The Notre Dame International Security Center Podcasts


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The Domestic Political Cost of Deception about the Use of Force

The Domestic Political Cost of Deception about the Use of Force

Law and Politics

Lest the Stars Totter: Outer Space in the National Security Context

Major Jeremy Grunert, USAF is the Chief of Research for the United States Air Force Academy’s Law, Technology, and Warfare Research Cell; in this capacity, he hosts a monthly...

04:30 PM ET Tue., Mar. 01, 2022

Flexibility in Order: Three Conditions that Preclude Change in International Order

Flexibility in Order: Three Conditions that Preclude Change in International Order

Do Wars Make States and States Make War: Rethinking the Origins of the Seven Years War

Do Wars Make States and States Make War: Rethinking the Origins of the Seven Years War

The Problem of Alliance Abandonment in Postwar US Foreign Policy

The Problem of Alliance Abandonment in Postwar US Foreign Policy

The Global Significance of the Sino-Indian Rivalry

Šumit Ganguly is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science and holds the Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is a...

What Can Systemic Trends In Warfare Tell Us About The Future?

Bear F. Braumoeller is Professor in the Department of Political Science at The Ohio State University and the holder of the Baronov and Timashev Chair in Data Analytics. He...

Geopolitics: The Competing Maritime and Continental World Orders

Geopolitics: The Competing Maritime and Continental World Orders of China, Russia, and the United States

Senior Military Leadership and the Future of U.S. National Security

In this episode of Outside the Box, Mike and Jim engage Lt. Gen. Gregory Newbold, former Director of Operations (J-3) for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a hard-hitting and...

Afghanistan: Hold ’em, Fold ’em, Walk Away, or Run

On this episode of Outside the Box, Jim and Mike speak with Dr. William Ruger, Vice President for Policy at the Charles Koch Foundation, Iraq War Veteran, President Trump’s...

Who Lost Afghanistan?

In 2014 Lt. Gen. Daniel Bolger published his book Why We Lost: A General’s Inside Account of the Iraq and Afghan Wars. Seven years before the fall of Kabul, he had already...

U.S.-Israel Relations Under Biden w/ J Street

On our second episode of Outside the Box, Mike and Jim discuss U.S.-Israel relations after the Trump Administration. Under the 45th President, the United States moved closer to...