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The Parliament

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The Parliament is a national security and international affairs podcast from the Davis Institute at The Heritage Foundation that goes beyond headlines to examine how power works, featuring expert voices on the policies and strategies shaping U.S. leadership.

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September 28 · 19 min
October 7: How did we get here? | Alex Welz
October 7th 2023 was a watershed moment for the world. Everything has changed, not just in the Middle East, but around the world. In today’s episode, Darion invites Alex Welz, Senior Research Fellow for the Middle East and North Africa at The...
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September 14 · 27 min
Preventable: A Powerful Testimony | Lora Ries
On March19, 2026,18-year-old Loyola University freshman Sheridan Gorman was murdered by an illegal alien. Sadly, this tragedy is just one of many. Last week, The Heritage Foundation produced a powerful 20-minute documentary,...
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August 31 · 35 min
The Border Went Viral: How Social Media Fueled the Ceuta Crisis | Amine Ghoulidi
What happens when a social media campaign can move thousands of people toward an international border before governments, journalists, or even the platforms themselves fully understand what's happening? Just weeks after thousands of primarily young...
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August 17 · 22 min
Peace in the South Caucuses | Narek Mkrtchyan
On the eve of the 1-year anniversary of the historic signing of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Framework for Peace and Cooperation, Darion sits down with the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United States, H.E. Narek Mkrtchyan. In this episode of...
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August 3 · 30 min
A New Era for the Middle East | Victoria Coates
The Middle East is rapidly transforming before our very eyes. It seems that every day there is a new major development that would have been impossible to predict just five years ago. While conventional wisdom argued that any attack on Iran by the USA...
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July 23 · 20 min
Poland on the Rise – Special Interview with Polish President Andrzej Duda
In this special audio-only episode, Darion travels to Krakow, Poland to interview former Polish President, Andrzej Duda. Darion and President Duda discuss everything from major changes in NATO, the future of Eastern and Western Europe, how the war...
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July 6 · 25 min
The Future of US-Israel Relations?
After the US and Iran signed the Memorandum of Understanding to stop the war in the Middle East, Israel did not react with optimism. Many supporters of Israel and those who dreamed of a Middle East without the Iranian Mullahs in power were...
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May 25 · 17 min
States vs. Feds – who controls the border?
The Parliament makes confusing global geopolitics and American national security accessible. Not just acronyms but explanations. In this episode, Darion invites Heritage Foundation Border Security and Immigration Expert, Brandy Perez Carbaugh to the...
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May 11 · 27 min
More Nukes? | Bob Peters
After the Cold War, America and its allies acted to reduce the proliferation and existence of nuclear weapons around the world, halting our own production and development. But our enemies did not. Instead, Russia and China set out to rapidly develop...
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April 27 · 33 min
Why is China America’s Top Adversary?
Washington operates on the base assumption that the greatest threat to the United States is China (more specifically, the Chinese Communist Party). Not Russia, not Islamic Terrorism. China. But why is that? The Parliament makes confusing global...
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April 20 · 27 min
Chaos or Strategy? | Episode 1
The Parliament makes confusing global geopolitics and American national security digestible. Not just acronyms but explanations. In this episode, Darion invites Heritage Foundation Vice President of National Security Victoria Coates to the show....
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April 13 · 39 sec
Introducing: The Parliament Podcast
The Parliament is a national security and international affairs podcast from the Davis Institute at The Heritage Foundation that goes beyond headlines to examine how power works, featuring expert voices on the policies and strategies shaping U.S....
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