• WATCH: Nick Schifrin on how U.S. foreign policy is shifting | UVA’s Jim Lehrer Lecture

    WATCH: Nick Schifrin on how U.S. foreign policy is shifting | UVA’s Jim Lehrer Lecture

    Apr 23, 2025 05:38 PM EDT

    PBS News’ Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent Nick Schifrin will address the fourth annual James C. Lehrer Lecture on April 24 at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. In conversation with William J. Antholis, director and CEO of UVA's Miller Center of Public Affairs, Schifrin will discuss his ...

  • WATCH: Nick Schifrin interviews National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien

    WATCH: Nick Schifrin interviews National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien

    Nov 23, 2019 06:00 PM EDT

    NewsHour Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent Nick Schifrin interviews National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien at the annual Halifax International Security Forum. Amid ongoing global foreign policy challenges, and with a White House embroiled in an impeachment inquiry, Schifrin discusses with O’Brien how he handles coordinating national security policy ...

  • Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro convicted of attempted coup

    Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro convicted of attempted coup

    Sep 11, 2025 10:35 PM EDT

    ... way that some of the trials against President Trump reanimated Republican supporters who appeared ready at one point to sort of look toward other candidates. Nick Schifrin: But there is clearly a version of Bolsonaro's movement that will follow Bolsonaro after, whether he's in prison or in house ...

  • 'Putin is mocking' Trump, Polish foreign minister says after Russian drone incursion

    'Putin is mocking' Trump, Polish foreign minister says after Russian drone incursion

    Sep 10, 2025 10:50 PM EDT

    Nick Schifrin: So, given the military pressure that you are trying to help Ukraine impose on Russia, given this economic pressure that we're talking about, do you believe that that combined really could convince Vladimir Putin to stop the war in Ukraine? Radoslaw Sikorski: Yes, I do, because this ...

  • Israeli strike on Hamas in Qatar adds fresh volatility to already unstable region

    Israeli strike on Hamas in Qatar adds fresh volatility to already unstable region

    Sep 09, 2025 10:50 PM EDT

    Nick Schifrin: David Schenker, if you were still assistant secretary of state right now, would you advise, should the president impose any kind of penalty on Israel for targeting a U.S. non-NATO major ally? David Schenker: Listen, I think Qatar can withstand quite a bit. Let's remember ...

  • Israel targets Gaza high-rises as Trump gives Hamas 'last warning' to accept ceasefire

    Israel targets Gaza high-rises as Trump gives Hamas 'last warning' to accept ceasefire

    Sep 08, 2025 10:55 PM EDT

    Nick Schifrin: There's not much warning in Gaza these days, about nine seconds between an initial airstrike on a high-rise that Israel claims is being used by Hamas and a second airstrike designed to demolish. Israel says it has now destroyed 50 high-rises, including two today. The ...

  • 'We gave everything’: Afghan allies abandoned by U.S. share fears of life under Taliban

    'We gave everything’: Afghan allies abandoned by U.S. share fears of life under Taliban

    Sep 05, 2025 10:40 PM EDT

    ... everything we had. And now we are living in limbo. We are living anonymously. We are hiding in a corner of our home. Nick Schifrin: Hiding and hopeless. Four years later, American allies and many Afghans have never felt more alone. For the "PBS News Hour," I'm Nick Schifrin.

  • U.S. military strikes on suspected drug smugglers spark legal and diplomatic concerns

    U.S. military strikes on suspected drug smugglers spark legal and diplomatic concerns

    Sep 04, 2025 10:40 PM EDT

    ... the destination of the vessel, and hadn't enacted any of the multiple procedures that we have for interdicting, identifying, and appropriately addressing the vessel. Nick Schifrin: Michael Brown, do you have faith that the intelligence was good enough to take that strike? Michael Brown: Well, based on my understanding ...

  • What China's display of military might and diplomacy mean for the U.S.

    What China's display of military might and diplomacy mean for the U.S.

    Sep 03, 2025 10:55 PM EDT

    ... partners, all of whom are deeply anxious about the trade negotiations they have experienced with Washington over the course of the last couple of months. Nick Schifrin: Southeast Asian officials describe to me surely as a frustration with the Trump policy when it comes to tariffs, but they see a ...

  • U.S. military strikes Venezuelan drug boat in Caribbean, killing 11

    U.S. military strikes Venezuelan drug boat in Caribbean, killing 11

    Sep 02, 2025 10:53 PM EDT

    ... This would be a full-scale continental war. Nick Schifrin: Maduro trying to paint this clearly, Amna, as an inevitable U.S. military effort against Venezuela, which the Trump administration says is not on the cards right now. Amna Nawaz: Nick Schifrin, thank you, as always. Nick Schifrin: Thank you.