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Podcast Episode

‘Safer, Richer, Freer, Greater’? Trump’s New Strategy for American Power

Chris, Zack, and Melanie take a look at the Trump administration’s newly-released US National Security Strategy. Is it a coherent strategy? How

December 11, 2025
Podcast Episode

Reciprocity: The Once and Future Strategy?

Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss Oren Cass’s recent article articulating a “Grand Strategy of Reciprocity.” Cass argues that the United States should

November 27, 2025
Podcast Episode

Kuiken and Hodges: The China Commissioners

Mike Kuiken and Josh Hodges, two commissioners on the congressionally appointed US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, join us to discuss the
November 22, 2025
Podcast Episode

Whither Venezuela?

Why is the United States sending fighter jets, an aircraft carrier, and other assets to the Caribbean? What does the military buildup

November 13, 2025
Podcast Episode

Glenn Diesen: Will Europe Survive?

Glenn Diesen, professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway and host of the Greater Eurasia Podcast, joins us to discuss the current
November 10, 2025
Podcast Episode

Are Rising Powers Over?

Chris, Zack, and Melanie get together to talk about Michael Beckley’s new article, “The Stagnant Order and the End of Rising Powers.”

October 30, 2025
Podcast Episode

Mathew Burrows: A Life in the CIA

Mathew Burrows, Program Lead of the Stimson Center’s Strategic Foresight Hub, joins us to discuss his career in the CIA and the
October 24, 2025
Podcast Episode

Rethinking the Threat with Dan Grazier, The Stimson Center

Dan discusses his new report, “Rethinking the Threat: Why China is Unlikely to Invade Taiwan”
October 18, 2025
Podcast Episode

Can Foreign Aid Be Reformed? Should It Be?

Chris, Melanie, and Zack review Adam Tooze’s recent article on the failure of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – and Western-directed

October 16, 2025
Podcast Episode

John Mearsheimer: A World Tour

John Mearsheimer, world-renowned scholar of international relations, joins us to discuss the state of play in the Middle East, East Asia, and
October 10, 2025
Podcast Episode

Leonard Benardo: Reexamining the “Open Society”

Leonard Benardo, Senior Vice President at the Open Society Foundations, joins us to discuss OSF’s emergence and evolution, defining values of open
October 3, 2025
Podcast Episode

Prediction is Hard, Especially about Confidence Levels

As Jeffrey Friedman shows in a recent Texas National Security Review article, experts are often right but almost always overconfident in their

October 2, 2025