Best Jeremy Schuessler Podcasts (2025)

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Curt Mills on Trump's Foreign Policy 100 Days In 46:58

3h ago46:58

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This week on Security Dilemma, John Allen Gay and A.J. Manuzzi spoke with Curt Mills, the Executive Director of The American Conservative, where he previously served as senior reporter and contributing editor. He specializes in foreign policy and campaign coverage. Our conversation touched on some of the Trump Administration's seminal initiatives, …

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John Vick on Africa and the Middle East 46:31

14d ago46:31

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This week on Security Dilemma, John Allen Gay and Michael Culp spoke with John Vick, the Executive Director of Concerned Veterans for America. John Vick enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2003, and deployed to al-Anbar, Iraq in 2005. He has also served in the Navy, mobilizing twice in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, and he continues to serve in…

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Sabreena Croteau on the Economic Drivers of Naval Force Structure 45:04

21d ago45:04

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On this week's episode of Security Dilemma, John Allen Gay and A.J. Manuzzi interviewed Sabreena Croteau. Sabreena is a Research Fellow at Defense Priorities and recently defended her dissertation to earn her doctorate in Political Science from the University of Chicago. Her dissertation, titled “Security the Seas: The Political Economy of Naval Fo…

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Aude Darnal on the Global South in the Trump Era 1:02:34

27d ago1:02:34

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On this week's episode of Security Dilemma, John Allen Gay and A.J. Manuzzi spoke with Aude Darnal, a Research Analyst and Project Manager at the Stimson Center, and the founder and leader of the Global South in the World Order Project — hosted by the Reimagining US Grand Strategy Program. Prior to joining Stimson, Aude served as an associate direc…

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Is a Career in Political Risk Right for You? 47:57

2M ago47:57

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Is a career in political risk right for you? On March 13, JQAS recorded a webinar about careers in the private geopolitical risk sector with several alumni of the Society. The panelists and co-hosts John Allen Gay and Julie Thompson-Gomez discussed what a typical day in the life for someone in the industry looks like, how prospective applicants can…

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Spencer Ackerman on the Global War on Terror and Biden's Legacy 58:54

2M ago58:54

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On this week's episode of Security Dilemma, John Allen Gay and A.J. Manuzzi interview Spencer Ackerman, a Pulitzer Prize and National Magazine Award-winning reporter, who has covered the War on Terror and U.S. foreign policy for The New Republic, Wired, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, and Zeteo. He is also the author of Reign of Terror: How the 9/11…

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Sarang Shidore on the Global South and the U.S.-Philippines Alliance 1:04:48

2M ago1:04:48

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On this week's episode of Security Dilemma, John Allen Gay and A.J. Manuzzi interview Sarang Shidore, the director of the Global South Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Our conversation discussed whether interests, ideology, or both drive the policies of some Global South states, whether China is part of the Global South, …

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Skip Shelton: Practitioner's Journey to Realism and Restraint 1:02:10

2M ago1:02:10

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On this week's episode of Security Dilemma, John Allen Gay and A.J. Manuzzi interview Skip Shelton, a career foreign policy professional with experience in defense, diplomacy, and development about the unique career journey that brought him from coordinating elections in Iraq and building roads in Afghanistan to working on Somalia's security assist…

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John Schuessler on Offshore Balancing and Presidential Wartime Deceit 54:09

3M ago54:09

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On this week's episode of Security Dilemma, John Allen Gay and A.J. Manuzzi interview John Schuessler, Associate Professor in the Department of International Affairs and Co-Director of the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy at Texas A&M University's Bush School of Government and Public Service. Dr. Schuessler is the author of Deceit on the Road to…

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Jeremy Shapiro on Competing GOP Foreign Policy Visions 47:44

3M ago47:44

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On this week's episode ofSecurity Dilemma, John Allen Gay and A.J. Manuzzi interview Jeremy Shapiro, Research Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Shapiro was previously a fellow at the Brookings Institution, as well as a member of the State Department's policy planning staff, where he advised the Secretary of State on U.S. po…

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Rose Kelanic on Syria and Energy Security 52:19

3M ago52:19

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John Allen Gay and A.J. Manuzzi interview Rose Kelanic, Director of the Middle East Program at Defense Priorities, discussing why Washington should take a "wait-and-see" approach to Syria's new government, President Trump's new Executive Orders on energy security, and whether the U.S. military needs to be in the Persian Gulf for oil. This episode w…

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The Society Forecasts Foreign Policy in 2025 1:01:51

