Hillary Rodham Clinton on how America can save itself

Hillary Rodham Clinton on how America can save itself

From The Last Best Hope? by Adam Smith

February 11, 2026 · 33 min · Season 15 · Episode 1

About this episode

Hillary Rodham Clinton discusses her new book and reflects on America's potential through the lens of the Bin Laden raid.

Hillary Rodham Clinton has been at the centre of American public life for thirty years. She has exercised more power from more senior positions than any other woman in American history. Clinton has just co-edited a new book Inside the Situation Room: The Theory and Practice of Crisis Decision-making . and in this special episode, she discusses with Adam a key case study in that book -- the raid in which Bin Laden was killed -- and in doing so, reflects on her idea of what America is and can be.  The Last Best Hope? is a podcast of the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford and is kindly supported by Tom Amraoui. For details of our programming, go to rai.ox.ac.uk If you would like to support us by making a donation go to  https://www.rai.ox.ac.uk/giving Producer: Emily Williams. Presenter: Adam Smith Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Adam Smith

Guest: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Topics covered

  • American public life
  • Crisis decision-making
  • Bin Laden raid
  • Women's power in politics
  • Hillary Clinton's insights

Keywords

  • Hillary Rodham Clinton
  • Bin Laden
  • Crisis decision-making
  • American history
  • Women's leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rothermere American Institute, Tom Amraoui

Books & works: Inside the Situation Room: The Theory and Practice of Crisis Decision-making

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