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Nadia Schadlow on Strategy, the Gray Zone, and the Hard Work of Implementation
The former Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy on the gap between strategy and execution, the gray zone between peace and war, and what…
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Ambassador Daniel Fried on NATO Enlargement, the Free World Strategy, and the X Factor in Diplomacy
The former U.S. Ambassador to Poland and Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs discusses NATO, post-Cold War Europe, and why…
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Tyson Barker on U.S.-European Risk, Mentorship, Languages, and Planning for Uncertainty
Former Deputy Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery Tyson Barker is a senior associate fellow at the German Council on Foreign…
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Richard Haass on Ukraine, China, and the Price of Rewarding Aggression
Richard Haass is president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations and a former senior official in the State Department, Pentagon, White House, and…
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Ambassador Lisa J. Kubiske on Diplomacy, Judgment, and the Reality of Foreign Service Work
Former U.S. Ambassador to Honduras Lisa J. Kubiske served for 35 years in the Foreign Service, with senior roles in Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and…
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Michael O’Hanlon on America’s Restless Defense Strategy, the Myth of Isolationism, and Protecting Time for Real Research
Michael O’Hanlon is director of research in Brookings’s Foreign Policy program and the author of To Dare Mighty Things: U.S. Defense Strategy Since the…
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Mara Karlin on War’s Long Shadow, the Cost of Deterrence, and How Young People Can Learn to Decide
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities Mara Karlin has served in national security roles across six secretaries of…
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Sarah Kreps on AI, Drones, Guardrails, and the New National Security
John L. Wetherill Professor Sarah Kreps directs Cornell’s Tech Policy Institute and studies the intersection of technology, international politics, and…
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Zack Cooper on Denial, Crisis Stability, and Being “Useful” Early
Zack Cooper is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a lecturer at Princeton University. This conversation covers deterrence in Asia…
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Paul Poast on Alliance Credibility, the Political Economy of Security, and How to Think Like a Scholar
University of Chicago associate professor Paul Poast studies international security, alliance politics, and the political economy of war.
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Ambassador Michael Battle on Ministry, Diplomacy, and Translating Reality Back to Washington
Michael Battle is a former U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania and the African Union, as well as a longtime clergy, academic, and military chaplain.
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Ambassador Rick Barton on Peaceful Democratic Change, Early Warning, and the Venture Capital of Peacebuilding
Frederick Barton is a lecturer at Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs, the author of Peace Works, and a former senior U.S. official.
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