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Misplaced Confidence or Militarized Patriotism? Public Attitudes towards the U.S. Military
29 oktober 2019 · 48 min
David Burbach from the U.S. Naval War College joins Trevor Thrall and guest host John Glaser to discuss civil‐military relations and public attitudes towards the military. Lees meer
David T. Burbach bio
David Burbach, “Gaining Trust While Losing Wars: Confidence in the U.S. Military after Iraq and Afghanistan,” Orbis, vol. 61, no. 1, 2019
David Burbach, “Partisan Dimensions of Confidence in the U.S. Military, 1973–2016,” Armed Forces and Society, January 11, 2018
Jim Golby and Peter Feaver, “Thank You for Your Lip Service? Social Pressure to Support the Troops,” War on the Rocks, August 14, 2019
David Barno and Nora Bensehel, “Thank You for Your Lip Service? Social Pressure to Support the Troops,” War on the Rocks, June 18, 2019
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Fuel to the Fire: How Trump Made America’s Broken Foreign Policy Even Worse
16 oktober 2019 · 43 min
Christopher Preble and John Glaser join Trevor Thrall to discuss their new book, Fuel to the Fire, which assesses Donald Trump’s foreign policies and makes the case for greater restraint in international affairs. Lees meer
Christopher A. Preble bio
John Glaser bio
Trevor Thrall bio
Christopher A. Preble, John Glaser, Trevor Thrall, Fuel to the Fire: How Trump Made America’s Broken Foreign Policy Even Worse (and How We Can Recover)
Fuel to the Fire promotional page
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Tests and Temptations: The Nuclear Balance in Asia
15 oktober 2019 · 39 min
Vipin Narang of the M.I.T. Department of Political Science joins Trevor Thrall and guest host Eric Gomez to discuss nuclear trends and the nuclear balance in Asia. Lees meer
Vipin Narang bio
Vipin Narang, “Why North Korea Is Testing Missiles Again,” Foreign Affairs, May 16, 2019
Vipin Narang, “India’s Counterforce Temptations,” International Security, Winter 2018/19
Caroline Dorminey and Eric Gomez, “America’s Nuclear Crossroads: A Forward‐Looking Anthology,” June 2019
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Should We Stay or Should We Go? The U.S. and the Middle East
8 oktober 2019 · 37 min
Gregory Gause from the Bush School at Texas A&M joins Trevor Thrall and John Glaser to discuss U.S. policy and strategy in the Middle East in the wake of the missile strike on the Saudi oil facilities. Lees meer
F. Gregory Gause bio
F. Gregory Gause, “Should We Stay or Should We Go? The United States and the Middle East,” Survival, Fall 2019.
Gregory Gause, “Why the U.S. Should Stay Out of Saudi Politics,” Foreign Affairs, December 2018.
John Glaser and Emma Ashford, “Unforced Error: The Risks of Confrontation with Iran,” Cato Institute Policy Analysis , October 9, 2017.
Robin Wright, “Trump’s Close-Call Diplomacy with Iran’s President,” New Yorker, September 28, 2019
U.S. Institute of Peace, “Timeline: Tensions between Washington and Tehran,” May 8, 2019.
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The US Defense Industry: Arsenal of Democracy or the Walmarts of War?
24 september 2019 · 40 min
Jonathan Caverley of the Naval War College joins Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall to discuss the defense industry and the arms trade. Lees meer
Jonathan Caverley bio
Jonathan Caverley, “Slowing the Proliferation of Major Conventional Weapons: The Virtues of an Uncompetitive Market,” Ethics & International Affairs, Vol. 31, No. 4, Winter 2017
Jonathan Caverley, “America’s Arms Sales Policy: Security Abroad, Not Jobs at Home,” War on the Rocks, April 6, 2018
Security Assistance Monitor
SIPRI Arms Transfers Database
A. Trevor Thrall and Caroline Dorminey, “Risky Business: The Role of Arms Sales in U.S. Foreign Policy,” Policy Analysis, No. 836, March 13, 2018
Ray Rounds, “The Case against Embargos, Even for Saudi Arabia,” War on the Rocks, April 16, 2019
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Dunking on Huntington: Nationalism in U.S. Foreign Policy
10 september 2019 · 36 min
Hilde Restad, a professor of International Relations at Bjorknes College in Oslo, Norway, joins us to discuss Trump’s foreign policy, nationalism, and the view from Europe. Lees meer
Hilde Restad bio
Hilde Restad, American Exceptionalism: An Idea that Made a Nation and Remade the World
Cato Unbound, “The Clash of Civilizations?,” February 2017
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The Trade War to End All Trade Wars?
