Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBetter Burden Sharing With Allies
Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss several recent articles focused on alliance burden sharing. Should America want Europe to be dependent on it for Europe's defense? Is the leverage the United States o…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Is AUKUS Flawed By Design?
Is AUKUS flawed by design? Chris, Melanie, and Zack debate the AUKUS deal, particularly the newly announced plan for Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines. Is this the best way to get a cri…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Turkey's More Independent Foreign Policy
Chris and Melanie sit down with Aaron Stein, chief content officer at War on the Rocks and co-author of a new report on Turkey's new, more independent foreign policy. Why has Ankara changed its forei…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
One Year of War in Ukraine
Melanie, Zack, and Chris, survey the course of Russia's brutal war of aggression in Ukraine at the one-year point, with a focus on a recent paper by RAND's Samuel Charap and Miranda Priebe. How did w…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
Learning Lessons from Ukraine: Is Defense Dominant?
Melanie, Chris, and Zack debate Frank Hoffman's recent article in War on the Rocks about the broader implications of Russia's war in Ukraine. They discuss whether defensive systems are dominant and …
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Looking Back at President Biden's Foreign Policy
Chris, Zack, and Melanie get together to talk about a new assessment of President Biden's foreign policy two years into his administration. Using "A Better Biden Doctrine" by Stephen Wertheim and Mat…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Debating the Defense of Taiwan
Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss whether it is possible, and wise, to try to stave off a conflict with China over Taiwan — possibly for a very long time. A recent article by Jude Blanchette and Ryan …
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
The Risks of Nuclear Proliferation in Asia
Melanie, Chris, and Zack debate nuclear proliferation in Northeast Asia. Are Russia's nuclear saber-rattling, North Korea's advancing capabilities, and China's nuclear modernization program likely to…
Published on 3 years ago
Making Hard National Security Choices
Chris, Zack, and Melanie sit down to discuss Richard Fontaine's recent Foreign Affairs article on prioritizing national security threats. Why is it so hard for those in charge of the nation's securit…
Published on 3 years ago
Why The United States No Longer Leads on Free Trade
Chris, Melanie, and Zack try to understand the U.S. government's approach to global trade. Two successive presidential administrations have turned their backs on trade liberalization, and there is li…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago