The Next Best with Marcel Dirsus
By Marcel Dirsus
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Episodes: 32
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Hey, it’s Marcel Dirsus. I’m a political scientist and this is The Next Best, my podcast.
The world is complex, dangerous and confusing. To make sense of it all, I talk to authors, historians, diplomats and spies.
Together, we’re going to learn about nuclear weapons, sanctions, targeted killings and much more.
Let’s go.
Have a question? Email at: thenextbestpodcast@gmail.com
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#31 Casey Michel: American Oligarchy Is Worse Than You Think
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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#30 Frank Sauer: This is How Nuclear War Works
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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#29 Carter Malkasian: How the Taliban Won (and America Lost)
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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#28 Anna Fifield: How Kim Jong Un Stays in Power
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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#27 Jade McGlynn: Ukraine's Drone Strikes, Putin's War and Russia's Fuel Crisis
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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#26 Margaret MacMillan: Trump, Putin and the End of the Liberal World Order
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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#25 Liana Fix: Germany is Rearming. Should Europe be Worried?
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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#24: Yeganeh Torbati & Bozorgmehr Sharafedin: How the Iranian Regime Really Works
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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#23 Anders Wivel: How Small States Survive in a World of Giants
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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#22 Thomas Juneau: How the Houthis Could Crash the Global Economy
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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#21 Sergey Radchenko: How Russia Weaponized Energy (Even Before Putin)
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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#20 Julia Ebner: Inside the Minds of Extremists
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May 15, 2026 |
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#19 Eyck Freymann: China Doesn't Need to Invade Taiwan. It Can Just Cut it Off
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May 03, 2026 |
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#18 James Ker-Lindsay: The Sovereign State is a Recent Invention. Russia is Rewriting the Rules
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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#17 Franz-Stefan Gady: Is Russia Actually Winning? Frontline Reality
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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#16 Rory Truex: Xi Jinping is the Dictator the West Doesn’t Get
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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#15 Trump Killed NATO
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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#14 G. Elliott Morris: Trump Is the Most Unpopular President Ever
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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#13 Seva Gunitsky: Putin Got His Multipolar World. Now He'll Regret It
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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#12 Elizabeth N. Saunders: How Trump Broke 70 Years of American Foreign Policy
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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#11 Patrick McGee: How China Captured Apple
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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#10 Gavin Wilde: Why We Are Wrong About Hybrid Warfare
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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#9 Max Bergmann: How Europe Can Defend Itself Without America
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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#8 Tim Weiner: Fear, Torture & The CIA's Strategic Failure After 9/11
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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#7 Oliver Moody: Russia vs NATO - The Baltic is the Frontline
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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#6 Edward Fishman: How the US Weaponized the Global Economy
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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#5 Michael Kimmage: This Happens if Russia Wins
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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#4 Kori Schake: Will the Military Stop Trump? A Warning from History
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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#3 John Lechner: How Putin's Mercenaries Operate
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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#2 Charles Hecker: How Western Business Failed
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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#1 Steve Coll: Why America Invaded Iraq
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Nov 21, 2025 |