27 augustus 2019 · 37 min
Matthew Goodman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies joins Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall to discuss Trump’s trade war with China. Lees meer
Matthew P. Goodman bio
Matthew P. Goodman and Ely Ratner, “A Better Way to Challenge China on Trade: Trump’s Harmful Tariffs Aren’t the Answer,” Foreign Affairs, March 22, 2018
Eswar Prasad, “Which country is better equipped to win a U.S.-China trade war?” Washington Post, August 9, 2019.
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If I Had a Hammer
13 augustus 2019 · 37 min
Monica Toft, Professor at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, joins us to discuss the growth in U.S. military interventions and the decline of diplomacy. Lees meer
Monica Toft bio
Monica Toft, “The Dangerous Rise of Kinetic Diplomacy,” War on the Rocks, May 14, 2018
The Military Intervention Project
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Power Problems Live! The Kennan Sweepstakes
30 juli 2019 · 59 min
In our special live episode of Power Problems, Emma Ashford chats with Heather Hurlburt of New America about ongoing debates on the future of U.S. grand strategy. Lees meer
Heather Hurlburt bio
Heather Hurlburt, “Making Sense of the Grand Strategy Debate,” Lawfare, June 7, 2019
Emma Ashford, Hal Brands, Jasen Castillo, Kate Kizer, Rebecca Lissner, Jeremy Shapiro, and Joshua Shifrinson, “New Voices in Grand”
Daniel Drezner, Mira Rapp‐Hooper, Rebecca Lissner, Stephen Walt and Kori Schake, “Searching for a Strategy,” Foreign Affairs, May/June 2019
Ben Sasse, “The End of the End of History,” Texas National Security Review, February 2019
Emma Ashford, “The Gentleman from Nebraska Misfires on Foreign Policy,” War on the Rocks, May 6, 2019
Ganesh Sitaraman, “The Emergence of Progressive Foreign Policy,” War on the Rocks, April 15, 2019
Colin Dueck, Elliot Abrams, Emma Ashford, John Fonte, Henry R. Nau, Nadia Schadlow, Kelley Vlahos, Dov Zakheim, “The Future of Conservative Foreign Policy,” Texas National Security Review, November 30, 2018
Van Jackson, Heather Hurlburt, Adam Mount, Loren Schulman, Thomas Wright, “The Future of Progressive Foreign Policy,” Texas National Security Review, December 4, 2018
The John Quincy Adams Society
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Nuclear Crossroads II: The Arms Control Serial Killer
15 juli 2019 · 39 min
In part two of the focus on America’s Nuclear Crossroads, Emma Ashford and guest host Eric Gomez delve into the future of arms control agreements with Maggie Tennis of the Brookings Institute. Lees meer
Maggie Tennis bio
America’s Nuclear Crossroads
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Nuclear Crossroads I: America Ad Astra
2 juli 2019 · 47 min
Todd Harrison from the Center for Strategic and International Studies joins Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall to discuss the proposed Space Force, war in space, and his chapter in the forthcoming Cato report America’s Nuclear Crossroads. Lees meer
Todd Harrison bio
America’s Nuclear Crossroads
Aerospace Security Project at CSIS, “Commanding Space: The Story Behind the Space Force
Todd Harrison, “A Space Force is Worth the Price”
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The Arab Winter
18 juni 2019 · 43 min
With new protests in Sudan, ongoing conflict in Syria, and continued regional tensions, the legacies of the Arab Spring are everywhere in the Middle East. Peter Mandaville joins us to discuss. Lees meer
Peter Mandaville bio
Kamron Bohkari and Peter Mandaville, The Muslim Brotherhood and American Muslims, Center for Global Policy, August 11, 2018
Peter Mandaville and Shadi Hamid, “Islam as Statecraft: How Governments Use Religion in Foreign Policy,” Brookings Institute, November 2018
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America Adrift: Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy
4 juni 2019 · 40 min
