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July 24, 2018Counterterrorism Strategy in the Trump Era - Firm or Faux?
U.S. counterterrorism has been a mixture of unilateral policies and multilateral partnerships. Stephen Tankel of American University joins us today to discuss the trajectory of U.S. counterterrorism strategy under the Trump administration.
Stephen Tankel’s bio
John Glaser’s bio
Stephen Tankel, With Us and Against Us: How America’s Partners Help and Hinder the War on Terror
Stephen Tankel, “https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/09/11/fighting-terrorism-takes-a-global-effort-how-have-3-u-s-presidents-fared-16-years-after-911/?utm_term=.3964cbb11a04,” Monkey Cage, September 11, 2017
Joshua A. Geltzer and Stephen Tankel, “Whatever Happened to Trump’s Counterterrorism Strategy,” The Atlantic, March 1, 2018
Stephen Tankel, “Donald Trump’s Shadow War,” Politico, May 9, 2018
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53 min
July 10, 2018Works for Wonks: A Summer Reading List
James Goldgeier
The Americans
Deborah D. Avant, The Market for Force: The Consequences of Privatizing Security
Nick Bostrom, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Steve Coll, Directorate S: The CIA, and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Roger Fisher, William L. Ury, and Bruce Patton, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
Paul Holden, Indefensible: Seven Myths that Sustain the Global Arms Trade
Robert Jervis, Perception and Misconception in International Politics
Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon
Hans Morgethau, Politics Among Nations
Occupied
Steven Pinker, The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
Ben Rhodes, The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House
Joe Sacco, Palestine
Elizabeth Saunders, Leaders at War: How Presidents Shape Military Interventions
Brent Steele, Ontological Security in International Relations: Self‐Identity and the IR State
Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel
Kenneth N. Waltz, Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis
Earl Weaver, Winning!
Jack Goldstone, Political Demography: How Population Changes Are Reshaping International Security and National Politics
Justin Vaïsse, Zbigniew Brzezinski: America’s Grand Strategist
Kori Schake, Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony
Margaret Maron
Charlene Harris
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30 min
June 26, 2018When Terrorists Have Ji-had Enough
Julie Chernov Hwang from Goucher College joins Trevor Thrall and Sahar Khan to discuss why Indonesian jihadists leave militancy in her new book, Why Terrorists Quit.
Julie Chernov Hwang’s bio
Why Terrorists Quit: The Disengagement of Indonesian Jihadists
Julie Chernov Hwang, “The Unintended Consequences of Amending Indonesia’s Anti‐Terrorism Law,” Lawfare Blog, October 1, 2017
Anita Rachman and Ben Otto, “Families with Bombs: Islamic State inspires new wave of Indonesian Terrorism,” Wall Street Journal, May 14, 2018
Sidney Jones, “How ISIS has changed terrorism in Indonesia,” New York Times, May 22, 2018
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41 min
June 12, 2018Statesmanship in the 21st Century
Bruce Jentleson from Duke University joins Trevor Thrall and Sahar Khan to discuss the importance of statesmanship and his new book, The Peacemakers.
Show notes:
Guest Bio: Bruce Jentleson
The Peacemakers
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38 min
May 29, 2018To Summit or Not to Summit? Trump and North Korea
Show description: In a special 2‑part episode, Emma Ashford, Trevor Thrall, and new co‐host, Sahar Kahn, discuss North Korea and the prospects for a nuclear summit with Cato Policy Analyst Eric Gomez.
Guest bio: Eric Gomez
Power Problems Episode #4, September 19, 2017: Kim Jong Trump
Eric Gomez, “Not Quite Back to the Drawing Board with North Korea”
Eric Gomez, “Keep Calm and Summit On”
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55 min
May 17, 2018The US: Global Force for Good?
Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall shift from military affairs this week to talk about humanitarian aid with American University’s Jessica Trisko Darden.
Guest bio: Jessica Trisko Darden
Humanitarian Aid and War
Is Humanitarian Aid a Waste?
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41 min
May 01, 2018It’s (Not) a Thucydides Trap: Rising Powers and Time Horizons
Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall are joined by David Edelstein of Georgetown University to discuss how great powers respond to rising challengers.
Guest Bio: David Edelstein
Over the Horizon: Time, Uncertainty, and the Rise of Great Powers
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45 min
April 16, 2018Arms Bizarre: Selling Weapons in the Age of Trump
Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall are joined by Cato’s own Caroline Dorminey to discuss U.S. arms sales in the Trump era.
Guest bio: Caroline Dorminey
Caroline Dorminey and Trevor Thrall. “Risky Business: the Role of Arms Sales in U.S. Foreign Policy”
Paul Holden (ed.) Indefensible: Seven Myths That Sustain the Global Arms TradeM
Jonathan Caverley. “America’s Arms Sales Policy: Security Abroad, Not Jobs at Home”
Amnesty International. “Iraq: Taking Stock of Arming the Islamic State”
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33 min
April 02, 2018Out of Africa: A New Front in the War on Terror
Today Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall discuss the expansion of the U.S. war on terror into Africa with Bronwyn Bruton from the Atlantic Council.
Guest Bio: Bronwyn Bruton
Bronwyn Bruton, “Ethiopia: In the Eye of the Storm”
U.S. News and World Report, “Where in the World Is the U.S. Military? Everywhere”
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45 min
March 21, 2018Here Comes the New Russia, Same as the Old Russia
Vladimir Putin won re‐election handily, but the future of U.S.-Russia relations is a tougher question. We chat with Matthew Rojanksy of the Woodrow Wilson Center.
Guest Bio: Matthew Rojansky
“U.S. Russia Policy” in Our Foreign Policy Choices
“Why New Russia Sanctions Won’t Change Moscow’s Behavior” in Foreign Affairs
The Legacy of George Kennan Conference
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40 min

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Power Problems is a bi-weekly podcast from the Cato Institute. Host John Glaser offers a skeptical take on U.S. foreign policy, and discusses today’s big questions in international security with…