Power Problems is a bi-weekly podcast from the Cato Institute. Hosts Trevor Thrall and Emma Ashford offer a skeptical take on U.S. foreign policy, and discuss today’s big questions in international security with guests from across the political spectrum. Podcast Hashtag: #FPPowerProblems. For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast.com/privacy
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Jack Miller, Down to Business, on Podcast/I-Tunes 24/7, Miami & South Florida. Real talk about Business, Politics, Current Events, Pop Culture, Real life stuff & banter. We keep the show fast moving and fun and sometimes show our middle school side. On Twitter at @HJackMiller1 want to sponsor a show? Contact us and check us out on HJackMiller.com
Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall are joined by Brandon Valeriano to discuss the Cyberspace Solarium Commission’s official report. Brandon Valeriano bio Cyberspace Solarium Commission Cyberspace Solarium Commission Brandon Valeriano and Benjamin Jensen, "The Myth of the Cyber Offense: The Case for Restraint," Cato Institute Policy Analysis 862, Januar…
Emma Ashford and John Glaser are joined by political scientist Ellen Wald to discuss how global oil markets interact with U.S. foreign policy. Show Notes Ellen Wald website Event: The Iran Crisis and American Energy Security Ellen Wald on Forbes.com Rosemary Kelanic and Charles Glaser, Crude Strategy: Rethinking the U.S. Military Commitment to the …
Join Trevor Thrall and Emma Ashford as we discuss public engagement in the Trump era with Paul Poast, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. Paul Poast bio Paul Poast, "Twitter Threads," Tanisha M. Fazal and Paul Poast, "War Is Not Over: What the Optimists Get Wrong About Conflict." Foreign Affairs, November/December…
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Greeted as Liberators? Regime Change and Reality
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Join Trevor Thrall and Emma Ashford as we discuss the failures and history of regime change with Ben Denison, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Fletcher School at Tufts University. Benjamin Denison bio Benjamin Denison, The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: The Failure of Regime-Change Operations," Policy Analysis 881 Benjamin Denison, "Reg…
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The Future of Progressive Foreign Policy
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Adam Mount, Senior Fellow and the Director of the Defense Posture Project at the Federation of American Scientists, joins Trevor Thrall and Emma Ashford to discuss the future of progressive foreign policy. Adam Mount bio Adam Mount, “Principles for a Progressive Defense Policy, Texas National Security Review, December 2018 Emma Ashford and Trevor T…
Dan Ikenson, director of Cato’s Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, joins Trevor Thrall and guest host John Glaser to discuss the economic and foreign policy implications of Trump’s recent trade deals. Daniel J. Ikenson bio Daniel J. Ikenson, “A Few Things to Like about the U.S.-China Trade Deal,” Cato at Liberty, December 16, 2019 …
Michael Swaine, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joins Trevor Thrall and guest host John Glaser to discuss the crisis in Hong Kong, the plight of the Uighurs, and China’s recent authoritarian turn. Michael Swaine bio Michael Swaine, “Chinese State‐Society Relations: Why Beijing Isn’t Trembling and Containment Won’t …
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Maximum Pressure Meets Maximum Resistance: Trump vs. Iran
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Negar Mortazavi, diplomatic correspondent for The Independent, joins Trevor Thrall and guest host John Glaser to discuss the impact of U.S. sanctions on Iran, recent Iranian protests, and the future of the JCPOA. Negar Mortazavi coverage at The Independent Farnaz Fassihi and Rick Gladstone, “With Brutal Crackdown, Iran Is Convulsed by Worst Unrest …
Jim Goldgeier, former dean of the School of International Service at American University and resident scholar at the Brookings Institution, joins Trevor Thrall and guest host John Glaser to discuss President Trump’s use of irregular channels of foreign policy making in Ukraine. Jim Goldgeier Bio Goldgeier and Saunders, “How much have Trump’s dealin…
Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, joins Trevor Thrall and guest host John Glaser to discuss the launch of Washington D.C.’s newest foreign policy think tank. Quincy Institute website Stephen Wertheim, “The Quincy Institute Opposes America’s Endless Wars. Why Should That Be a Scandal?,” Wahingt…
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Misplaced Confidence or Militarized Patriotism? Public Attitudes towards the U.S. Military
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David Burbach from the U.S. Naval War College joins Trevor Thrall and guest host John Glaser to discuss civil‐military relations and public attitudes towards the military. David T. Burbach bio David Burbach, “Gaining Trust While Losing Wars: Confidence in the U.S. Military after Iraq and Afghanistan,” Orbis, vol. 61, no. 1, 2019 David Burbach, “Pa…
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Fuel to the Fire: How Trump Made America’s Broken Foreign Policy Even Worse
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Christopher Preble and John Glaser join Trevor Thrall to discuss their new book, Fuel to the Fire, which assesses Donald Trump’s foreign policies and makes the case for greater restraint in international affairs. Christopher A. Preble bio John Glaser bio Trevor Thrall bio Christopher A. Preble, John Glaser, Trevor Thrall, Fuel to the Fire: How Trum…
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Tests and Temptations: The Nuclear Balance in Asia
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Vipin Narang of the M.I.T. Department of Political Science joins Trevor Thrall and guest host Eric Gomez to discuss nuclear trends and the nuclear balance in Asia. Vipin Narang bio Vipin Narang, “Why North Korea Is Testing Missiles Again,” Foreign Affairs, May 16, 2019 Vipin Narang, “India’s Counterforce Temptations,” International Security, Winter…
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Should We Stay or Should We Go? The U.S. and the Middle East
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Gregory Gause from the Bush School at Texas A&M joins Trevor Thrall and John Glaser to discuss U.S. policy and strategy in the Middle East in the wake of the missile strike on the Saudi oil facilities. F. Gregory Gause bio F. Gregory Gause, “Should We Stay or Should We Go? The United States and the Middle East,” Survival, Fall 2019. Gregory Gause, …
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The US Defense Industry: Arsenal of Democracy or the Walmarts of War?
