Archive - Cosmopolitics by Elise Labott

Shield of the Americas

Military force and regime change in the Western Hemisphere

Published on The Preamble • 9 hrs ago

Trump's yada-yada on Iran

Emily Horne on the administration's messy and inconsistent messaging on the war

Mar 7 • Elise Labott and Emily Horne

37:53

Hot takes day drinking with Elise & Dany

Iran, Iran, Iran. Also War Powers. And more Iran

Published on What the Hell is Going On? • Mar 4

38:29

The widening Iran war with Barbara Starr

Shifting rationales, the search for an endgame and yada yada

Mar 4 • Elise Labott and Barbara Starr

29:29

Why Is Iran Attacking Its Neighbors?

Gulf states like the UAE, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia have all been dragged into the conflict

Published on The Preamble • Mar 3

This is not the Wizard of Oz

The head of the snake is gone. What grows back is an open question

Mar 1 • Elise Labott

February 2026

BREAKING NEWS: U.S. AND ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN AS TRUMP WARNS OF POSSIBLE AMERICAN CASUALTIES. OUR DISCUSSION WITH ELISE LABOTT, BARBARA STARR…

Plus Jim notes Trump may simply be trying to save his own political skin.

Published on The Jim Acosta Show • Feb 28

48:15

Hot takes happy hour with Dany and Elise- SOTU edition

So much SOTU, so much winning, Iran, Ukraine, and some astrology from Elise

Published on What the Hell is Going On? • Feb 27

39:54

Reading wars between the lines

Trump’s State of the Union — and the hidden foreign policy speech

Feb 25 • Elise Labott

Hot takes happy hour with Elise and Dany

Iran, Board of Peace, Munich and the Rubio speech, elections in GA, & Colbert 🤢

Published on What the Hell is Going On? • Feb 20

42:23

The autocrats’ 12-step program

A leading scholar on how democracies die turns his lens on America

Feb 17 • Elise Labott and Larry Diamond

45:12

Rubio's velvet glove

His charm offensive can't erase what Europe learned at Munich

Feb 16 • Elise Labott

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