Host Jon Olson talks with Elisabeth Braw of the American Enterprise Institute about Sweden’s bid to join the NATO Alliance, among other topics with a world in turmoil. 

 Host Jon Olson and Carleton College Political Science Professor Greg Marfleet discuss the current situation in the Middle East. 

 Host Jon Olson talks with Dr. Marina Miron from King’s College London about human augmentation and the potential impacts in the national security arena. 

This week, host Jon Olson's guest is Erin Sikorsky, Director of the Center for Climate and Security, and they discuss the nexus of climate change and American national security interests. 

Host Jon Olson talks with Dr. Vasileios Karagiannopoulos about cyber security, the role of cyber in the defense of Ukraine, and a phenomenon called “Hacktivism.” 

 Host Jon Olson and Professor Rajan Menon discuss the critical importance of the Global South, and the rise of a new “non-aligned movement” around the world. 

This week, host Jon Olson talks with Dr. Ryan Berg, who heads the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). They discuss an American Grand Strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean. 

 Host Jon Olson and Professor Anthony Lott from the Department of Political Science at the College of St. Olaf discuss current crisis areas around the world. 

Host Jon Olson talks with James Borton, Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) about environmental security in the South China Sea. 

Host Jon Olson and Mark Cozad from the RAND Corporation discuss two major studies RAND completed on the People’s Liberation Army, and on China’s foreign policy calculations inside the Great Power Competition framework.