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Power Problems

Power Problems is a bi-weekly podcast from the Cato Institute. Host John Glaser offers a skeptical take on U.S. foreign policy, and discusses today’s big questions in international security with disti... Read more

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It’s (Not) a Thucydides Trap: Rising Powers and Time Horizons

It’s (Not) a Thucydides Trap: Rising Powers and Time Horizons

Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall are joined by David Edelstein of Georgetown University to discuss how great powers respon... Read more

1 May 2018

44mins

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Arms Bizarre: Selling Weapons in the Age of Trump

Arms Bizarre: Selling Weapons in the Age of Trump

Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall are joined by Cato’s own Caroline Dorminey to discuss U.S. arms sales in the Trump era.Gu... Read more

16 Apr 2018

32mins

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Counterterrorism Strategy in the Trump Era - Firm or Faux?

Counterterrorism Strategy in the Trump Era - Firm or Faux?

U.S. counterterrorism has been a mixture of unilateral policies and multilateral partnerships. Stephen Tankel of America... Read more

24 Jul 2018

52mins

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Great Power Competition, Part I

Great Power Competition, Part I

Great Power competition is back. How will international relations change in an era when new actors are challenging the s... Read more

29 Jan 2019

30mins

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The Trump Doctrine at One Year

The Trump Doctrine at One Year

Kathleen Hicks from CSIS and Hal Brands from Johns Hopkins SAIS join us to talk about Trump’s foreign policy at the one ... Read more

31 Jan 2018

42mins

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Maximum Pressure Meets Maximum Resistance: Trump vs. Iran

Maximum Pressure Meets Maximum Resistance: Trump vs. Iran

Negar Mortazavi, diplomatic correspondent for The Independent, joins Trevor Thrall and guest host John Glaser to discuss... Read more

10 Dec 2019

31mins

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Out of Africa: A New Front in the War on Terror

Out of Africa: A New Front in the War on Terror

Today Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall discuss the expansion of the U.S. war on terror into Africa with Bronwyn Bruton fro... Read more

2 Apr 2018

44mins

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China’s Authoritarian Turn

China’s Authoritarian Turn

Michael Swaine, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joins Trevor Thrall and guest host John... Read more

24 Dec 2019

35mins

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When Terrorists Have Ji-had Enough

When Terrorists Have Ji-had Enough

Julie Chernov Hwang from Goucher College joins Trevor Thrall and Sahar Khan to discuss why Indonesian jihadists leave mi... Read more

26 Jun 2018

40mins

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Out of Order? Debating the Past and Future of the Liberal International Order

Out of Order? Debating the Past and Future of the Liberal International Order

Patrick Porter joins Sahar Khan and Trevor Thrall to discuss the debate over the past, present, and future of the libera... Read more

25 Sep 2018

34mins

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The Complicated Case of the Rohingyas

The Complicated Case of the Rohingyas

C. Christine Fair is a Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor in the Peace and Security Studies Program within Geor... Read more

7 Aug 2018

33mins

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Misplaced Confidence or Militarized Patriotism? Public Attitudes towards the U.S. Military

Misplaced Confidence or Militarized Patriotism? Public Attitudes towards the U.S. Military

David Burbach from the U.S. Naval War College joins Trevor Thrall and guest host John Glaser to discuss civil‐​military ... Read more

29 Oct 2019

47mins

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Great Power Competition, Part II

Great Power Competition, Part II

The Trump administration has emphasized the reemergence of great power competition as the organizing principle for U.S. ... Read more

12 Feb 2019

36mins

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Power Problems Live! The Kennan Sweepstakes

Power Problems Live! The Kennan Sweepstakes

In our special live episode of Power Problems, Emma Ashford chats with Heather Hurlburt of New America about ongoing deb... Read more

30 Jul 2019

59mins

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Back to the Future: China, the U.S. and the “New Cold War”

Back to the Future: China, the U.S. and the “New Cold War”

Pundits seem increasingly undecided whether we’re living in a new Cold War, or simply making a return to the 1930s. Ali ... Read more

9 Apr 2019

40mins

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The Nuclear Posture Review: Pushing All the Wrong Buttons?

The Nuclear Posture Review: Pushing All the Wrong Buttons?

Hans Kristensen from the Federation of American Scientists joins us today to discuss the Trump administration’s Nuclear ... Read more

20 Feb 2018

42mins

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It’s Not Just about the Elephants: Understanding Illegal Wildlife Trafficking

It’s Not Just about the Elephants: Understanding Illegal Wildlife Trafficking

Vanda Felbab‐​Brown is a senior fellow in the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence in the Foreign Policy pr... Read more

12 Sep 2018

42mins

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Donald Trump, the Blob, and the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy

Donald Trump, the Blob, and the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy

Bonus Episode! Harvard’s Steven Walt joins Emma Ashford and guest host Caroline Dorminey to discuss his new book, The He... Read more

18 Oct 2018

39mins

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Mr. Trump, Tear Down That Wall

Mr. Trump, Tear Down That Wall

From trade to immigration, the Trump administration takes a much broader view of national security than prior administra... Read more

15 Jan 2019

38mins

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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maduro?

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maduro?

Controversy is growing over the Trump administration’s approach to Venezuela, where the United States has backed opposit... Read more

26 Feb 2019

37mins

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