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Power Problems episodes

October 16, 2017Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
Show Notes
Guest Bio: Alexander Downes
Targeting Civilians in War
“Rohingya Account Atrocities,” New York Times
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43 min
October 03, 2017The Art of the (Nuclear) Deal
Show Notes:
Guest Bio: Ariane Tabatabai
“Preserving the Nuclear Deal”
“Regime Change in Iran Wouldn’t Work”
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31 min
September 19, 2017Kim Jong Trump
Tensions are rising on the Korean peninsula, between North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests and Trump’s inflammatory tweets. We discuss the situation with Joshua Pollack. Show notes:
Guest Bio: Joshua Pollack
What Does the Timing of North Korea’s Missile Tests Mean?
Is Ballistic Missile Defense the Answer?
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31 min
September 14, 2017Same Strategy, Different Day
Today we talk about Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy with Sameer Lalwani. Is there anything new here?
Show notes:
Guest Bio: Sameer Lalwani
Trump’s Televised Speech on Afghanistan Strategy
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37 min
September 12, 2017It’s All about Those (Military) Bases
This week we ask John Glaser: why does the U.S. have so many military bases around the world? Show notes:
Guest Bio: John Glaser
John Glaser, “Withdrawing from Overseas Bases: Why a Forward‐Deployed Military Posture Is Unnecessary, Outdated, and Dangerous”
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30 min
September 11, 2017More Power More Problems
Christopher Preble joins us to discuss what restraint in foreign policy means and what it would look like in practice.
Show notes:
Guest Bio: Christopher Preble
Barry Posen, Restraint: A New Foundation for U.S. Grand Strategy
Cato Institute, “Our Foreign Policy Choices: Rethinking America’s Global Role”
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36 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…