4M ago1:01:51

1:01:51

John Allen Gay and A.J. Manuzzi discuss their expectations for foreign policy in 2025, including how the incoming Trump Administration could approach the Middle East, China, Europe, Latin America, and more. Link to Matt Duss's piece in The Guardian Recorded 1/10/2025

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Janet Abou-Elias and Lillian Mauldin on Arms Transfers and the "Imperial Boomerang" 40:44

5M ago40:44

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John Allen Gay and A.J. Manuzzi interview Janet Abou-Elias and Lillian Mauldin, co-founders of Women for Weapons Trade Transparency and Research Fellows at the Center for International Policy. Janet is also an alumna of the Society's Marcellus Policy Fellowship, for which she wrote a policy analysis on the War Reserve Stockpile Allies-Israel. Our c…

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Dan Spokojny on Reforming American Diplomacy 57:06

5M ago57:06

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John Allen Gay and A.J. Manuzzi interview Dan Spokojny, a former U.S. Foreign Service Officer and the founder of fp21, a think tank devoted to promoting more evidence and learning based foreign policy processes. This conversation discussed knowledge management, groupthink, U.S. policy processes, and efforts at State Department reform. You can learn…

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Jennifer Kavanagh on the Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East 59:27

5M ago59:27

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John Allen Gay and A.J. Manuzzi interview Jennifer Kavanagh, a Senior Fellow and the Director of Military Analysis at Defense Priorities, discussing the state of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. This episode was recorded on October 25, 2024

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Kelly Grieco on the Future of Air Power and the Indo-Pacific 53:56

5M ago53:56

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John Allen Gay and A.J. Manuzzi interview Kelly Grieco, a Senior Fellow at the Stimson Center's Reimagining US Grand Strategy Program, discussing geography and the regional balance of power in East Asia, proposals for an "Asian NATO," the Air Force's ongoing modernization efforts, and more.

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Christopher Shell on the 2024 Election and Foreign Policy 44:53

6M ago44:53

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John Allen Gay and A.J. Manuzzi interview Christopher Shell, a Fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Un-Diplomatic episode Carnegie survey on "Race, Foreign Policy, and the 2024 Presidential Election"

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Ari Tolany on Arms Sales and Oversight 59:03

6M ago59:03

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John Allen Gay and A.J. Manuzzi interview Ari Tolany, Director of the Security Assistance, Technology and the Arms Trade program at the Center for International Policy.

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Peter Harris on Retrenchment, Taiwan and the Chagos Islands 57:35

7M ago57:35

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AJ Manuzzi and John Allen Gay have a conversation with Peter Harris, Associate Professor of Political Science at Colorado State University in Fort Collins and Non-Resident Fellow at the think tank Defense Priorities. Dr. Harris’s teaching and research focuses on international security and U.S. foreign policy. He received his PhD in Government from …

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Will Ruger on Realism and Restraint 56:44

9M ago56:44

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This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay have a conversation with Dr. William Ruger – the President of the American Institute for Economic Research and the Chair of the Board of Directors of the John Quincy Adams Society. Dr. Ruger is a long-time advocate for realist foreign policy, a decorated veteran of the war in Afgh…

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LIVE: Eugene Gholz and Michael Desch on Restraint 1:08:00

9M ago1:08:00

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This week, we have a live recording of one of our JQAS summer conference sessions - "Redteaming Restraint with Dr. Eugene Gholz and Dr. Michael Desch". In it, John Allen Gay and our conference participants asked some of the most challenging questions they had about restraint in U.S. foreign policy and Dr. Gholz and Dr. Desch answered them. Note: Th…

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Jake Johnston on Haiti 48:26

9M ago48:26

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This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and A.J. Manuzzi spoke about Haiti with Jake Johnston, Senior Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington DC. Jake is the lead author of CEPR's Haiti: Relief and Reconstruction blog and the author of the book Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism and the Bat…

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Mike DiMino and Dan Caldwell Return - Ukraine and the Middle East 1:01:14

10M ago1:01:14

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This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay spoke with Mike DiMino and Dan Caldwell of Defense Priorities. Mike is a fellow at Defense Priorities, a former career CIA military analyst and counterterrorism officer who’s worked on everything from operational assignments overseas to the EUCOM to the President’s Daily Brief. Da…

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Nathaniel Powell on West Africa 45:08

10M ago45:08

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This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and A.J. Manuzzi spoke with Dr. Nathaniel Powell, West Africa Analyst at Oxford Analytica. Dr. Powell is the author of France’s Wars in Chad: Military Intervention and Decolonization in Africa, an honorary researcher at Lancaster University’s Centre for War and Diplomacy. Our conversation today rang…

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Ali Wyne on Great Powers and Cold Wars 1:02:48

