On this week’s DMZ, Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis dissect the first Republican presidential primary debate.

Robert Wright and NYT columnist David Wallace-Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth, discuss current climate outlooks, what wilder wildfires signal about the environment, the pros and cons of carbon capture, and more.

Glenn Loury speaks with writer Haim Shweky about his experience as a volunteer soldier in Ukraine.

Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus also discuss DeSantis’s debate strategy, Ukraine’s stalled offensive, how to get Biden off the Democratic ticket, and more.

On this week’s DMZ, Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss whether the Georgia indictment will push Trump to join the GOP primary debates. Plus: Will Republicans get indictment fatigue? And assessing the Dean Phillips case for primarying Biden.

Sohrab Ahmari—author of the new book Tyranny, Inc.—talks to Robert Wright about the many ways he thinks capitalism has made American life worse (and about the sense in which he’s a conservative notwithstanding this critique).

Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus also discuss new challenges for Ukraine, President Biden’s brainlock, Iran tanker tensions, Obama’s legacy, and more.

Ian Buruma talks with Glenn Loury and John McWhorter about his forced resignation, in 2018, from the influential literary broadside.

Robert Wright and political scientist Joshua Landis discuss US-China rivalry in the region, the odds of confrontation with Iran, whether America is breaking international law in Syria, and more.

Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus also discuss Hunter Biden’s corruption defense, the chances of major war in Africa, what Trump gets right about Russia-Ukraine, and more.