Recent Episodes
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Why America Needs to Change Its Nuclear Weapons Posture
Apr 15, 2025 – 47:14 -
India’s Quest for Major Power Status
Apr 1, 2025 – 49:20 -
Strategic Empathy & the Roots of the Ukraine War
Mar 18, 2025 – 50:49 -
The Return of Bipolarity
Mar 4, 2025 – 45:20 -
Reconsidering US Strategy in Europe & Asia
Feb 18, 2025 – 38:07 -
Trump, Conquest, & the Laws of War
Feb 4, 2025 – 42:10 -
The AI Competition with China
Jan 21, 2025 – 44:15 -
Perverse Incentives in the Permanent War Economy
Jan 7, 2025 – 39:46 -
Negotiating Peace in Ukraine
Dec 24, 2024 – 42:42 -
The Fall of Assad & Syria's Uncertain Future
Dec 10, 2024 – 46:55 -
How Not to Fix U.S. Foreign Policy
Nov 26, 2024 – 42:42 -
Foreign Policy in the Second Trump Term
Nov 12, 2024 – 48:00 -
The Trouble with Tariffs and the Future of Trade
Oct 29, 2024 – 46:14 -
Status, Revisionism, & US-China Relations
Oct 15, 2024 – 42:04 -
Is Whataboutism Effective?
Oct 1, 2024 – 39:08 -
Why Can't America Retrench?
Sep 17, 2024 – 51:46 -
Not Another Axis of Evil
Sep 3, 2024 – 43:53 -
The Pentagon’s Budgetary Time Bomb
Aug 20, 2024 – 40:44 -
The Rising Costs of Overseas Military Bases
Aug 6, 2024 – 58:12 -
Security Dilemmas, Great Powers, & International Order
Jul 22, 2024 – 54:23 -
Should America Let Europe Defend Itself?
Jul 10, 2024 – 41:53 -
Ukraine, NATO, and the End of the War
Jun 25, 2024 – 32:01 -
Why Security Assistance Fails
Jun 11, 2024 – 46:47 -
Classical Realism, Purpose, and the Rise of China
May 28, 2024 – 50:22 -
The Trouble with US Support for Israel & Ukraine
May 14, 2024 – 56:46 -
Drones, Secrecy, and Endless War
Apr 30, 2024 – 53:00 -
Regional "Push Factors" in the Emigration Upsurge
Apr 16, 2024 – 43:20 -
Reevaluating the "Special Relationship" with Israel
Apr 6, 2024 – 33:58 -
The Economics of Great Power War & Peace
Mar 19, 2024 – 1:08:05 -
The Hard Choice of Retrenchment
Mar 5, 2024 – 57:08 -
The Will to Hegemony
Feb 20, 2024 – 49:58 -
Elite Politics & the Hawkish Bias in US Foreign Policy
Feb 6, 2024 – 1:02:44 -
Managing Instability in Europe, Asia, & the Middle East
Jan 23, 2024 – 42:40 -
Arms, Influence, and the Military Industrial Complex
Jan 9, 2024 – 41:02 -
The Middle East Is a Powder Keg. Washington Is Making It Worse
Dec 26, 2023 – 38:02 -
The Economic War on China Is Self-Defeating
Dec 12, 2023 – 49:58 -
"Credibility" Is Not What You Think It Is
Nov 28, 2023 – 44:46 -
The Realism of Reinhold Niebuhr
Nov 14, 2023 – 34:20 -
Israel, Gaza, and America’s Broken Middle East Policy
Oct 31, 2023 – 46:50 -
America Is Eroding the International Order
Oct 17, 2023 – 43:20 -
Human Psychology and Nuclear Brinkmanship
Oct 3, 2023 – 43:49 -
Middling Powers & U.S. Decline
Sep 19, 2023 – 40:26 -
Can the “Restraint Coalition” Endure?
Sep 5, 2023 – 45:52 -
Tripwires, Public Opinion, & War
Aug 22, 2023 – 51:38 -
The Perils of Being the World's Biggest Arms Trafficker
Aug 8, 2023 – 47:06 -
Social Science, Think Tanks, & National Security Policy
Jul 25, 2023 – 52:31 -
India, the Swing State?
Jul 11, 2023 – 47:37 -
The National Security Implications of Artificial Intelligence
Jun 27, 2023 – 36:18 -
Nobody Wins in Ukraine
Jun 13, 2023 – 44:58 -
Managing China, Avoiding War
May 30, 2023 – 55:33
Recent Reviews
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jdubinMKEWeak analysisThe recurrent attacks by Hamas on Israel are existential. Even when you rely on the questionable numbers given by Hamas, the ratio of civilian to combatant casualties is likely the lowest in the history of warfare. IDF is understandably cautious but saying they are indiscriminate or that the war is simply an example of collective punishment is untrue. The host never challenges the guest.
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Harmony4USABiden’s Foreign Policy Promise aka Trump did it all wrongVery disappointing episode. Trump certainly wasn’t perfect and his approach to foreign policy was not conventional. Yet he accomplished some positives and some negatives. Biden is the return to the norm- some positive some negatives. The biggest negative being the US will bear the brunt of cost. The guest go from an acceptable conversation of what Biden has done to a rant on how wrong Trumps approach was. Frankly Trump was right to sanction Russia AND tell Europe to begin paying the price agreed to by Obama.
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Andieo1997Brilliant!This is the perfect choice for anyone interested in learning more about foreign policy! Each episode is informative and enjoyable.
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enelsonpaStabilizing Great Power Rivalry EpisodeWalt’s evident answer for solving great power rivalry is to dissolve NATO and elect a Republican as President. None of Prof Walt’s total critiques of NATO and Biden would hold up if an objective expert had been in the room.
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PNHLimey3-May-2022 | Paul Pillar DrivelThe TDS is strong in this one!
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jeallen92Wonderful showThe guests are always compelling and clearly know what they’re talking about. John Glaser is a fantastic host
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BurCapGreat podcastThis is one of the best IR/foreign policy podcasts out there. I look forward to every episode.
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Otis Junior Nixon Jr.This dude from Swarthmore is an idiot.I can’t believe he’s a professor. He doesn’t know the first thing about Vietnam, Iran, Iraq or Afghanistan.
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SeminoleJackThis is great stuff!Love all foreign policy and IR stuff but particularly the discussions on civil-military relations.
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Donut OfficerBipolarLove it and Hate it. I enjoy the focus on liberty in domestic policy and find the foreign relations application prone to failure. Surprised to hear governance experts supporting CVN-71 CO, but maybe that is a libertarian policy error.
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Brad DaviesIntro sound too loudTruly great pod. Either intro music goes on too long or it needs to be more muted when the host begins talking. They sound more clashing than complementary.
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ZhacklanderNon-interventionist stalwartsThis podcast has the best takes on non-interventionist policy out of any political organization.
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Bathe greatCatoAwesome great
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caprebleAlways great guests and even better discussionsThis show covers a range of interesting topics and is always timely and topical. I especially like hearing how guests came to be interested in foreign and defense policy as a career. Give it a listen!
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Evan K. SummersExcellent Balanced & DigestableI’m by no means a international affairs wink but I find this skeptical view of US foreign policy to be helpful for me to understand the world and news around me.
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Chyron HDTVBest foreign policy podcast!This is really the best international relations / defense podcast out there, and it’s still so new! They have great guests and it is very well produced.
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Don_DrumpfThumbs UpTwo rockstars! Smart on the issues, witty on the delivery. Must listen podcast for the international relations & national security minded.
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clay_vickersCalm, cool, and collectedThis podcast is really well-produced. It sounds good and I'm enjoying the insights.
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