What kind of foreign policy do Americans want? Not the one they have, apparently. To learn more Emma and Trevor chat with Peter Juul from the Center for American Progress about a new report from the Center for American Progress, “America Adrift: How the U.S. Foreign Policy Debate Misses What Voters Really Want.” Lees meer
Peter Juul bio
Center for American Progress, “America Adrift: How the U.S. Foreign Policy Debate Misses What Voters Really Want”
Eurasia Group Foundation, “Worlds Apart: U.S. Foreign Policy and American Public Opinion”
Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs, “America Engaged: American Public Opinion and US Foreign Policy”
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Peace, War and Liberty
21 mei 2019 · 36 min
American presidents often praise U.S. foreign policy as a force for global freedom and liberty. We chat with Chris Preble about his new book, Peace, War, and Liberty. Lees meer
Christopher Preble bio
Christopher Preble, Peace, War, and Liberty: Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy
Free Thoughts/Power Problems Crossover: “What do Libertarians Believe About Foreign Policy?”
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Will John Bolton Finally Get His Iran War?
7 mei 2019 · 31 min
Arguments about the Iraq War loom large over pretty much every foreign policy debate in Washington. Does the Trump administration have similar intentions towards Iran? Lawrence Wilkerson joins us to discuss. Lees meer
Lawrence Wilkerson bio
Lawrence Wilkerson, “I Helped Sell the False Choice of War Once. It’s Happening Again/a>,” New York Times, February 5, 2018
Dexter Filkins, John Bolton on the Warpath, New Yorker, May 6, 2019
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Insurgent Women
22 april 2019 · 41 min
Women play an increasingly important role as insurgents and rebels in civil conflicts all over the world. But most often their story goes untold and their impact has been poorly understood. Jessica Trisko Darden, co‐author of Insurgent Women, joins Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall to discuss her new book to discuss. Lees meer
Jessica Trisko Darden bio
Jessica Trisko Darden, Alexis Henshaw, and Ora Szekely, Insurgent Women: Female Combatants in Civil Wars (Georgetown University Press 2019).
Jessica Trisko Darden, “https://theconversation.com/how-women-wage-war-a-short-history-of-is-brides-nazi-guards-and-farc-insurgents-113011 The Conversation, March 8, 2019.
Jessica Trisko Darden, “Return from ISIS: American Women Want Out of Extremism,” NPR On Point podcast.
Mia Bloom, Bombshell: Women and Terrorism (University of Pennsylvania, 2011).
Jessica Davis, Women in Modern Terrorism: From Liberation Wars to Global Jihad and the Islamic State (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017).
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Back to the Future: China, the U.S. and the “New Cold War”
9 april 2019 · 40 min
Pundits seem increasingly undecided whether we’re living in a new Cold War, or simply making a return to the 1930s. Ali Wyne of the RAND corporation joins us to discuss great power competition, the problem of foreign policy by analogy, and what the global order might look like in the future. Lees meer
Ali Wyne bio
Ali Wyne, America’s Blind Ambition Could Make It a Victim of Global Competition, National Interest, February 11, 2019
Ali Wyne, Questioning the Presumption of a U.S.-China Power Transition, RAND Corporation, January 9, 2019
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Enter the Cyber Mercenaries
26 maart 2019 · 43 min
The cyber era has amplified the impact of non‐state actors on international relations. From election meddling to sabotage to espionage, states are using non‐state actors as proxies to do their dirty work. Tim Maurer from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace joins Trevor Thrall and John Glaser to talk about the rise, reach, and implications of these cyber mercenaries. Lees meer
Tim Maurer bio
Tim Maurer, Cyber Mercenaries: The State, Hackers, and Power
Brandon Valentino and Benjamin Jensen, “The Myth of the Cyber Offense: The Case for Restraint,” Policy Analysis 862, January 15, 2019.
