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Back to SearchCan the Next President Change U.S. Foreign Policy?
The United States has a growing disconnect between its foreign policy objectives and the resources it devotes to national security, but inertia has hampered meaningful policy change in recent years. …
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
American Renewal?
Chris, Zack, and Melanie sit down for a retrospective episode about the Biden administration's foreign and defense policy. Using U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's Foreign Affairs article "Amer…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
American Renewal?
Chris, Zack, and Melanie sit down for a retrospective episode about the Biden administration’s foreign and defense policy. Using U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s Foreign Affairs article “Amer…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
What Is the U.S. Military Doing in Europe?
Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss the American military footprint in Europe. Why does the United States maintain such a large presence there? Are there other ways to accomplish our goals with a smalle…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Is American Deterrence Failing?
Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss Carter Malkasian's recent article on "America's crisis of deterrence." They debate whether recent policy failures are a breakdown of deterrence theory or U.S. policy,…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
A New Nuclear Age?
Chris, Zack, and Melanie sit down to talk about America's nuclear policy. Are we in a new "nuclear age," as some Biden administration officials and experts have argued? Does a bleak security environm…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Is Everything a Matter of National Security?
Chris, Melanie, and Zack debate whether national security has been defined too loosely. If too many things fall under the category of national security, do we risk missing the really important ones? …
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Watching the Watchers: Assessing the Defense Strategy Commission
Melanie, Chris, and Zack debate the findings of the Commission on the National Defense Strategy. They agree that there is a mismatch between U.S. defense strategy and the resources required to execut…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Attitude Adjustment: Can the US do better in Africa?
As Africa is seeing a dramatic rise in violent conflict and elected governments there are falling to coups, Chris, Zack, and Melanie sat down to discuss US policy for the region. What are America's n…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Can Europe be Trump-Proofed? And Should It Be?
Melanie, Chris, and Zack discuss the steps that European countries can and should take to prepare for possible U.S. retrenchment from the continent. Can NATO survive a second Trump administration? Or…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago