{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5d8bcecff9db944d2395157f/5f6b985d93f94b4c441a6028?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 43: The Eastern Mediterranean and North Korea","description":"<p>Turkey and Greece are jostling over natural gas in the Mediterranean and Bob Woodward’s book&nbsp;<em>Rage</em>&nbsp;reignites the conversation about America’s stance towards North Korea.&nbsp;&nbsp;Les, Dana, and Jamil discuss America’s role in settling diplomatic disputes and how to judge the North Korean nuclear question.&nbsp;How should the U.S. project power into the Mediterranean?&nbsp;Can America help hold NATO together?&nbsp;Is America in a worse position with North Korea two years after the Singapore Summit?&nbsp;All these questions and more answered in this week’s Fault Lines.</p><p><br></p><p>In this week’s below the radar segment,&nbsp;Les&nbsp;continues to watch the&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/world/europe/belarus-protests-women.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">protests</a>&nbsp;in Belarus.&nbsp;Dana and Jamil have a lively conversation about Iran and&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.state.gov/the-return-of-un-sanctions-on-the-islamic-republic-of-iran/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">snapback sanctions</a>.&nbsp;Jamil highlights that former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster says that Afghan peace talks are&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/09/21/hr-mcmaster-ex-trump-adviser-book-putin-taliban-north-korea/5773861002/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">doomed</a>.</p>","author_name":"National Security Institute"}