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Failure (to Launch?): Donald Trump in Hanoi
12 maart 2019 · 28 min
Donald Trump’s second summit with Kim Jong Un has come and gone, this time in abject failure. Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall are joined by Harry Kazianis of the Center for the National Interest to discuss where U.S.-North Korean relations go from here. Lees meer
Harry Kazianis bio
"A Top Trump Official May Have Just Doomed US-North Korea Talks," Vox, March 8, 2019
"Dealing with North and South Korea: Can Washington Square the Circle?" Cato Institute Capitol Hill Briefing
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maduro?
26 februari 2019 · 37 min
Controversy is growing over the Trump administration’s approach to Venezuela, where the United States has backed opposition leader Juan Guaido in his attempt to remove President Nicolas Maduro from power. Trevor Thrall and Emma Ashford are joined by Venezuela expert Moises Rendon to discuss the situation. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Guest Bio: Moises Rendond
Moises Rendon, “Food vs. Freedom in Venezuela,” July 9, 2018
Amanda Sakuma, “The Last 48 hours in Venezuela News, Explained,” Vox, February 24, 2019
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Great Power Competition, Part II
12 februari 2019 · 37 min
The Trump administration has emphasized the reemergence of great power competition as the organizing principle for U.S. foreign policy. How will international relations change in an era when new actors are challenging the status quo? In Part II of our great power special, Professor Stacie E. Goddard of Wellesley College joins Trevor Thrall and Emma Ashford to talk about her recent book, When Might Makes Right, about the relationship between rising powers and existing great powers. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Guest Bio: Stacie Goddard
Stacie Goddard, “When Right Makes Might: Rising Powers and World Order”
Stacie Goddard, “Uncommon Ground: Indivisible Territory and the Politics of Legitimacy,” International Organizations, vol. 60, no. 1, January 2006
Cato Policy Forum, “The Return of Great Power Competition.” January 15, 2019
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Great Power Competition, Part I
29 januari 2019 · 30 min
Great Power competition is back. How will international relations change in an era when new actors are challenging the status quo. In Part I of our great power special, Trevor Thrall and Emma Ashford are joined by Joshua Shifrinson, author of Rising Titans, Falling Giants, a book on great power rise and decline. Lees meer
Joshua Shifrinson's bio
Joshua Shifrinson, Rising Titans, Falling Giants
"The Return of Great Power Competition"
David Edelstein, Over the Horizon
Stacie Goddard, When Might Makes Right
Paul MacDonald and Joseph Parent, Twilight of the Titans
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Mr. Trump, Tear Down That Wall
15 januari 2019 · 38 min
From trade to immigration, the Trump administration takes a much broader view of national security than prior administrations. Cato Senior Policy Analyst Alex Nowrasteh joins Trevor Thrall and Emma Ashford to talk about the links between immigration and national security. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Alex Nowrasteh’s bio
Alex Nowrasteh, “Incarcerated Immigrants in 2016: Their Numbers, Demographics, and Countries of Origin,” Immigration Research and Policy Brief, June 4, 2018
Alex Nowrasteh, “How Trump Is Really Changing Immigration: Making It Harder for People to Come Here Legally,” Los Angeles Times, May 13, 2018
Alex Nowrasteh, “Terrorism and Immigration: A Risk Analysis,” Policy Analysis
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Holiday Edition: 2018 in Review
31 december 2018 · 37 min
Trevor Thrall and Emma Ashford are joined by Cato colleague Eric Gomez for a discussion of the year in review, and a preview of 2019. From nuclear weapons and North Korea to the U.S.-Saudi relationship, it’s been a wild year. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Eric Gomez’s bio
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Nostalgianomics: Trump, Trade, and American Foreign Policy
18 december 2018 · 38 min
Attorney and Cato Institute adjunct scholar Scott Lincicome joins Trevor Thrall and Emma Ashford to discuss the Trump administration’s trade strategy and the role of international trade in U.S. foreign policy. Lees meer
Scott Lincicome’s bio
Scott Lincicome, The “Protectionist Moment” That Wasn’t: American Views on Trade and Globalization, Free Trade Bulletin
Scott Lincicome, “Doomed to Repeat It: The Long History of America’s Protectionist Failures, Policy Analysis
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Free Thoughts/Power Problems Crossover: What do Libertarians Believe About Foreign Policy?
