Security Dilemma

The John Quincy Adams Society
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U.S. foreign policy for the future. Security Dilemma brings you conversations with the experts, policymakers, and thinkers charting new paths forward from the wreckage of recent decades and toward a national security and defense policy guided by prudence and restraint. Cohosts John Allen Gay and A.J. Manuzzi bring you the information you need to shape a wiser approach. Security Dilemma is a podcast of the John Quincy Adams Society, an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing a new generation of foreign policy leaders.

  1. 5D AGO

    Boots on the Ground in Iran? with John Byrnes

    On this week's special, quick-hit edition of Security Dilemma, co-hosts A.J. Manuzzi and John Gay spoke with John Byrnes, Strategic Director of Concerned Veterans for America about the risk of American ground forces entering the war in Iran. Mr. Byrnes joined the Marine Corps in 1991 out of high school and served four years, deployed to Somalia in 1993. He joined the New York National Guard, serving at Ground Zero after the September 11th terrorist attacks and was deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan before retiring from the National Guard in 2018.  Listener Questions: We are opening up SD to listener-submitted questions! Submit questions you'd like to ask future guests ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Please specify the episode pertaining to the question in your response. Upcoming recordings include: JQAS Discusses the Marcellus PapersThe Iran War's Impact on US Military Readiness with Jennifer KavanaghChasing Bandits: A History of American Wars with Non-State Actors with Michael NeagleThe Politics of the Iran War on the Right with Curt Mills

    38 min

  2. MAR 13

    New Supreme Leader and the Iranian Voices America Isn’t Hearing with Sina Toossi

    On this episode of Security Dilemma, co-hosts A.J. Manuzzi and John Gay are joined by Sina Toossi, a senior non-resident fellow at the Center for International Policy, as they have a conversation about the ongoing U.S.-Iran war and the new Supreme Leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei. Sina has a professional background in producing research and analysis on U.S.-Iran relations, U.S. foreign policy towards the Middle East, and nuclear policy issues. He was also previously a senior research analyst at the National Iranian American Council. You can check out his recent article in The Nation here: https://www.thenation.com/article/world/iran-massacre-bombing-protests/ Listener Questions: We are opening up SD to listener-submitted questions! Submit questions you'd like to ask future guests ⁠here⁠. Please specify the episode pertaining to the question in your response. Upcoming recordings include: JQAS Discusses the Marcellus Papers

    50 min

  3. MAR 10

    Is Ukraine Losing the War? with Michael Desch

    On this week's episode of Security Dilemma, co-hosts A.J. Manuzzi and John Gay were joined by Dr. Michael Desch, the Packey J. Dee Professor of International Relations at the University of Notre Dame and founding Brian and Jeannelle Brady Family Director of the O'Brien Notre Dame International Security Center to discuss Dr. Desch's new Foreign Affairs article "Ukraine is Losing the War." Listener Questions: We are opening up SD to listener-submitted questions! Submit questions you'd like to ask future guests here. Please specify the episode pertaining to the question in your response. Upcoming recordings include: JQAS Discusses the Marcellus PapersWhy Realism Still Matters with Patrick PorterIran with Sina Toossi

    35 min

  4. MAR 6

    Special: Iran War Update with Michael Desch

    In a special, quick hit edition of Security Dilemma, John Gay and A.J. Manuzzi spoke with Dr. Michael Desch, Professor of International Relations at the University of Notre Dame and the Director of the O'Brien Notre Dame International Security Center, about the early course of the American war with Iran. Listeners also won't want to miss our regularly scheduled episode coming out on Tuesday with Dr. Desch, in which we discuss his article "Ukraine is Losing the War" in Foreign Affairs. Stay tuned! Listener Questions: We are opening up Security Dilemma to listener-submitted questions. Submit questions you'd like us to ask future guests ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ouD8WAp0g_HhqLtGm4kOmqTGsJpDbaKT7CSUN3ogFrk/edit⁠⁠⁠. Please specify the episode pertaining to the question in your response. Upcoming recordings include: The Iran War with Sina ToossiWhat Realism’s Critics Get Wrong with Patrick Porter

