The first Consider This event of 2025 is a conversation about geopolitics, American power, and public service with Ben Rhodes, a national security and diplomacy advisor in the Obama White House, host of the Pod Save the World podcast, and author of After the Fall: The Rise of Authoritarianism in the World We've Made.

How much should the general public know or understand about global affairs and foreign policy? How do the US government’s actions on the world stage consider the public interest? Join us to dig into these questions and more.