4 december 2018 · 42 min
In a special crossover episode, Trevor and Emma sit down with the hosts of the Free Thoughts podcast for a wide‐ranging discussion of how libertarians view foreign policy. Lees meer
Free Thoughts Podcast
Emma Ashford, “Libertarianism, Restraint and the Bipartisan Future,” Texas National Security Review, November 30, 2018
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The Future of Liberal Foreign Policy
20 november 2018 · 39 min
In the second half of our election special, Trevor Thrall and Emma Ashford are joined by Jake Sullivan, a former senior advisor to Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton, to discuss the future of foreign policy in the Democratic party. Lees meer
Jake Sullivan bio
Dan Nexon, “Toward A Neo‐Progressive Foreign Policy,” Foreign Affairs
Bernie Sanders, “Building a Global Democratic Movement to Counter Authoritarianism,” Speech at SAIS
Peter Beinart, “Shield of the Republic: A Democratic Foreign Policy for the Trump Age,” The Atlantic
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The Future of Conservative Foreign Policy
6 november 2018 · 40 min
Bryan McGrath, Deputy Director of the Center for American Seapower at the Hudson Institute, joins Trevor and Emma to discuss the evolution of conservative foreign policy during the Trump era. Lees meer
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Bryan McGrath bio
Henry Nau, Conservative Internationalism (Princeton University Press 2015)
Eliot Cohen, The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force (Basic Books 2018)
Robert Kagan, The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World (Knopf 2018)
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Scattershot Sanctions: The Trump Administration and the World
23 oktober 2018 · 41 min
Elizabeth Rosenberg, a sanctions expert at the Center for a New American Security joins Trevor and Emma to discuss the Trump administration’s eclectic approach to sanctions policy, and the impact of looming Iran sanctions. Lees meer
Elizabeth Rosenberg bio
Elizabeth Rosenberg, The EU Can’t Avoid U.S. Sanctions on Iran, Foreign Affairs, October 10, 2018
Jacob J. Lew and Richard Nephew, The Use and Misuse of Economic Statecraft, Foreign Affairs, October 15, 2018
Emma Ashford, Not‐So‐Smart Sanctions, Foreign Affairs, January/February 2016
Cato Unbound, Do Economic Sanctions Work?, November 2014
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Donald Trump, the Blob, and the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy
18 oktober 2018 · 39 min
Bonus Episode! Harvard’s Steven Walt joins Emma Ashford and guest host Caroline Dorminey to discuss his new book, The Hell of Good Intentions, and why America’s foreign policy failures helped to elect Donald Trump. Lees meer
Stephen Walt bio
Stephen Walt, The Hell of Good Intentions
Cato Book Event, The Hell of Good Intentions
Stephen Walt, The Donald vs. The Blob, Foreign Policy, May 16, 2018
Thrall and Friedman, U.S. Grand Strategy in the 21st Century — The Case for Restraint
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So What Did I Miss?
