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SubscribersChris, Melanie, and Zack, convene for a wide-ranging discussion of U.S. current and prospective military operations against the country of Venezuela, and the regime of Nicolas Maduro. Why is the Unite...
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- 9 months ago
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Chris, Melanie, and Zack launch their first Stimson-hosted Net Assessment show with a look at policymaking in the Trump administration. What are the major areas of consensus and disagreement within th...
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- 1 year ago
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Chris, Melanie, and Zack are joined by a special guest for a big announcement. They also lament the demise of the Office of Net Assessment, debate the merits of DOGE, and discuss Secretary Hegseth's v...
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- 1 year ago
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Chris, Melanie, and Zack debate whether Israel will strike Iranian nuclear facilities and whether the United States would discourage, encourage, or participate in such an operation. They come to very ...
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- 1 year ago
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In this show, Melanie, Chris, and Zack discuss Timothy Heath's recent paper on China's military capabilities. Heath argues that the People's Liberation Army mostly focused on preserving the Chinese Co...
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- 1 year ago
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The Net Assessment team discusses Frank Hoffman's recent Joint Force Quarterly article about risk. They share concerns about the challenges that U.S. policymakers face in evaluating risk in a structur...
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- 1 year ago
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Chris, Zack, and Melanie got together to talk about the second Trump administration's agenda in the Western Hemisphere. What interests does the United States have in Latin America? Should the United S...
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- 1 year ago
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Back from their holiday break, Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss Michael Horowitz and Joshua Schwartz's recent War on the Rocks' article, which considers whether and how the United States and its allie...
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- 1 year ago
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The fall of Bashar al-Assad is transforming not just Syria but also dynamics in the broader Middle East. What implications does this have for U.S. policy in the region? Should U.S. forces withdraw, or...
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- 1 year ago
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The team sat down to talk about the very bleak situation in Ukraine. Is it impossible for Ukraine to overcome its many challenges? Will Trump's team be able to get Putin to the negotiating table, or i...
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- 1 year ago
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Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss how and if the new Trump national security team can help America reset its strategic mindset. What would a successful overmatch strategy look like, in action? How woul...
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- 1 year ago
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The United States has a growing disconnect between its foreign policy objectives and the resources it devotes to national security, but inertia has hampered meaningful policy change in recent years. C...
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- 1 year ago
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Chris, Zack, and Melanie sit down for a retrospective episode about the Biden administration's foreign and defense policy. Using U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's Foreign Affairs article "Ameri...
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- 1 year ago
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Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss the American military footprint in Europe. Why does the United States maintain such a large presence there? Are there other ways to accomplish our goals with a smaller...
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- 1 year ago
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Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss Carter Malkasian's recent article on "America's crisis of deterrence." They debate whether recent policy failures are a breakdown of deterrence theory or U.S. policy, ...
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- 1 year ago
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Chris, Zack, and Melanie sit down to talk about America's nuclear policy. Are we in a new "nuclear age," as some Biden administration officials and experts have argued? Does a bleak security environme...
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- 1 year ago
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Chris, Melanie, and Zack debate whether national security has been defined too loosely. If too many things fall under the category of national security, do we risk missing the really important ones? H...
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- 2 years ago
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Melanie, Chris, and Zack debate the findings of the Commission on the National Defense Strategy. They agree that there is a mismatch between U.S. defense strategy and the resources required to execute...
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- 2 years ago
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As Africa is seeing a dramatic rise in violent conflict and elected governments there are falling to coups, Chris, Zack, and Melanie sat down to discuss US policy for the region. What are America's na...
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- 2 years ago
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Melanie, Chris, and Zack discuss the steps that European countries can and should take to prepare for possible U.S. retrenchment from the continent. Can NATO survive a second Trump administration? Or ...
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- 2 years ago
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Upcoming elections could pull France to the right and the United Kingdom to the left, so the Net Assessment team discusses how this might alter policies in Paris and London. They discuss articles by U...
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- 2 years ago
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In the first Net Assessment recorded before a live audience, Chris, Zack, and Melanie discuss the U.S.-Turkish relationship. Has America "lost" Turkey? What are the benefits and limitations of transac...
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- 2 years ago
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Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss the nature and extent of China's engagement in the Middle East. Should the United States be concerned about China's growing involvement in Middle Eastern affairs? If s...
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- 2 years ago
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Melanie, Chris, and Zack debate Matt Pottinger and Mike Gallagher's recent article about U.S. strategy toward China. They disagree about the Biden administration's approach and whether the United Stat...
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- 2 years ago
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With American military and economic help on the way to Kyiv, Chris, Zack and Melanie discuss the Russo-Ukrainian war. Will the new American aid package make a difference in the outcome of the conflict...
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- 2 years ago
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Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss Gavin Wilde's recent article in the Texas National Security Review on foreign media manipulation. How vulnerable are citizens of democracies to manipulation through so...
