Episodios

  • Mitigating Risks in a Volatile World: A Conversation with Philip Zelikow
    Jul 26 2024

    Ryan Evans talks with Philip Zelikow about his recent article for TNSR, "Confronting Another Axis? History, Humility, and Wishful Thinking." Their wide-ranging and insightful conversation covers everything from Zelikow's career as a high-level foreign policy practitioner and as an historian, his experience directing the 9/11 Commission, his argument that we are in an exceptionally volatile time in global politics, and more.

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    39 m
  • Why the United States Failed to Retrench from Europe during the Early Cold War
    Jul 19 2024

    Rick talks with TNSR author Joshua Byun about how American attempts to leave Europe during the first decade of the Cold War were thwarted by European concerns that German rearmament would trigger a Soviet attack.

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    25 m
  • Salami Tactics in the Shadow of Major War
    Jul 12 2024

    Rick sits down with Richard Maass, the author of "Salami Tactics: Faits Accomplis and International Expansion in the Shadow of Major War," to discuss how powerful countries can use repetitive, limited acts of aggression to expand influence while avoiding potential escalation.

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    27 m
  • Joseph Nye on Scholarship and Practice in International Relations
    Jun 28 2024

    Frank Gavin, chair of TNSR's editorial board, talks with Joseph Nye about his new memoir, "A Life in the American Century." This fascinating conversation covers a range of issues, including lessons from Nye's extensive experience as an influential analyst, policymaker, and scholar.

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    45 m
  • The Difficult Balance of Constitutional Statesmanship During Times of War
    Jun 21 2024

    Marshall Kosloff talks with Luke Schumacher about his recent article in TNSR, "Franklin D. Roosevelt, World War II, and the Reality of Constitutional Statesmanship."

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    32 m
  • The Pivot to Asia Remains Incomplete
    Jun 14 2024

    Marshall Kosloff talks with Ambassador Robert Blackwill and Richard Fontaine about their new book, "Lost Decade: The U.S. Pivot to Asia and the Rise of Chinese Power."

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    46 m
  • Sweden, Finland, and the Meaning of Alliance Membership
    Jun 7 2024

    Ahead of the NATO Summit in Washington in July, Rick sits down with Katherine Elgin and Alexander Lanoszka to discuss what alliance membership means for Sweden and Finland.

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    28 m
  • From Panic to Policy: The Limits of Foreign Propaganda and the Foundations of an Effective Response
    May 28 2024

    Gavin Wilde joined TNSR managing editor Rick Landgraf to discuss Gavin's recent article about the effects of foreign propaganda on U.S. domestic politics. They discuss how the fear that hostile foreign powers could subvert democracy by spreading misinformation may be exaggerated, as the relationship between people's beliefs and attitudes and their media consumption remains unclear. Policy interventions should therefore avoid needlessly intervening, lest they inadvertently imitate the authoritarian states they seek to combat.

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    28 m