9 oktober 2018 · 35 min
As Emma Ashford returns to the podcast, she and Trevor Thrall join Cato colleague John Glaser to review the Trump administration’s take on U.S. foreign policy in 2018. Lees meer
David E. Sangar, “North Korea’s Trump‐era Strategy. Keep Making A‑Bombs, but Quietly,” New York Times, September 16, 2018
Peter Harrell, “Is the US Using Sanctions Too Aggressively?,” Foreign Affairs, September 11, 2018
Michael Hirsch, “John Bolton Is Living the Dream — for Now,” Foreign Policy, September 28, 2018
Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley, “The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies,” Bloomberg Businessweek, October 4, 2018
Michael Hirsch, “Surprise! Trump’s Disruptive Foreign Policy Could Be Working,” Politico, October 2018
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Out of Order? Debating the Past and Future of the Liberal International Order
25 september 2018 · 34 min
Patrick Porter joins Sahar Khan and Trevor Thrall to discuss the debate over the past, present, and future of the liberal international order. Porter is a professor of international security and strategy at the University of Birmingham, UK and a Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London. He researches how power and ideas shape U.S. and U.K. defense and foreign policy, and how both shape conflicts both the United States and United Kingdom are involved in. Lees meer
Patrick Porter bio
Patrick Porter, “A World Imagined: Nostalgia and Liberal Order,” June 2018
Patrick Porter, “Why America’s Grand Strategy Has Not Changed: Power, Habit, and the U.S. Foreign Policy Establishment,” International Security, May 4, 2018.
“Liberal International Order: Past, Present, and Future,” Cato Event, September 20, 2018
Bruce Jentleson, “The Post‐Liberal International Order World: Some Core Characteristics,” Lawfare Blog, September 9, 2018
Michael J. Mazarr, “The Real History of the Liberal Order: Neither Myth Nor Accident,” Foreign Affairs, August 7, 2018
Rebecca Friedman Lissner and Mira Rapp‐Hooper, “The Day After Trump: American Strategy for a New International Order,” The Washington Quarterly, June 2018
Jake Sullivan, “The World After Trump: How the System Can Endure,” Foreign Affairs, March/April 2018
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It’s Not Just about the Elephants: Understanding Illegal Wildlife Trafficking
12 september 2018 · 43 min
Vanda Felbab‐Brown is a senior fellow in the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution. She is also the director of the Brookings project “Improving Global Drug Policy: Comparative Perspectives and UNGASS 2016” and co‐director of “Reconstituting Local Orders.” She is an expert on international and internal conflicts and nontraditional security threats, including insurgency, organized crime, urban violence, and illicit economies. Lees meer
Vanda Felbab‐Brown bio
The Extinction Market: Wildlife Trafficking and How to Counter It
World Wildlife Fund, “Illegal Wildlife Trade”
U.S. Agency for International Development, “Combating Wildlife Trafficking”
Jody Rosen, “Animal Traffic,” New York Times Style Magazine
Charlote Epstein, “The Power of Words in International Relations: Birth of an Anti‐Whaling Discourse
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Trump's Iran Policy: Strategy or Strategery?
27 augustus 2018 · 39 min
Barbara Slavin of the Atlantic Council joins Sahar Khan and Trevor Thrall to discuss developments in Iran and America’s Iran policy. Lees meer
Barbara Slavin bio
Barbara Slavin, “US Policies Undercut ‘Support’ for ‘Iranian Voices’ ”
Barbara Slavin, “Renewed Sanctions Will Hurt Iran’s Economy But U.S. Benefits Uncertain”
Barbara Slavin, “Mullahs, Money, and Militias”
Emma Ashford and John Glaser, “Unforced Error: The Risks of Confrontation with Iran”
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The Complicated Case of the Rohingyas
7 augustus 2018 · 34 min
C. Christine Fair is a Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor in the Peace and Security Studies Program within Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. She joins Sahar Khan and Trevor Thrall to discuss the ongoing Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and its implication on the Trump administration’s policy toward South Asia. Lees meer
C. Christine Fair’s bio
International Crisis Group, “The Long Haul ahead for Myanmar’s Rohingya Refugee Crisis,” May 16, 2018
Council on Foreign Affairs, “The Rohingya Crisis,” Backgrounder, April 20, 2018
Krishnadev Calamur, “The Misunderstood Roots of Burma’s Rohingya Crisis,” The Atlantic, September 25, 2017
Sahar Khan, “Ethnic Cleansing vs. Genocide,” Cato @ Liberty, November 29, 2017
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Counterterrorism Strategy in the Trump Era - Firm or Faux?