10M ago1:02:48

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This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and AJ Manuzzi spoke with Ali Wyne, Senior Research and Advocacy Advisor on U.S.-China at International Crisis Group. Ali analyzes the development of U.S. policy toward China and formulates ICG recommendations for managing crises and preventing conflicts between Washington and Beijing. He has previo…

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James Acton on Nuclear Targeting and Escalation 49:40

11M ago49:40

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This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay spoke with Dr. James Acton, co-director of the Carnegie Endowment’s Nuclear Policy Program. Dr. Acton has a PhD in theoretical physics from Cambridge and he’s testified to the House Armed Services Committee, House Appropriations Committee and US-China Economic and Security Review …

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Julia Gledhill on the Defense Budget 43:34

11M ago43:34

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This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay spoke with Julia Gledhill, a Research Associate at the Stimson Center and a former JQAS chapter leader who's a rising star in DC tracking Pentagon spending, military contracting and weapons acquisition. She's appeared on NPR, More Perfect Union and she's now a co-host on the newes…

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Brandon Valeriano on Cyberwarfare and Sci-Fi Soft Power 48:18

11M ago48:18

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This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay spoke with Dr. Brandon Valeriano, a professor at Seton Hall University. Dr. Valeriano is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Marine Corps University as a Senior Advisor to the Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0 and he’s additionally written a number of books on the subject, including…

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Josh Shifrinson on Ukraine, Thucydides and Realism 42:02

11M ago42:02

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This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay spoke with Dr. Joshua Shifrinson, a professor at the University of Maryland, non-resident senior fellow at the Cato Institute and author of Rising Titans, Falling Giants. This was a great conversation about the rise and fall of great powers, American involvement in the war in Ukra…

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Christopher McCallion on Grand Strategy 45:37

12M ago45:37

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This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay had a conversation with Christopher McCallion, a Fellow at Defense Priorities. We talk all about grand strategy, from hegemonic stability theory to reckless driving from allies and more. Read Shield of the Republic Read The Balance of Power…

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Stephen Wertheim Returns: Restraint and Retrenchment 43:56

12M ago43:56

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On this episode of Security Dilemma, we have our first return guest on the show - Dr. Stephen Wertheim. Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay joined him at his offices at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to discuss Ukraine, NATO, restraint, "retrenchment" and the foreign policy implications of the 2024 elections. After the release of …

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Reid Smith on Restraint in U.S. Foreign Policy 53:58

12M ago53:58

53:58

This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay spoke with Reid Smith, Vice President of Foreign Policy at StandTogether. Reid is an important advocate for realism and restraint in U.S. foreign policy, coordinating support for many of the researchers, and academics featured on this show. This episode dives into the premises of …

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Brandan Buck on Old Right Opposition To Empire 54:34

1y ago54:34

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This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and Michael D. Culp interview Brandan P. Buck, a historian of right-wing opposition to U.S. foreign policy and the national security state through the Cold War. We talk about the origins of the "Old Right" through the first World War, the perspective they offered in the rise of American internationa…

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Osamah Khalil on A World Of Enemies 1:06:14

1y ago1:06:14

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This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay interviewed Dr. Osamah Khalil, the author of the new book A World Of Enemies: America's Wars at Home and Abroad from Kennedy to Biden. This book covers the history of how endless wars have affected American domestic policy, from Vietnam and COINTELPRO to the Global War on Terror. …

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John Byrnes and Tyler Koteskey on Veterans, Reservists and Warships 1:03:16

1y ago1:03:16

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This week on Security Dilemma, John Allen Gay and Patrick Carver Fox talk with John Byrnes and Tyler Koteskey of Concerned Veterans for America. This episode covers how veteran communities have been affected by the Global War on Terror, the use and misuse of reservists and national guardsmen, naval procurement and more. John Byrnes is strategic dir…

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Special: Iran's Retaliation and the National Interest 10:02

1y ago10:02

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This afternoon, John Allen Gay sat down to give his thoughts on recent developments in the Middle East and the threat of Iranian retaliation. John Allen Gay is the Executive Director of The John Quincy Adams Society, Security Dilemma host and co-author of War With Iran: Political, Military and Economic Consequences, published in 2013.…

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Gregory Brew on Oil, Energy and the Red Sea 56:20

1y ago56:20

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This week on Security Dilemma, John Allen Gay and Patrick Carver Fox speak with Dr. Gregory Brew about the changing paradigms of energy markets, from "the great de-risking" to the green energy transition, and what all this means for U.S. national security. Dr. Brew is an analyst at the Eurasia Group and a researcher on the formation of the global o…

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Paul Pillar on Gaza and Israeli Politics 50:12

