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Power Problems

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 distinguished guests from across the political spectrum. Podcast Hashtag: #FPPowerProblems.

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Latest Episodes:

The US: Global Force for Good? May 17, 2018

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Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall shift from military affairs this week to talk about humanitarian aid with American University’s Jessica Trisko Darden.

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It’s (Not) a Thucydides Trap: Rising Powers and Time Horizons May 01, 2018

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Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall are joined by David Edelstein of Georgetown University to discuss how great powers respond to rising challengers.

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Arms Bizarre: Selling Weapons in the Age of Trump Apr 16, 2018

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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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Out of Africa: A New Front in the War on Terror Apr 02, 2018

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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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Here Comes the New Russia, Same as the Old Russia Mar 21, 2018

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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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Yemen: One War or Three? Mar 05, 2018

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We discuss the ongoing war in Yemen and U.S. involvement with Kate Kizer from Win Without War.

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The Nuclear Posture Review: Pushing All the Wrong Buttons? Feb 20, 2018

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Hans Kristensen from the Federation of American Scientists joins us today to discuss the Trump administration’s Nuclear Posture Review.

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The Trump Doctrine at One Year Jan 31, 2018

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Kathleen Hicks from CSIS and Hal Brands from Johns Hopkins SAIS join us to talk about Trump’s foreign policy at the one year mark.

Guest bio: Kathleen Hicks
Guest bio: Hal Brands
National Security Strategy
Summary of the 2018 National Defense Strategy

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A Trade Policy Deficit Jan 10, 2018

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Guest Bio: Nate Olson
2017 National Security Strategy
Nate Olson, “How Donald Trump Can Avoid a Trade War with China”
Pew Research, “Support for Free Trade Rebounds.”

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Hype and Hype-ability: Threat Inflation in U.S. Foreign Policy Dec 26, 2017

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A Dangerous World? edited by Christopher A. Preble and John Mueller
American Foreign Policy and the Politics of Fear edited by A. Trevor Thrall and Jane K. Cramer
Curiosity: How Will the World End?

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