Sources & Methods

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National security, unlocked. Each Thursday, host Mary Louise Kelly and a team of NPR correspondents discuss the biggest national security new of the week. With decades of reporting from battlefields and the halls of power, they bring you inside the Pentagon, State Department, and intelligence community to help you understand America's shifting role in the world, and how the events in faraway places matter here at home. Additional episodes feature interviews with power players from the NatSec world-- current and former military officials

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Six months of Iran war / Gains and losses / CIA Chief in Moscow
How Sept. 11 reshaped national security
Iraq withdrawal / America's Mideast footprint / Hegseth's Pentagon overhaul
Who’s in Trump’s ear / Ceasefire extension / Life inside Iran
Trump harangues the U.N. / Xi in D.C. / White House press ban fallout
Trump counterterror plan: cartels, left-wing violence / San Diego and the far right
What’s happening with the U.S. and Venezuela?
Trump's options dwindle / Inside Iran / U.S. arsenal depleted?
Do we know what’s happening with Greenland?
Iran’s fight for survival / The widening war / Trump’s nebulous goals
Did Iran hack U.S. water systems? / Cyberwarfare abroad / Ukraine’s air defense gap
Former CIA station chief distills Putin's approach to Trump
China: Purging generals and testing nukes? / Trump, Iran and Ukraine
Iran ceasefire over? / NATO drama / Khamenei funeral
Hormuz blockade / Trump’s mixed messages / Who is Jay Clayton?
Trump’s AF1 ruse / Military at the polls? / Civilian casualties abroad
Trump threatens a Venezuela escalation and Pentagon press walk out
The GOP's extremism problem and what it means for national security
MAGA and 'The Mission' of the intelligence community
Is ISIS making a comeback?
Trump's oil deal / A year of boat strikes / Could Iran become a forever war?
AI hacks are already here / U.S.-China race dynamics / Global guardrails
Is the U.S. military killing drug smugglers or fishermen?
Iran's supreme leader is killed. What happens now?
Jake Sullivan: 'Hard to see' what U.S. has gained in Iran
Starmer’s successor / Reset on UK-US relationship? / Strait latest
Ukraine’s leadership shakeup / View from Moscow / Is Russia a friend or foe?
A trip to the world’s frayed edges with Hannah Lucinda Smith’s 'Hinterlands'
Venezuela leader captured. Trump says U.S. to 'run' the country. Here’s what we know
Iran in crisis. Trump weighing military action. Here’s what we know
Is the “president of peace” preparing for war?
Can Iran negotiate its way out of a U.S. attack?
Drone warfare / Iran on the brink? / Ukraine four years on
U.S. vs. Israel on endgame / Battlefield tech / Wartime censorship
Top Swedish General: NATO 'heeding the call' on its new reality
Trump's belated case for war in Iran
Ukraine latest / Limits of military might / Can major powers regain dominance?
Europe on edge from threats of Russia's growing escalation. Can NATO defend itself?
Without a press corps, who holds the Pentagon to account?
Two presidents walk into an airport
View from Munich / Europe’s far-right / DNI in Georgia
Europe's post-Munich exhale / Machado on gifting Nobel to Trump
U.S. and Israel strike Iran. Here's what we know
Is Iran another Iraq?
Iran latest: View from the border / Trump strong-arms allies
Inside a secret Pentagon effort to bring AI to the battlefield
Press gala shooter / Political violence / Iran war price tag
Beijing Summit / Trump and Xi as allies, rivals and frenemies
U.S., Iran trade strikes / Trump 'won't rush' / Obama nuclear deal 2.0?
Trump, Netanyahu at odds / Elusive Iran deal
Iran “deal” / Winners and losers / Regional impact
How far should the government go to protect America?
Fired spy chief / Ukraine / Trump’s D.C. takeover
Peace through strength? America first? Is there a Trump doctrine?
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is in hot water – again
'Persons of no interest:' embassy wives become spies in new thriller
Trump's Hormuz plan / troops to Mideast / Iran peace ‘talks’?
What’s next after Iran truce / Hormuz status / Israel and Lebanon
Iran ‘ceasefire’ / Hungary election / U.S.-NATO tension
Hormuz whiplash / Russia, Ukraine shred ceasefires / Modern warfare
2084: A cautionary tale about the future of war and a changing planet
The broken promises of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
Hegseth blocks promotions / National Guard surge / Downed Apache
German spymaster / U.K. drone fears / Musk on Pentagon project?
Two wars escalate abroad with political violence at home
Can Trump’s royal welcome keep the U.S.-U.K. relationship 'special'?
Inside this week's massive meeting of military generals
What's after 'phase one' of Trump's Gaza peace deal?
Insiders reveal 'wrecking ball' at Trump's DOJ: how two reporters got the scoop
Trump and MBS: Who's wooing whom?
Is Trump breaking up with Europe?
Introducing Sources & Methods
Navy cartel strike / China power flex / global order
Trump's UK Visit, Gaza/Ukraine Tension
Tradecraft and secrets of a CIA analyst-turned novelist
From CIA Officer to Governor: Abigail Spanberger on intelligence and politics
Undercover for the holidays: Some of our favorite spy novels
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