1y ago50:12

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This week on Security Dilemma, John Allen Gay and Patrick Carver Fox spoke with Dr. Paul R. Pillar, a 28-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency who served as the National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia from 2000 to 2005. A Vietnam veteran, he rose to serve as the Executive Assistant to CIA Director William Webster, t…

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Jon Hoffman on Gaza and Middle East Politics 49:32

1y ago49:32

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This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and A.J. Manuzzi interview Dr. Jon Hoffman, a policy analyst in defense and foreign policy at the Cato Institute. He holds a PhD in political science from George Mason, part of the Middle East Policy Council’s “40 under 40” and he writes about Middle East geopolitics in publications like Foreign Pol…

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Dale Copeland on China and Commerce 53:01

1y ago53:01

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This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay interview Dr. Dale Copeland, a professor at the University of Virginia. Dr. Copeland recently published a new book called A World Safe for Commerce: American Foreign Policy From The Revolution To The Rise of China. At UVA, Dr. Copeland studies the impact of the rise and decline of…

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Murtaza Hussain on Pakistan and American Intervention 47:22

1y ago47:22

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This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay interview Murtaza Hussain, a writer at The Intercept. He's broken major stories about America's involvement in Pakistani politics and we talk about that along with humanitarian aid in Gaza, airstrikes on the Houthis, the Iranian dissident group MEK and the FBI's entrapment of teen…

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James Siebens on the South China Sea and Armed Coercion 51:41

1y ago51:41

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This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay interviewed James A. Siebens, a Fellow at the Stimson Center's Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy program. He leads Stimson's Defense Strategy and Planning project and he’s the editor of China’s Use of Armed Coercion, a 2023 study on China’s use of military and paramilitary forces. O…

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Derek Davison on Middle East Autocracies and the War on Terror 51:13

1y ago51:13

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This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and A.J. Manuzzi interviewed Derek Davison of Foreign Exchanges and American Prestige. We talk about his analysis of American policy in the Middle East, from the true intentions of the Obama Administration in the Arab Spring to the current relationship between the United States and the Pakistani mil…

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John Ramming Chappell on Arms Sales and Civilian Harm 47:16

1y ago47:16

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This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and A.J. Manuzzi interviewed John Ramming Chappell, an Advocacy and Legal Fellow at the Center for Civilians in Conflict's U.S. program. Our conversation today ranged from the laws that regulate arms sales and security assistance and how often the United States follows its own laws in practice.…

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Jon Askonas on Technology, Ukraine and the Defense Industry 43:32

1y ago43:32

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This week on Security Dilemma, we spoke with Dr. Jon Askonas about the technology of warfare, the state of the defense industry and war in Eastern Europe. Dr. Askonas is a professor of Political Science at Catholic University of America and a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation.Dr. Askonas's article on the Discord Leaks Dr. Asko…

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Rep. Warren Davidson on Congress's Role in Foreign Policy 32:45

1y ago32:45

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This week on Security Dilemma, we spoke with Rep. Warren Davidson, a Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee representing Ohio's 8th District. Rep. Davidson is a veteran of the Army Rangers and the 101st Airborne. Our conversation today covered his perspective on aid to Israel, American strikes on Houthis in Yemen, the on-going conflict o…

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Aileen Teague on Mexico and National Security 48:30

1y ago48:30

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This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and AJ Manuzzi interview Dr. Aileen Teague, a professor at Texas A&M’s Bush School and a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute about her work covering Mexico and its relationship with American national security. This conversation is based on her paper for the Quincy Institute - Responsibly Dem…

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John Hulsman on American Realism 1:10:41

1+ y ago1:10:41

1:10:41

This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay interview Dr. John Hulsman, a political risk consultant and author of The Last Best Hope: A History of American Realism. Prior to his work in political risk, Dr. Hulsman served as Fellow in European Policy Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Se…

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John Allen Gay on the John Quincy Adams Society 45:26

1+ y ago45:26

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What is the John Quincy Adams Society? This week, Security Dilemma hosts John Allen Gay and Patrick Carver Fox have a conversation about the organization behind programs like Security Dilemma, the Marcellus Policy Fellowship, the Strategic Leaders Fellowship and so much more. Check out our website for more details and sign-up for the weekly JQAS ne…

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Yameen Huq on AI and Cyber Futures 53:24

1+ y ago53:24

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This week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay interview Yameen Huq, the Director of Cybersecurity at the Aspen Institute. We discuss artificial intelligence, its impact on cybersecurity and implications for American national security. Our conversation today is based on Yameen's new report "Envisioning Cyber Futures with AI". …

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