Ridgway Security Hour Ridgway Scholars

Recorded April 5, 2020

Here is the season finale of the first season of the Ridgway Security Hour podcast. It has been great to work on this pod over the last year. Kelsey Brennan, Matthew Pennock, Shannon Keys, Keara Sanderson, Jamie Smith and I discuss our research at the Ridgway Center and our time at GSPIA.

Produced and Edited by Adam Diedrich.

Recorded March 4, 2020
**RETRACTION: During the episode I refer to the "global minimization strategy" while it is actually the Minimal Exposure Strategy. My apologies to Elaine and our listeners.** Today, we have Elaine Bunn, former Deputy Assistance Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Missile Defense, come in and talk about nuclear weapons, American strategic deterrence, and alliances. She was the primary speaker for the Ridgway Center's annual Paul Y. Hammond memorial lecture series and we were lucky enough for her to join us.
Also on the panel is Matthew Pennock, a Ridgway Fellow who has written about the nuclear doctrines of India and Pakistan.

Today we are lucky to have on the podcast two U.S. Army field grade officers, LTC Aaron Sadusky and LTC David Short. They are both Eisenhower Fellows at the U.S. Army War College. We discuss a wide range of topics in National Security. Hear their perspectives on the U.S. Army's modernization strategy,  the National Defense Strategy (NDS), the Army's talent management crisis, Space Force, #miltwitter, and more.

Special shout out to the Pittsburgh World Affairs Council for helping facilitate this interview.

Recorded January 8, 2020, at 2 pm.

We bring in Julia Santucci and Michael Poznansky from GSPIA to discuss the situation surrounding the events of the assassination of General Suleimani.  Michael is a professor and academic who focuses on covert action, and Julia,  also a professor, served in the intelligence community, the White House, and the U.S. Department of State.

Background/ Iranian Interests - Julia- 55-second mark.

Legal Authority - Michael - 15-minute mark.

Our broader discussion tends to take off around 21:41.



Produced and hosted by: Adam Diedrich

December 11, 2019, This frigid December we at the Ridgway Security Hour would like to thank our listeners. Enjoy a nice cup of Coco or Eggnog. Hear our Holiday reading list and an interview with 30 year Foreign Service officer, and GSPIA professor, Dr. Charles Skinner. Happy Holidays and we will see you in the new year.



Produced by: Adam Diedrich and Kelsey Brennan
Hosted by: Keara Sanderson

November 4, 2019

This episode, our panel discusses the death of Al- Baghdadi, and the foreign policy fiasco surrounding Turkey and the fate of the Kurdish people in northern Syria.

Our guest today is Steve Mancini, the former CTO at the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA) and an adjunct professor at Pitt and RMU, where he teaches about cyber-security. Tune in to find out how to protect yourself and your data.



Produced by: Adam Diedrich and Kelsey Brennan
Hosted by: Keara Sanderson