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- 2 years ago
01:02:07
Chris, Melanie, and Zack debate the 2024 ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute State of Southeast Asia Survey, in which regional experts assess power trends and perceptions among the members of the Associatio...
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- 2 years ago
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Chris, Zack, and Melanie sit down to talk about the 2024 Annual Threat Assessment, created by the U.S. intelligence agencies. The report focuses on state actors and transnational issues that could be ...
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- 2 years ago
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Chris, Melanie and Zack take a close look at the United States' relationship with countries in Latin America. Why has the United States neglected Latin America in the last several decades? Should the ...
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- 2 years ago
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Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss an article on the concept of unbalanced multipolarity by Emma Ashford and Evan Cooper. They debate what might happen if the United States pulls back from its leadershi...
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- 2 years ago
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Chris, Zack, and Melanie sat down to talk about the new National Defense Industrial Strategy. Is this document really a strategy? What are the biggest problems we need to fix with respect to our defen...
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- 2 years ago
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Chris, Melanie and Zack review the Council on Foreign Relations' annual Preventive Priorities Survey, which asked foreign policy experts to rank 30 current and possible future conflicts relative to th...
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Melanie, Chris, and Zack debate whether the international order is fraying and if so, what to do about it. They focus in particular on the recent Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, and discuss...
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- 2 years ago
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Chris, Zack, and Melanie ring in the new year with a discussion on whether or not "The U.S. Needs More Foreign Entanglements," as writer Andreas Kluth argues. What, exactly, is an entangling alliance?...
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- 2 years ago
01:13:20
On this show, Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss the so-called "new Washington Consensus" – a reaction to decades of trade liberalization and free market economics that, some warn, has undermined nation...
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- 2 years ago
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Net Assessment is back! Chris, Melanie, and Zack return after a hiatus and start by debating a recent article entitled "The Dysfunctional Superpower" by Robert Gates. They agree that Washington is dee...
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- 2 years ago
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Chris, Zack, and Melanie get together to discuss Ashley Tellis's newest article, "America's Bad Bet on India." Tellis argues that if America thinks India will fight on its side in a conflict with Chin...
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- 3 years ago
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Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss a recent article by Rosella Cappella Zielinski and Samuel Gerstle in the Texas National Security Review. Zielinski and Gerstle explain why the United States should fu...
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- 3 years ago
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Chris, Melanie, and Zack debate whether the world is multipolar and discuss what the United States can do to win support for its preferred policies, particularly in the Global South. They disagree on ...
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- 3 years ago
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Chris, Zack, and Melanie sit down to talk about a new article by Eric Schmidt on whether the United States can win an innovation race with China. Where is the United States ahead and where is it behin...
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- 3 years ago
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Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss several recent articles focused on alliance burden sharing. Should America want Europe to be dependent on it for Europe's defense? Is the leverage the United States ob...
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- 3 years ago
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Is AUKUS flawed by design? Chris, Melanie, and Zack debate the AUKUS deal, particularly the newly announced plan for Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines. Is this the best way to get a crit...
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- 3 years ago
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Chris and Melanie sit down with Aaron Stein, chief content officer at War on the Rocks and co-author of a new report on Turkey's new, more independent foreign policy. Why has Ankara changed its foreig...
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- 3 years ago
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Melanie, Zack, and Chris, survey the course of Russia's brutal war of aggression in Ukraine at the one-year point, with a focus on a recent paper by RAND's Samuel Charap and Miranda Priebe. How did we...
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- 3 years ago
01:03:33
Melanie, Chris, and Zack debate Frank Hoffman's recent article in War on the Rocks about the broader implications of Russia's war in Ukraine. They discuss whether defensive systems are dominant and h...
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- 3 years ago
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Chris, Zack, and Melanie get together to talk about a new assessment of President Biden's foreign policy two years into his administration. Using "A Better Biden Doctrine" by Stephen Wertheim and Matt...
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- 3 years ago
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Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss whether it is possible, and wise, to try to stave off a conflict with China over Taiwan — possibly for a very long time. A recent article by Jude Blanchette and Ryan H...
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- 3 years ago
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Melanie, Chris, and Zack debate nuclear proliferation in Northeast Asia. Are Russia's nuclear saber-rattling, North Korea's advancing capabilities, and China's nuclear modernization program likely to ...
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- 3 years ago
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Chris, Zack, and Melanie sit down to discuss Richard Fontaine's recent Foreign Affairs article on prioritizing national security threats. Why is it so hard for those in charge of the nation's security...
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- 3 years ago
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Chris, Melanie, and Zack try to understand the U.S. government's approach to global trade. Two successive presidential administrations have turned their backs on trade liberalization, and there is lit...
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- 3 years ago
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Hosts Melanie Marlowe, Christopher Preble, and Zack Cooper, debate their way through some of the toughest and most contentious topics related to strategy, international relations, and the use of force. This podcast is brought to you by the Stimson Center and produced by University FM.
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