Horns of a Dilemma

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Horns of a Dilemma Podcast

Brought to you by the Texas National Security Review, this podcast features lectures, interviews, and panel discussions at the University of Texas.

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    The Debate Over Why the United States Invaded Iraq in 2003

    In this episode, TNSR Production Editor Kerry Anderson sits down with Joseph Stieb to discuss his article from Volume 6, Issue 3 of TNSR: "Why Did the United States Invade Iraq? The Debate at 20 Years."

    28 min

  2. 30 AUG

    Great-Power Expectations in Europe

    Jim Goldgeier and Marshall Kosloff discuss the post-Cold War era, NATO expansion, great-power expectations, and the future of the U.S. role in Europe.

    28 min

  3. 23 AUG

    Estimating China's Defense Spending: How to Get It Wrong (and Right)

    China's defense spending is difficult to quantify because many assessments make methodological errors that result in inflated figures. Taylor Fravel, George Gilboy, and Eric Heginbotham explain these flaws and offer a novel method for a more accurate assessment. Their article was published in the summer 2024 issue of TNSR.

    43 min

  4. 16 AUG

    History and Perspective in Statecraft and War

    At the Clements Center for National Security's Summer Seminar in History and Statecraft, Susan Colbourn and Simon Miles discussed how different concepts of history have shaped the war in Ukraine and how students of international affairs should challenge their assumptions and embrace uncertainty.

    30 min

  5. 9 AUG

    Introducing our new editor-in-chief, Sheena Chestnut Greitens

    In this episode, TNSR publisher Ryan Evans spoke with the journal's new editor-in-chief, Prof. Sheena Chestnut Greitens, an award-winning scholar and associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs. They spoke about why she became a scholar, her research, the intellectual challenges of the competition with China, and her vision for taking TNSR to the next level.

    34 min

  6. 26 JULY

    Mitigating Risks in a Volatile World: A Conversation with Philip Zelikow

    Ryan Evans talks with Philip Zelikow about his recent article for TNSR, "Confronting Another Axis? History, Humility, and Wishful Thinking." Their wide-ranging and insightful conversation covers everything from Zelikow's career as a high-level foreign policy practitioner and as an historian, his experience directing the 9/11 Commission, his argument that we are in an exceptionally volatile time in global politics, and more.

    39 min

  7. 19 JULY

    Why the United States Failed to Retrench from Europe during the Early Cold War

    Rick talks with TNSR author Joshua Byun about how American attempts to leave Europe during the first decade of the Cold War were thwarted by European concerns that German rearmament would trigger a Soviet attack.

    25 min

  8. 12 JULY

    Salami Tactics in the Shadow of Major War

    Rick sits down with Richard Maass, the author of "Salami Tactics: Faits Accomplis and International Expansion in the Shadow of Major War," to discuss how powerful countries can use repetitive, limited acts of aggression to expand influence while avoiding potential escalation.

    27 min
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Brought to you by the Texas National Security Review, this podcast features lectures, interviews, and panel discussions at the University of Texas.

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    Texas National Security Network
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2024
  • Episodes
    100
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    © University of Texas
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