The Parliament

The Parliament

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 14, 2026 • 27 mins
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, Preventable, to share Sheridan’s story with the world from the perspective of her family and examine the policy breakdowns that preceded her death. 

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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 Moroccan men surged toward the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, Darion Ouliguian sits down with Heritage Foundation Visiting Fellow Amine Ghoulidi to examine one of the most fascinating ...
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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 the Parliament, Darion speaks with the Ambassador about how this historic end of decades of hostilities came about, and what has changed in the region. They also discuss America...
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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 would result in U.S. and Israeli isolation from Arab countries in the region, the opposite has become the reality.  

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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 in Ukraine continues to dramatically alter politics on the continent, and why Poland – the 6th largest economy in Europe – can continue to se...
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July 6, 2026 • 25 mins
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 disappointed and angry. Will this be the end of US-Israel relations as we know it? The Parliament makes confusing global geopolitics and American national security accessible. ...
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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 show.    If you want to follow more of what we are doing in the NatSec space at Heritage, sign up for our biweekly newsletter (I promise&nbs...
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May 11, 2026 • 27 mins
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 modern nuclear arsenals that out maneuver our own dated, rigid stockpile. Our credible strategic deterrence of our enemies is waning, fast.  The ...
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April 27, 2026 • 33 mins
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 geopolitics and American national security accessible.  In this episode, Darion invites Heritage Foundation National Security and Indo-Pacific Af...
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April 20, 2026 • 27 mins
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. Darion and Dr. Coates discuss everything from the military operations in Iran to global energy supply and demand, the Palestinians, China (of course), and even owls. We learn about how Iran...
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April 13, 2026 • 39 secs
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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