Arms, Influence, and the Military Industrial Complex
William Hartung of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft explains the problem of retired military brass working for the arms industry and how this revolving door tends to militarize U.S. for...
9 Jan 202441min
The Middle East Is a Powder Keg. Washington Is Making It Worse
Renewed conflict in the Middle East increases the costs and risks of America's entanglement in the region, and despite the strategic case for retrenchment, there is no sign of a substantial change to ...
26 Dec 202338min
The Economic War on China Is Self-Defeating
Weaponizing global supply chains is self-defeating and alters supply chain networks in ways that accelerate, rather than slow China’s rise. University of Connecticut assistant professor Miles Evers di...
12 Dec 202349min
"Credibility" Is Not What You Think It Is
Common but unsound conceptions of credibility and reputation in international politics have persistently promoted unnecessary militarism and prevented the United States from shedding even unnecessary ...
28 Nov 202344min
The Realism of Reinhold Niebuhr
Christopher Chivvis, director of the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, discusses the work of renowned realist thinker Reinhold Niebuhr. He explores Niebuhr...
14 Nov 202334min
Israel, Gaza, and America’s Broken Middle East Policy
Justin Logan, Cato’s director of defense and foreign policy studies, and Jon Hoffman, a foreign policy analyst at Cato, discuss the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas and the imperative of avoid...
31 Okt 202346min
America Is Eroding the International Order
The U.S.'s frequent use of force abroad erodes the international order's most fundamental principles of sovereignty and non-intervention. Yale Law School professor Oona Hathaway discusses the erosion ...
17 Okt 202343min
Human Psychology and Nuclear Brinkmanship
Rose McDermott, Professor of International Relations at Brown University, argues that dominant theories of nuclear brinkmanship lack a nuanced understanding of the crucial factor of human psychology. ...
3 Okt 202343min
