Very belated to this, but really bummed at this podcast is ending. It was a great resource for hearing folks whose research is at the intersection of theory and foreign policy.

John Glaser@johnglaser.bsky.social · last yr.

This was my final episode hosting Power Problems. It's been a privilege. I want to thank Cato for entrusting it to me and my listeners for the support and feedback.

Bittersweet. Been a big fan of John’s work, especially hosting PP, for awhile. He brought a refreshing clarity and rigger to foreign policy restraint that was deeply refreshing.

John Glaser@johnglaser.bsky.social · last yr.

This was my final episode hosting Power Problems. It's been a privilege. I want to thank Cato for entrusting it to me and my listeners for the support and feedback.

I was very sad to hear that this is the last episode of the Power Problems podcast with @johnglaser.bsky.social but at least he went out with a bang, interviewing @emmamashford.bsky.social about her forthcoming book _First Among Equals_ www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Embracing Multipolarity

Featuring Emma Ashford and John Glaser

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This was my final episode hosting Power Problems. It's been a privilege. I want to thank Cato for entrusting it to me and my listeners for the support and feedback.

John Glaser@johnglaser.bsky.social · last yr.

Latest w @emmamashford.bsky.social on her forthcoming book on grand strategy, how to embrace multipolarity, spheres of influence, why alliances shouldn't be sacred, economic statecraft, bureaucratic inertia, the problem of temptation, & more. Listen! t.co/nWfty75TQR

Latest w @emmamashford.bsky.social on her forthcoming book on grand strategy, how to embrace multipolarity, spheres of influence, why alliances shouldn't be sacred, economic statecraft, bureaucratic inertia, the problem of temptation, & more. Listen! t.co/nWfty75TQR

Latest w Nick Anderson & Daryl Press on the balance of power on the Korean Peninsula, the potential consequences of an outbreak of war, escalation risks, diplomatic postures towards NK, and the implications for the US-SK military alliance. www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Modeling War on the Korean Peninsula

Featuring Nicolas Anderson, Daryl G. Press, and John Glaser

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Latest w Rose Kelanic on the US/Israel-Iran war, why it started, the sidelining of DNI Gabbard, escalation risks, pressures for US involvement, regime change/collapse, the limits of air power, undermining credibility of assurances, & more! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

A Regime Change War in Iran?

Featuring Rosemary Kelanic and John Glaser

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Another excellent edition of Power Problems, this one featuring Samuel Seitz on why "madman" tactics rarely work. Also, of all the podcasts I listen to @johnglaser.bsky.social has the best voice for it. www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Do Madman Tactics Work?

Featuring Samuel Seitz and John Glaser

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Latest w @samseitz.bsky.social‬ on whether madman behavior yields bargaining leverage. He discusses problems of signaling, credibility, reassurance & explores examples from Khrushchev to Nixon to Gaddafi & Trump's approach to NK, Iran, trade policy & more! Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Do Madman Tactics Work?

Featuring Samuel Seitz and John Glaser

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Latest with Carnegie's Chris Chivvis and Lauren Morganbesser on the foreign policy attitudes of Gen Z, the relationship between public opinion and foreign policy, the increasing salience of transnational issues, and many other topics. Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Gen Z, Internationalism, & Change in Foreign Policy

Featuring Christopher Chivvis and Lauren Morganbesser

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Latest w @tparsi.bsky.social on Trump's diplomacy with Iran, why the Trump I & Biden admins failed on Iran, Iran's changing geopolitical position, the significance of the Houthis, why a nuclear deal with Iran is in US interests, and more! Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Can Trump Make a Deal with Iran?

Featuring Trita Parsi and John Glaser

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Latest w Alex Wendt on UFOs & the national security consequences of discovering that UAPs are ETs. He argues the ontological shock risks triggering a civilizational “auto-immune reaction” of disorder that could undermine the state system. Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

UFOs, Aliens, & National Security

Featuring Alexander Wendt and John Glaser

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"The government had coerced me (a US citizen) into suppressing what I wanted to say. . . . until the Supreme Court reaffirms that the First Amendment protects noncitizens in the United States—and until President Trump obeys the Supreme Court—we do not live in a free country."

US Citizens Don’t Have First Amendment Rights If Noncitizens Don’t

But until the Supreme Court reaffirms that the First Amendment protects noncitizens in the United States from banishment for their speech—and until President Trump obeys the Supreme Court—we do not li...