    12 min

  5. FEB 24

    Arms Control After New START with Ariel Petrovics

    On this week's episode of Security Dilemma, co-hosts A.J. Manuzzi and John Gay discussed the state of arms control after the expiration of New START, nuclear proliferation cascades, and whether sanctions can prevent nuclear proliferation with Dr. Ariel Petrovics. Dr. Petrovics is a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a visiting scholar at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies, and a research associate at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. She is also the co-editor of Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail, a new open-access volume that listeners can read here (https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edited-volume/6076/Atomic-BackfiresWhen-Nuclear-Policies-Fail). Read her Quincy Institute brief on the challenges and opportunities for superpower nuclear cooperation here: https://quincyinst.org/research/prospects-and-problems-for-reinvigorating-superpower-nuclear-cooperation/ You can check out her Foreign Policy article on New START here: https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/23/us-russia-trump-putin-nuclear-arms-control-treaty-new-start-extension/ Listener Questions: We are opening up Security Dilemma to listener-submitted questions. Submit questions you'd like us to ask future guests ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ouD8WAp0g_HhqLtGm4kOmqTGsJpDbaKT7CSUN3ogFrk/edit⁠⁠⁠. Please specify the episode pertaining to the question in your response. Upcoming recordings include: AMA- John Gay and A.J. ManuzziJQAS Discusses the Marcellus PapersWhat Realism’s Critics Get Wrong with Patrick Porter

    50 min

  6. FEB 10

    Assessing the Prospect of War with Iran with Rose Kelanic

    On this week's episode of Security Dilemma, co-hosts A.J. Manuzzi and John Gay spoke with Dr. Rose Kelanic, Director of the Middle East Program at Defense Priorities about how the Trump Administration is addressing Iran policy. Dr. Kelanic spent 10 years teaching political science at the University of Notre Dame and Williams College prior to entering the policy world and is the author of Black Gold and Blackmail: Oil and Great Power Politics. Listener Questions: We are opening up Security Dilemma to listener-submitted questions. Submit questions you'd like us to ask future guests ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ouD8WAp0g_HhqLtGm4kOmqTGsJpDbaKT7CSUN3ogFrk/edit⁠⁠⁠. Please specify the episode pertaining to the question in your response. Upcoming recordings include: AMA- John Gay and A.J. ManuzziJQAS Discusses the Marcellus PapersWhat Realism’s Critics Get Wrong with Patrick PorterHow to Revitalize Arms Control with Ariel Petrovics

    45 min

  7. FEB 3

    Material Support with Ashleigh Subramanian-Montgomery

    On this week's episode of Security Dilemma, A.J. Manuzzi and John Allen Gay are joined by Ashleigh Subramanian-Montgomery, the Senior Director for Policy and Advocacy of the Charity & Security Network, a resource and advocacy center for nonprofit organizations to protect their ability to carry out effective programs that support peace and human rights, aid civilians in areas of disaster and armed conflict, and build democratic governance. Ashleigh’s work supports protecting civil society from the harmful impacts of counter-terrorism measures worldwide. In this episode, we discussed U.S. sanctions, how counter-threat finance laws impact NGOs, and more. Listener Questions: We are opening up Security Dilemma to listener-submitted questions. Submit questions you'd like us to ask future guests ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ouD8WAp0g_HhqLtGm4kOmqTGsJpDbaKT7CSUN3ogFrk/edit⁠⁠⁠. Please specify the episode pertaining to the question in your response. Upcoming recordings include: AMA- John Gay and A.J. ManuzziJQAS Discusses the Marcellus PapersIran Update with Rose KelanicWhat Realism’s Critics Get Wrong with Patrick PorterHow to Revitalize Arms Control with Ariel Petrovics

    43 min

  8. JAN 27

    The Trump-Roosevelt Corollary with Dan DePetris

    On this week's episode of Security Dilemma, A.J. Manuzzi and John Allen Gay are joined by Daniel DePetris, a fellow at Defense Priorities. They discussed the Trump Administration's Latin America policy in light of the operation that captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and reports that the Administration is seeking regime change in Cuba by the end of the year. Dan also has a new explainer out with Defense Priorities (https://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/move-on-from-washingtons-outdated-cuba-policy/). Listener Questions: We are opening up Security Dilemma to listener-submitted questions. Submit questions you'd like us to ask future guests ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ouD8WAp0g_HhqLtGm4kOmqTGsJpDbaKT7CSUN3ogFrk/edit⁠⁠⁠. Please specify the episode pertaining to the question in your response. Upcoming recordings include: AMA- John Gay and A.J. ManuzziJQAS Discusses the Marcellus PapersWhat Realism’s Critics Get Wrong with Patrick PorterHow to Revitalize Arms Control with Ariel Petrovics

    45 min
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U.S. foreign policy for the future. Security Dilemma brings you conversations with the experts, policymakers, and thinkers charting new paths forward from the wreckage of recent decades and toward a national security and defense policy guided by prudence and restraint. Cohosts John Allen Gay and A.J. Manuzzi bring you the information you need to shape a wiser approach. Security Dilemma is a podcast of the John Quincy Adams Society, an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing a new generation of foreign policy leaders.

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  • Creator
    The John Quincy Adams Society
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    157
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © The John Quincy Adams Society
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