Target USA Podcast by WTOP

Target USA Podcast by WTOP


Latest Episodes

387 | Sudan: Prospects for long war
June 01, 2023

Professor Jok Madut Jok, Anthropologist at Syracuse University explains why this could be a long drawn out conflict.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

386 | Warning for those growing tired of the war in Ukraine
May 24, 2023

Stavros Lambrinidis, the European Union's Ambassador to the U.S., warns against western war fatigue. He says, "there is no safe distance from an autocrat sitting on nuclear who is convinced he can bend the will of our people and our leaders to his own thr

385 | Conflicts in Ukraine and Sudan are connected
May 17, 2023

Yuriy Sak, Advisor to Ukraine's Minister of Defense says it was another tragic day -a 5 year old was killed. On Sudan, Samah Salmon, President of the U.S. Educated Sudanese Association says 70% of the nation's hospitals have been destroyed or are inoperab

384 | The Lennart Meri Conference 2023
May 11, 2023

Lennart Meri Conference Director Eeva Eek-Pajuste discusses the top issues at this year's event. Ukraine is at the top of the list. New York Times Chief Diplomatic Correspondent Steven Erlanger, also discusses the precarious position Ukraine's President i

383 | Kremlin Attacked By Drones: Putin Assassination Attempt?
May 03, 2023

Yuriy Sak, Advisor to Ukraine's Minister of Defense says Ukraine had nothing to do with the attack. He suggests it was an act of Kremlin fiction to cover for Russia's poor performance in the war inside Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega

382 | War Explodes in Sudan
April 26, 2023

Professor Jok Madok Jok, who teaches Anthropology at Syracuse University, says bodies are lying in the streets. The hospitals, he says, are "useless", because many of the surgeons have been kidnapped by the fighters. He also says foreign diplomats and NGO

381 | China's U.S. Balloon Foray: Did the shootdown happen too late?
April 19, 2023

Nicholas Eftimiades, a retired U.S. intelligence officer says it's a case of if the U.S. knew then what it knows now.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

380 | The Pentagon Document Leak
April 12, 2023

Shawn Turner, a former Head of Communications for the Director of National Intelligence, and Robert Baer, a former CIA Case Officer, share insights about the leak, its impact, and how to stop them.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch

379 | Nuclear Weapons in Belarus and Finland joins NATO
April 05, 2023

Peter Stano, Lead Spokesman for the European Commission denounced Russia's plan to move nuclear weapons to Belarus. And, Daniel Fried, former U.S. ambassador to Poland says, Finland's entry into NATO was "a bad day for Russia." Learn more about your ad ch

378 | Two Top European Officials, Two Big Ukraine Storylines
March 29, 2023

Edgars Rinkevics, Foreign Minister of Latvia, says Russian President Vladimir Putin is desperate over the war in Ukraine. Hanno Pevkur, Estonia's Minister of Defense, says allegations of Estonia "enriching itself" off of the Ukraine re-reimbursement fund