Strategic Simplicity Podcast

By Pranay Vaddi

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Episodes: 40

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Trying to explain new and old, arcane and obscure international security issues in a conversational format.

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Episode Date
Part 2: Discussing a recent WOTR article, "Restrain and Hedge: A New U.S. Nuclear Strategy for a Two-Peer World."
May 21, 2026
Role, Reliance, and War on the Rocks
May 21, 2026
Analyzing a new Stimson report, "Why Strategic Superiority (Still) Doesn’t Matter"
Apr 26, 2026
Thinking about a future Iran Nuclear Deal
Mar 28, 2026
Macron's Nuke Speech with Astrid Chevreuil
Mar 13, 2026
Recapping New START expiration
Feb 10, 2026
Part III of our series on New START
Jan 28, 2026
Part II of our three part series on New START
Jan 24, 2026
Part I on New START Expiration with Rose Gottemoeller
Jan 19, 2026
Shibboleths or Not? Introducing Matthew Sharp to the Pod
Jan 10, 2026
Retrench, Defend, Compete - Charlie Glaser's new book on U.S.-China relations and each country's interests in Taiwan
Dec 23, 2025
Introducing the 2025 Project Atom Report with Heather Williams
Dec 12, 2025
Tong Zhao helps unpack China's new arms control white paper
Dec 06, 2025
Nuclear testing and emptying our mailbag
Nov 23, 2025
Debating Damage Limitation, Again (Pt. II in a series)
Nov 13, 2025
Debating Damage Limitation
Oct 30, 2025
Our Reactions to "A House of Dynamite"
Oct 29, 2025
Part II of the China conversation
Oct 16, 2025
Responding to Putin's arms control proposal
Oct 09, 2025
"Preventing an Era of Nuclear Anarchy: Nuclear Proliferation and American Security"
Oct 01, 2025
Catching up on Korea
Sep 30, 2025
Talking Russia with Celeste Wallander
Sep 26, 2025
A Marie Kondo Moment for MTCR?
Sep 23, 2025
Part I of a (more) definitive conversation about China
Sep 12, 2025
Mailbag episode
Sep 04, 2025
Congress, Arms Control, and Nukes
Aug 29, 2025
Frank Miller joins to talk arms control after New START, today's threats, and his experience working on nuclear policy and arms control (good history on START I+II)
Aug 21, 2025
Austin, Vipin, and Pranay discuss the news: A Major Meeting in Alaska and New START, INF, China, AI, and more.
Aug 14, 2025
A Conversation with Alexandra Bell
Jul 25, 2025
Vipin and I welcome Austin Long to the show (and MIT CNSP)
Jul 16, 2025
MTCR, Space + Defense Trade Streamlining, and Export Controls
Jul 10, 2025
Framing the New START Follow-On Discussion
Jul 07, 2025
Talking about Our recent FA article on "Nuclear Hurricane," hosted by Heather Williams
Jun 30, 2025
Operation Midnight Hammer, Iran's nuclear program, and the broader nonpro impacts.
Jun 24, 2025
The State of the NPT, arms control odds and ends, and supporting the nuclear youths.
Jun 11, 2025
Strategic Simplicity welcomes Shashank Joshi for a newsy chat
Jun 05, 2025
Framing a Future Nuclear Force Posture
May 22, 2025
Entering "The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon" with author Ankit Panda.
May 20, 2025
Extended Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific
May 06, 2025
Euro Deterrent, Part Deux: The Podcast Edition
Apr 03, 2025