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In the Interest of National Security

By: The Center for National Security Studies at Utah Valley University
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  • Program Director Ryan Vogel and Professor Jonathan Rudd host discussions with professionals and practitioners, analysts and authors, as well as students and scholars from around the world. Join us as we address top national security issues, analyze US policy options, and consider the threats that impact both national and global security. In addition to these topics, IINS will highlight the career paths of our guests and provide insight regarding job opportunities in the field of national security. Produced by the Center for National Security Studies at Utah Valley University.
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Episodes
  • Life as an Intelligence Analyst with John McClure
    Feb 29 2024

    Our guest this week is John McClure, Deputy Director of the Center for National Security Studies at Utah Valley University. John worked at the county, state, and federal levels as an Intelligence Analyst specializing in counterterrorism investigations in the State of Utah.

    Listen as Deputy Director McClure discusses his education in Terrorism Studies at St. Andrews University in Scotland, and how that led to a career as an Intelligence Analyst. Deputy Director McClure further describes his experience working at Utah’s Fusion Center, as well as his time with the Salt Lake FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF).

    How do state and local governments prepare for potential terrorist attacks? In what ways do federal, state, and local agencies collaborate on issues of national security? How do investigators and analysts use open-source intelligence to conduct national security investigations?

    Learn all this, and more, in this episode of In the Interest of National Security.

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    33 mins
  • Nuclear Strategy and Arms Control: An Overview with Kerry Kartchner
    Feb 15 2024

    Our guest this week is Dr. Kerry Kartchner, nuclear weapons policy expert, former US Department of State representative, and adjunct professor at Utah Valley University’s Center for National Security Studies. 

     

    Listen as Dr. Kartchner recounts his career beginning as an instructor at the Naval postgraduate school, his participation in the implementation of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), and his work with the State Department’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. 

     

    How do recent actions by Russia threaten the emergence of more nuclear states? How does the modernization of the US nuclear arsenal support the goal of nonproliferation worldwide? How will ongoing conflicts in Israel and Ukraine affect the evolution of nuclear strategy?  

    Learn all this, and more, in this episode of In the Interest of National Security 

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    35 mins
  • CIA/PDB/SDL: Careers in Intelligence with Matt Berrett
    Nov 16 2023

    Our guest this week is Matt Berrett, cofounder of the Center for Anticipatory Intelligence (CAI) at Utah State University, Director of Analytics at Space Dynamics Lab (SDL), and retired Assistant Director with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

     

    Listen as Director Berrett describes his early career with the CIA, his time directing the President’s Daily Brief (PDB), and the relationship between Space Dynamics Lab and the Department of Defense.

     

    How do universities cooperate with the U.S. Government to provide critical research and development? What is the Center for Anticipatory Intelligence (CAI)? In what ways has the President’s Daily Brief (PDB) evolved over time? Learn all this, and more, in this episode of In the Interest of National Security.

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    25 mins

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