24 juli 2018 · 52 min
U.S. counterterrorism has been a mixture of unilateral policies and multilateral partnerships. Stephen Tankel of American University joins us today to discuss the trajectory of U.S. counterterrorism strategy under the Trump administration. Lees meer
Stephen Tankel’s bio
John Glaser’s bio
Stephen Tankel, With Us and Against Us: How America’s Partners Help and Hinder the War on Terror
Stephen Tankel, “https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/09/11/fighting-terrorism-takes-a-global-effort-how-have-3-u-s-presidents-fared-16-years-after-911/?utm_term=.3964cbb11a04,” Monkey Cage, September 11, 2017
Joshua A. Geltzer and Stephen Tankel, “Whatever Happened to Trump’s Counterterrorism Strategy,” The Atlantic, March 1, 2018
Stephen Tankel, “Donald Trump’s Shadow War,” Politico, May 9, 2018
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Works for Wonks: A Summer Reading List
10 juli 2018 · 29 min
James Goldgeier Lees meer
The Americans
Deborah D. Avant, The Market for Force: The Consequences of Privatizing Security
Nick Bostrom, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Steve Coll, Directorate S: The CIA, and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Roger Fisher, William L. Ury, and Bruce Patton, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
Paul Holden, Indefensible: Seven Myths that Sustain the Global Arms Trade
Robert Jervis, Perception and Misconception in International Politics
Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon
Hans Morgethau, Politics Among Nations
Occupied
Steven Pinker, The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
Ben Rhodes, The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House
Joe Sacco, Palestine
Elizabeth Saunders, Leaders at War: How Presidents Shape Military Interventions
Brent Steele, Ontological Security in International Relations: Self‐Identity and the IR State
Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel
Kenneth N. Waltz, Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis
Earl Weaver, Winning!
Jack Goldstone, Political Demography: How Population Changes Are Reshaping International Security and National Politics
Justin Vaïsse, Zbigniew Brzezinski: America’s Grand Strategist
Kori Schake, Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony
Margaret Maron
Charlene Harris
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When Terrorists Have Ji-had Enough
26 juni 2018 · 40 min
Julie Chernov Hwang from Goucher College joins Trevor Thrall and Sahar Khan to discuss why Indonesian jihadists leave militancy in her new book, Why Terrorists Quit. Lees meer
Julie Chernov Hwang’s bio
Why Terrorists Quit: The Disengagement of Indonesian Jihadists
Julie Chernov Hwang, “The Unintended Consequences of Amending Indonesia’s Anti‐Terrorism Law,” Lawfare Blog, October 1, 2017
Anita Rachman and Ben Otto, “Families with Bombs: Islamic State inspires new wave of Indonesian Terrorism,” Wall Street Journal, May 14, 2018
Sidney Jones, “How ISIS has changed terrorism in Indonesia,” New York Times, May 22, 2018
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Statesmanship in the 21st Century
12 juni 2018 · 38 min
Bruce Jentleson from Duke University joins Trevor Thrall and Sahar Khan to discuss the importance of statesmanship and his new book, The Peacemakers. Lees meer
Show notes:
Guest Bio: Bruce Jentleson
The Peacemakers
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To Summit or Not to Summit? Trump and North Korea
29 mei 2018 · 54 min
Show description: In a special 2‑part episode, Emma Ashford, Trevor Thrall, and new co‐host, Sahar Kahn, discuss North Korea and the prospects for a nuclear summit with Cato Policy Analyst Eric Gomez. Lees meer
Guest bio: Eric Gomez
Power Problems Episode #4, September 19, 2017: Kim Jong Trump
Eric Gomez, “Not Quite Back to the Drawing Board with North Korea”
Eric Gomez, “Keep Calm and Summit On”
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The US: Global Force for Good?
