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Hosts Melanie Marlowe, Christopher Preble, and Zack Cooper, debate their way through some of the toughest and most contentious topics related to strategy, international relations, and the use of force. This podcast is brought to you by the Stimson Center and produced by University FM.

Episode Date
Is the US a Predatory Hegemon?
May 07, 2026
Can the UN Be Reformed?
Apr 23, 2026
Implementing a Hellscape Strategy for Taiwan
Apr 09, 2026
Is There an End in Sight for the US War in Iran?
Mar 26, 2026
Will U.S. Allies Hedge? Should They?
Mar 12, 2026
A Broadside Against Battleships
Feb 26, 2026
Is Resolute Global Leadership the Right Grand Strategy for the United States?
Feb 12, 2026
New Denial Strategy? Assessing the 2026 NDS
Jan 29, 2026
Crude Awakening: Maduro's Seizure and Venezuela's Future
Jan 15, 2026
Farewell 2025, Hello 2026
Jan 01, 2026
What Does the United States Want From China and Why Can't We Get It?
Dec 25, 2025
'Safer, Richer, Freer, Greater'? Trump's New Strategy for American Power
Dec 11, 2025
Reciprocity: The Once and Future Strategy?
Nov 26, 2025
Whither Venezuela?
Nov 13, 2025
Are Rising Powers Over?
Oct 30, 2025
Can Foreign Aid Be Reformed? Should It Be?
Oct 16, 2025
Prediction is Hard, Especially about Confidence Levels
Oct 02, 2025
Is a Fight with Russia Worth the Risks?
Sep 18, 2025
How Will the U.S. Deal With a Weaponized World Economy?
Sep 04, 2025
A Strategy of Prioritization?
Aug 21, 2025
What's the Plan for AI?
Aug 07, 2025
Combating Mexican drug cartels: Is there a military solution?
Jul 24, 2025
A New Nuclear Age: The Sum of All Fears?
Jul 10, 2025
Trump Hammers Iran. What Comes Next?
Jun 26, 2025
Understanding the Four-Day War between India and Pakistan
Jun 12, 2025
Great Power Competition or Collusion?
May 29, 2025
The Paradoxical Power?
May 15, 2025
Is Arms Control Dead?
May 02, 2025
Why the Trump Administration Will Struggle to Make National Security Policy
Apr 17, 2025
One Last Trip Around the World?
Apr 03, 2025
Will Israel Strike Iran?
Mar 20, 2025
The End of the World, Again?
Mar 06, 2025
Is The People's Liberation Army Ready For a Fight Over Taiwan?
Feb 20, 2025
Risky Business: Assessing Risk to U.S. Strategy
Feb 06, 2025
Will Trump Focus on the Western Hemisphere?
Jan 23, 2025
Exploring the Implications of Precise Mass
Jan 09, 2025
What's Next in Syria?
Dec 19, 2024
Where Do We Go From Here?
Dec 05, 2024
A New National Security Strategy for the Trump Administration
Nov 21, 2024
Can the Next President Change U.S. Foreign Policy?
Nov 07, 2024
American Renewal?
Oct 24, 2024
What Is the U.S. Military Doing in Europe?
Oct 10, 2024
Is American Deterrence Failing?
Sep 26, 2024
A New Nuclear Age?
Sep 12, 2024
Is Everything a Matter of National Security?
Aug 29, 2024
Watching the Watchers: Assessing the Defense Strategy Commission
Aug 15, 2024
Attitude Adjustment: Can the US do better in Africa?
Aug 01, 2024
Can Europe be Trump-Proofed? And Should It Be?
Jul 18, 2024
Election Time: France and the United Kingdom Go to the Polls
Jul 04, 2024
A Live Turkey
Jun 20, 2024
Unraveling China's Plans for the Middle East
Jun 06, 2024
On China: To Win or Not To Win
May 23, 2024
Debating the Future of the Russo-Ukrainian War
May 09, 2024
Countering Foreign Media Manipulation. Or Not.
Apr 25, 2024
America's Report Card in Southeast Asia
Apr 11, 2024
The 2024 Annual Threat Assessment
Mar 28, 2024
Competing for Influence in Latin America
Mar 14, 2024
Are the U.S. and Europe Never Ever Getting Back Together?
Feb 29, 2024
Debating the New National Defense Industrial Strategy
Feb 15, 2024
Rating the Top Threats to U.S. National Security
Feb 01, 2024
Global Disorder and Houthi Strikes
Jan 18, 2024
Entrapment, Entanglement, and the Debate about U.S. Alliances
Jan 04, 2024
The New Washington Consensus
Dec 19, 2023
Dysfunction in Washington
Dec 11, 2023
Is Washington Making a Bad Bet on India?
Jun 29, 2023
Is Washington Making a Bad Bet on India?
Jun 28, 2023
Paying the Costs of Competition
May 11, 2023
Multipolarity: What Is It Good For?
Apr 27, 2023
Technology, Defense, and American-Chinese Competition
Apr 13, 2023
Better Burden Sharing With Allies
Mar 30, 2023
Is AUKUS Flawed By Design?
Mar 15, 2023
Turkey's More Independent Foreign Policy
Mar 02, 2023
One Year of War in Ukraine
Feb 16, 2023
Learning Lessons from Ukraine: Is Defense Dominant?
Feb 02, 2023
Looking Back at President Biden's Foreign Policy
Jan 19, 2023
Debating the Defense of Taiwan
Jan 05, 2023
The Risks of Nuclear Proliferation in Asia
Dec 22, 2022
Making Hard National Security Choices
Dec 08, 2022
Why The United States No Longer Leads on Free Trade
Nov 28, 2022
Debating the National Defense Strategy
Nov 10, 2022
Assessing the National Security Strategy
Oct 28, 2022
Searching for the Elusive Rules-Based Order
Oct 13, 2022
Military Lessons from the War in Ukraine
Sep 29, 2022
Galvanizing America's Defense Industrial Policy
Sep 15, 2022
Not Their Plane to Land: Generals Thwarting the Chain of Command?
Sep 01, 2022
Is U.S. Support to Taiwan Substantive or Symbolic?
Aug 18, 2022
Is NATO's Vision for Its Future Right?
Aug 04, 2022
Active Denial or In Denial?
Jul 21, 2022
An Energy Strategy to Defeat Russia?
Jul 07, 2022
Is Biden's Approach to Latin America a Problem?
Jun 23, 2022
Musings on Competition in the Pacific
Jun 09, 2022
Debating Sweden and Finland's Entry into NATO
May 27, 2022
Threats From Out of This World
May 12, 2022
A Strategy-Budget Mismatch?
Apr 29, 2022
Keeping the Right Secrets Secret
Mar 31, 2022
Russia's War in Ukraine: How Does this End?
Mar 22, 2022
Putin's Taunt: What Are You Going To Do About It?
Mar 03, 2022
The Pacific is Not So Pacific
Feb 17, 2022
The Biden Doctrine: Muddling Through?
Feb 03, 2022
Grading the Biden Team's Foreign Policy
Jan 20, 2022