Ranked #1
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
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44mins
Ranked #2
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
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32mins
Ranked #3
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
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52mins
Ranked #4
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
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30mins
Ranked #5
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
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42mins
Ranked #6
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
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31mins
Ranked #7
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
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44mins
Ranked #8
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
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35mins
Ranked #9
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
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40mins
Ranked #10
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
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34mins
Ranked #11
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
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33mins
Ranked #12
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
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47mins
Ranked #13
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
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36mins
Ranked #14
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
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59mins
Ranked #15
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
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40mins
Ranked #16
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
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42mins
Ranked #17
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
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42mins
Ranked #18
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
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39mins
Ranked #19
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
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38mins
Ranked #20
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
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37mins