17 mei 2018 · 40 min
Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall shift from military affairs this week to talk about humanitarian aid with American University’s Jessica Trisko Darden. Lees meer
Guest bio: Jessica Trisko Darden
Humanitarian Aid and War
Is Humanitarian Aid a Waste?
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It’s (Not) a Thucydides Trap: Rising Powers and Time Horizons
1 mei 2018 · 45 min
Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall are joined by David Edelstein of Georgetown University to discuss how great powers respond to rising challengers. Lees meer
Guest Bio: David Edelstein
Over the Horizon: Time, Uncertainty, and the Rise of Great Powers
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Arms Bizarre: Selling Weapons in the Age of Trump
16 april 2018 · 33 min
Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall are joined by Cato’s own Caroline Dorminey to discuss U.S. arms sales in the Trump era. Lees meer
Guest bio: Caroline Dorminey
Caroline Dorminey and Trevor Thrall. “Risky Business: the Role of Arms Sales in U.S. Foreign Policy”
Paul Holden (ed.) Indefensible: Seven Myths That Sustain the Global Arms TradeM
Jonathan Caverley. “America’s Arms Sales Policy: Security Abroad, Not Jobs at Home”
Amnesty International. “Iraq: Taking Stock of Arming the Islamic State”
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Out of Africa: A New Front in the War on Terror
2 april 2018 · 44 min
Today Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall discuss the expansion of the U.S. war on terror into Africa with Bronwyn Bruton from the Atlantic Council. Lees meer
Guest Bio: Bronwyn Bruton
Bronwyn Bruton, “Ethiopia: In the Eye of the Storm”
U.S. News and World Report, “Where in the World Is the U.S. Military? Everywhere”
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Here Comes the New Russia, Same as the Old Russia
21 maart 2018 · 39 min
Vladimir Putin won re‐election handily, but the future of U.S.-Russia relations is a tougher question. We chat with Matthew Rojanksy of the Woodrow Wilson Center. Lees meer
Guest Bio: Matthew Rojansky
“U.S. Russia Policy” in Our Foreign Policy Choices
“Why New Russia Sanctions Won’t Change Moscow’s Behavior” in Foreign Affairs
The Legacy of George Kennan Conference
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Yemen: One War or Three?
5 maart 2018 · 39 min
We discuss the ongoing war in Yemen and U.S. involvement with Kate Kizer from Win Without War. Lees meer
Guest bio: Kate Kizer
Council on Foreign Relations Yemen Backgrounder
Cato’s John Glaser on Yemen
What the President Should Do in Yemen
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The Nuclear Posture Review: Pushing All the Wrong Buttons?
20 februari 2018 · 43 min
Hans Kristensen from the Federation of American Scientists joins us today to discuss the Trump administration’s Nuclear Posture Review. Lees meer
Hans Kristensen bio
2018 Nuclear Posture Review
Federation of American Scientists Nuclear Posture Review Resource
Texas National Security Review Policy Roundtable on the NPR
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The Trump Doctrine at One Year
31 januari 2018 · 42 min
Kathleen Hicks from CSIS and Hal Brands from Johns Hopkins SAIS join us to talk about Trump’s foreign policy at the one year mark. Lees meer
Guest bio: Kathleen Hicks
Guest bio: Hal Brands
National Security Strategy
Summary of the 2018 National Defense Strategy
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A Trade Policy Deficit
10 januari 2018 · 37 min
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Guest Bio: Nate Olson
2017 National Security Strategy
Nate Olson, “How Donald Trump Can Avoid a Trade War with China”
Pew Research, “Support for Free Trade Rebounds.”
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Hype and Hype-ability: Threat Inflation in U.S. Foreign Policy
26 december 2017 · 36 min
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A Dangerous World? edited by Christopher A. Preble and John Mueller
American Foreign Policy and the Politics of Fear edited by A. Trevor Thrall and Jane K. Cramer
Curiosity: How Will the World End?
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