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On Foreign Policy and Seeing the Big Picture
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd is a professor of political science and religious studies and the Crown Chair in Middle East Studies at Northwestern University, where she co-directs the...
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Secular Left vs. Religious Right? A Discussion of Secular Surge: A New Fault Line in American Politics
American society is rapidly secularizing, a radical departure from its historically high level of religiosity. And politics is a big part of the reason. Join us for a discussion...
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Jeremy Wallace Lecture “Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts: Ideology, Information, and Authoritarianism in China”
Numbers came to define Chinese politics, until they did not count what mattered and what they counted did not measure up. Wallace’s book argues that the Chinese government...
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STS | The Taliban Redux: The Future of Counterterrorism in a Taliban Controlled Afghanistan
The episode considers the future of counterterrorism in the context of a Taliban controlled Afghanistan. Beginning with a discussion of how the Taliban was able to regain control...
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STS | Critical Mineral Supply Chains and Electric Vehicles: Charting the American Course
In this episode of Students Talk Security, undergraduate fellow, Callie Whelan, speaks with Pamela Fierst-Walsh, the Senior Advisor on Conflict Minerals and U.S. Representative to...
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STS | Civil Affairs Operations in Great Power Competition
An Interview with U.S. Army Civil Affairs Captain Ben Ordiway by Cullen Geahigan where they discuss the purpose and function of Army Civil Affairs operations as well as the value...
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STS | Domestic Politics and the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
In this episode of Students Talk Security, Professor Karrie Koesel discusses the role that Russian domestic politics play in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. Professor Koesel...
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STS | America’s Evolving Role in the Middle East’s Cold War
In this podcast, we discuss America’s role in the regional conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The Trump and Biden Administrations have taken drastically different...
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STS | Domestic Terrorism and its Implications for U.S. National Security
In this episode of Students Talk Security, former United States Senator Joe Donnelly discusses the domestic terrorism in the United States with an emphasis on recent events like...
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STS | A New Faustian Bargain?
In this episode of Students Talk Security, Charles Sedore, a Notre Dame senior, and Professor Ian John, Assistant Professor of Military History, discuss the history surrounding...
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STS | Smart Sanctions 101: Strategic Economic Peacebuilding
Sanctions expert and Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies George A. Lopez draws on his extensive research and experience in sanctions design and peace building to explain the...
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STS | Anticipate, Prevent, Respond
With 54 voting UN members, economies ripe for investment and development, and the emergence of foreign influence in the continent, Africa’s future is of strategic importance to...
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