harmful.
As the United States moves forward in Afghanistan, it should have one primary objective: supporting the resilience of the Afghan people to weather the storms they have in front of them.
Rachel Kleinfeld of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace tells Reality Check's John Avlon about a dangerous shift happening in the U.S. as right-wing militia movements are rallying against the government to defend former president Donald Trump.
On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast, host Lawrence Eppard discusses the threat of political violence, America’s slide toward autocracy, and more with guests Rachel Kleinfeld and Ken White.

Ending the escalatory spiral will be difficult, particularly in light of the breakdown in military dialogue channels.
Karim Sadjadpour, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, talks about the likelihood of reviving the Iran nuclear deal and what it means for Americans detained there.
In this Vital Center discussion, recorded before the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, Rachel Kleinfeld unpacks her scholarship on rising political violence in the United States and how she became one of the leading experts in this field.
The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, now headed to President Biden’s desk for signature, is predominantly a domestic bill – with huge ramifications for U.S. energy, decarbonization, industrial policy, and health care. But its ripple effects will be global, with some big potential impacts on emerging and frontier economies.
All the more heartbreaking because it didn't have to go this way. Now Afghanistan is completely off the tracks with the Afghan people, once again, paying the bill for decisions that are made elsewhere.