Steven Cook (@StevenACook), the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations joins us on the show today, along with Michael Flynn’s blatant cooperation with the Turkish government. Turkey’s history as a “Frenemy” to the US. Who is Fethullah Gülen and why did the Turks have Mike […]

On Matt & Michael Monday, Journalist Rafia Zakaria explains how why simplistic narratives of human suffering in developing countries can undermine political progress, the problems with foreign aid, the link between US foreign aid and military strategy, how women’s rights are harmed can be harmed by western advocacy, the women’s rights crisis in Pakistan and […]