The Transatlantic Divide
Jeremy Shapiro, research director at the European Council on Foreign Relations, discusses the current state of transatlantic relations, how they shifted during the Trump administration, the need for E...
28 Jun 202238min
Great Powers and Territorial Disputes
Lyle Goldstein, Director of Asia Engagement at Defense Priorities and visiting professor at Brown University, discusses strategies toward Russia and China in this so-called era of great power competit...
14 Jun 202256min
Prediction and Judgement: Artificial Intelligence & War
Georgia Tech associate professor Jon R. Lindsay discusses the role and ethics of AI in war, the risks and dangers in developing military and national security applications, and how AI applications wil...
31 Mai 202241min
The Dangerous Contradictions in U.S.-Syria Policy
Joshua Landis, professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oklahoma, discusses the civil war in Syria, the fragmentation of the country, the history of US interventions in the conflict, h...
17 Mai 202246min
Intelligence, Politics, & National Security Policy
Retired CIA officer Paul R. Pillar discusses the tensions between the intelligence community and policymakers, concerns over domestic abuses of the CIA and NSA, the continuing legacy of post-9/11 poli...
3 Mai 20221h
Enemy Images, Foreign & Domestic
Tulane University associate professor and Cato adjunct scholar Christopher Fettweis discusses political psychology on the international and domestic levels, explains how misperceptions drive conflict,...
19 Apr 202245min
National Security and the Image of Public Harmony
The image of public harmony between elected officials and an entrenched national security bureaucracy collapsed in the Trump years, according to Tufts University professor Michael Glennon. Glennon dis...
5 Apr 202247min
Neutrality for Ukraine?
The war in Ukraine has prompted calls for armed neutrality as a resolution to the conflict. Audrey Kurth Cronin outlines the history of neutral states and why it is a promising solution in Ukraine. Sh...
22 Mar 202220min