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Latest w @stimsoncenter.bsky.social's Chris Preble & Geoff Wilson on nuclear modernization, a “deterrence first” posture, perverse bureaucratic incentives, profligate waste & inefficiency, eroding nuclear deterrence, the risks of escalation, China, and more! Listen! t.co/k2WNKZvOmZ

Latest w @tvpaul.bsky.social on India's quest for major power status, India’s military capabilities & “reactive grand strategy,” UNSC membership, India’s complex relations w Russia & China, India’s domestic problems, & how to manage US-Indian relations. Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

India’s Quest for Major Power Status

Featuring T.V. Paul and John Glaser

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In the latest episode of @cato.org's Power Problems, SSP’s Barry Posen argues that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 qualifies as a preventive war and was motivated in part to thwart U.S.-led efforts to expand NATO in Europe. 🔊 www.cato.org/multimedia/p... Hosted by @johnglaser.bsky.social.

Strategic Empathy & the Roots of the Ukraine War

Featuring Barry R. Posen and John Glaser

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Latest w Barry Posen on the roots of Russia's war in Ukraine. He discusses preventive war, the role of NATO & US leaders, Putin's war aims, strategic empathy, realism, post-CW US FP, negotiating peace, & at the end he offers a warning about Taiwan. Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Strategic Empathy & the Roots of the Ukraine War

Featuring Barry R. Posen and John Glaser

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Latest w @proflind.bsky.social arguing that the world is bipolar. She discusses the balance of power, the major points of conflict between the US & China, how to shift strategy under bipolarity, what to do about Taiwan, & other topics. Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

The Return of Bipolarity

Featuring Jennifer Lind and John Glaser

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Latest w Miranda Priebe on the ‘isolationist’ label, the politics of restraint, US strategy towards Europe & Russia post-Ukraine war, shifting posture in Asia, Taiwan, managing relations w China, putting diplomacy at the forefront of US foreign policy, & more! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Reconsidering US Strategy in Europe & Asia

Featuring Miranda Priebe and John Glaser

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Latest w @oonahathaway.bsky.social on Trump’s hopes to conquer Greenland, Canada, & the Panama Canal. She discusses int'l law, decline of war, norms vs laws, why tariffs & war go together, tensions btw int'l law & negotiating peace in Ukraine, & other topics. Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Trump, Conquest, & the Laws of War

Featuring Oona A. Hathaway and John Glaser

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Thoughtful assessment of the state of AI application in China and its implications for US-CN competition — well worth your time, IMO

John Glaser@johnglaser.bsky.social · 2y ago

Latest w @sambresnick.bsky.social of @csetgeorgetown.bsky.social on the competition with China over AI, how AI will be used by states, obstacles & advantages for both the US & China, diplomatic pathways for the US & China to avoid dangerous AI scenarios, & more. Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Latest w @sambresnick.bsky.social of @csetgeorgetown.bsky.social on the competition with China over AI, how AI will be used by states, obstacles & advantages for both the US & China, diplomatic pathways for the US & China to avoid dangerous AI scenarios, & more. Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

The AI Competition with China

Featuring Sam Bresnick and John Glaser

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Latest w Julia Gledhill on the “permanent war economy," ongoing efforts to increase military spending, perverse incentives, threat inflation, why military spending isn't a jobs program, the lack of strategy on how to confront China, & more! Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Perverse Incentives in the Permanent War Economy

Featuring Julia Gledhill and John Glaser

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ICYMI: Latest w Anatol Lieven on how the int'l politics of the Ukraine war have changed since Trump’s election win, how to move towards negotiations to end the war, & various issues — from territory to NATO — to be resolved in any peace deal. Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Negotiating Peace in Ukraine

Featuring Anatol Lieven and John Glaser

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Latest w Joshua Landis on Syria, the rebel advance, the causes & conditions that paved the way for regime collapse, the mistakes of US policy since the start of the civil war, the regional politics wrapped up in Syria’s future, & more! Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

The Fall of Assad & Syria’s Uncertain Future

Featuring Joshua Landis and John Glaser

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Latest w @stephenwalt.bsky.social on the FP implications of Trump’s victory, why his 1st term failed to set a new course, & what a genuine turn to restraint looks like. Also NATO, Ukraine, Mid-East, China, tariffs, & the potential benefits of “US decline.” Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

How Not to Fix US Foreign Policy

Featuring Stephen M. Walt and John Glaser

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I joined the Power Problems podcast to discuss foreign policy in Trump II, with @johnglaser.bsky.social and Brendan Buck: www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Latest w @stephenwertheim.bsky.social & Brandan Buck on Trump’s victory, whether Dems will rethink their FP agenda following their losses, how a 2nd Trump term might approach Ukraine-Russia, the Middle East, and China, among other topics. Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Latest w Scott Lincicome on the consequences of tariffs under Trump & Biden, what may be to come under a future Trump or Harris admin, reforming expansive presidential tariff authorities, weak national security justifications for tariffs, & more! Listen! t.co/aJdQBQYaJr

Latest w Alex Yu-Ting Lin on Euro-centric bias in IR, China's status grievances, how states use information warfare to delegitimize adversaries' foreign policies, China’s approach to flashpoints like SCS & Taiwan, whether China is “revisionist,” & more - listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...