Target USA Podcast by WTOP

Target USA Podcast by WTOP


Latest Episodes

Ep. 328 | The UN puts pressure on Russia over the war in Ukraine
April 20, 2022

U.S. UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield talks about the historic suspension of Russia from the UN's Human Rights Council and efforts to isolate Russia.

Ep. 327 | The role of U.S. intelligence in Ukraine's war with Russia
April 14, 2022

Amy Zegart, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford University, talks about the unprecedented releases of intelligence, how it's impacted the war, and Vlad

Ep. 326 | Ukraine's War: Politician urges the world to "wake up"
April 06, 2022

Yevheniya Kravchuk, a Ukrainian Parliament Member, journalist and communications expert says, Vladimir Putin is "not normal" and the world needs to start treating him like the criminal that he is.

Ep. 325| What's going with Vladimir Putin?
March 30, 2022

Andrei Soldatov, investigative journalist, author and Russian security services expert provides some answers

Ep. 324| What do people living in Russia think about Putin's war against Ukraine?
March 23, 2022

Sergei Utkin, head of strategic assessments at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences shares some candid thoughts, saying the war is a "catastrop

Ep. 323| A new Iron Curtain descends around Russia
March 16, 2022

Audra Plepyt, Lithuania's Ambassador to the US, says Russia's war in Ukraine is worrisome for NATO countries; and she discusses what it's like to live behind the Iron Curtain.

Ep. 322 | The Sanctions of Putin and Lavrov and; On the run from Russian missiles in Ukraine
March 09, 2022

Radek Sikorski, Member of the European Parliament and head of the EU Delegation to the U.S. talks about the stiff sanctions Russia's President and Foreign Minister face; and Vasil Miroshnychenko, Part

Ep. 311 | The Suburban Women Problem is America's Problem
December 22, 2021

Rachel Vindman, co-host of The Suburban Women Problem Podcast discusses how her husband Alexander Vindman's unfair dismissal from the National Security Council and loss of his military career, led the

Ep. 310 | The U.S. and France, "This Trust Has Been Damaged"
December 15, 2021

France's Ambassador to the U.S. Phillipe Etienne says the damage done during the AUKUS blunder has not been repaired and "there is more work to do." What will it take to assuage yet another U.S. ally

Ep. 309 | "If Ukraine falls to Russia, Europe is over"
December 08, 2021

Kurt Volker, former US Special Representative for the Ukraine Negotiation tells Target USA, there is a very real chance that Russia invades Ukraine and other neighboring countries. And if that happens