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Jonathan Caverley of the Naval War College joins Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall to discuss the defense industry and the arms trade. Jonathan Caverley bio Jonathan Caverley, “Slowing the Proliferation of Major Conventional Weapons: The Virtues of an Uncompetitive Market,” Ethics & International Affairs, Vol. 31, No. 4, Winter 2017 Jonathan Caverley,…
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Dunking on Huntington: Nationalism in U.S. Foreign Policy
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Hilde Restad, a professor of International Relations at Bjorknes College in Oslo, Norway, joins us to discuss Trump’s foreign policy, nationalism, and the view from Europe. Hilde Restad bio Hilde Restad, American Exceptionalism: An Idea that Made a Nation and Remade the World Cato Unbound, “The Clash of Civilizations?,” February 2017 For informatio…
Matthew Goodman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies joins Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall to discuss Trump’s trade war with China. Matthew P. Goodman bio Matthew P. Goodman and Ely Ratner, “A Better Way to Challenge China on Trade: Trump’s Harmful Tariffs Aren’t the Answer,” Foreign Affairs, March 22, 2018 Eswar Prasad, “Which coun…
Monica Toft, Professor at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, joins us to discuss the growth in U.S. military interventions and the decline of diplomacy. Monica Toft bio Monica Toft, “The Dangerous Rise of Kinetic Diplomacy,” War on the Rocks, May 14, 2018 The Military Intervention Project For information regarding your data privacy, visit Aca…
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Leigh Hershkovich SafeTALK Suicide Prevention Workshops 8- 6 -19
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Leigh Hershkovich talks with Jack about bringing SafeTALK Suicide Prevention Workshops all across the county, the large and starling numbers behind suicide attempts, the stigma surrounding it and what can people do to help. This is a must listen to for all. Please pass on to othersBy Jack Miller
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Leigh Hershkovich SafeTALK Suicide Prevention Workshops 8- 6 -19
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Leigh Hershkovich talks with Jack about bringing SafeTALK Suicide Prevention Workshops all across the county, the large and starling numbers behind suicide attempts, the stigma surrounding it and what can people do to help. This is a must listen to for allBy H. Jack Miller, Down to Business
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Steve Lindstrom talks about his experiences investing in crowdfunded personal loans with Jack Miller
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Steve Lindstrom joins Jack and Todd to talk about his experience investing in 1,736 unsecured notes on a crowd funding site over about 3 years and what he learned while doing this. He also talks about how he adjusted his business model based on this.By Jack Miller
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Steve Lindstrom talks about experiences investing in crowdfunded personal loans Jack Miller 8 -4-19
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Steve Lindstrom joins Jack and Todd to talk about his experience investing in 1,736 unsecured notes on a crowd funding site over about 3 years and what he learned. He also talks about how he adjusted his business model based on this.By H. Jack Miller, Down to Business
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Power Problems Live! The Kennan Sweepstakes
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In our special live episode of Power Problems, Emma Ashford chats with Heather Hurlburt of New America about ongoing debates on the future of U.S. grand strategy. Heather Hurlburt bio Heather Hurlburt, “Making Sense of the Grand Strategy Debate,” Lawfare, June 7, 2019 Emma Ashford, Hal Brands, Jasen Castillo, Kate Kizer, Rebecca Lissner, Jeremy Sha…
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Nuclear Crossroads II: The Arms Control Serial Killer
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In part two of the focus on America’s Nuclear Crossroads, Emma Ashford and guest host Eric Gomez delve into the future of arms control agreements with Maggie Tennis of the Brookings Institute. Maggie Tennis bio America’s Nuclear Crossroads For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast.com/privacy…
Rights precede government. That’s the core of the American founding, and George F. Will argues that it’s worth preserving. His new book is The Conservative Sensibility.By George F. Will, Caleb O. Brown
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Nuclear Crossroads I: America Ad Astra
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Todd Harrison from the Center for Strategic and International Studies joins Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall to discuss the proposed Space Force, war in space, and his chapter in the forthcoming Cato report America’s Nuclear Crossroads. Todd Harrison bio America’s Nuclear Crossroads Aerospace Security Project at CSIS, “Commanding Space: The Story Beh…
With new protests in Sudan, ongoing conflict in Syria, and continued regional tensions, the legacies of the Arab Spring are everywhere in the Middle East. Peter Mandaville joins us to discuss. Peter Mandaville bio Kamron Bohkari and Peter Mandaville, The Muslim Brotherhood and American Muslims, Center for Global Policy, August 11, 2018 Peter Mandav…
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Unplugging the Third Rail: Choices for Affordable Medicare
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Medicare expenditures as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) are now six times larger than they were in 1967. Forecasts for the next 75 years show that almost $1 of every $5 of GDP could be spent on Medicare. That is unaffordable. Without intervention, Medicare’s share of GDP will force some combination of substantial cuts in other government s…
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America Adrift: Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy
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What kind of foreign policy do Americans want? Not the one they have, apparently. To learn more Emma and Trevor chat with Peter Juul from the Center for American Progress about a new report from the Center for American Progress, “America Adrift: How the U.S. Foreign Policy Debate Misses What Voters Really Want.” Peter Juul bio Center for American P…
American presidents often praise U.S. foreign policy as a force for global freedom and liberty. We chat with Chris Preble about his new book, Peace, War, and Liberty. Christopher Preble bio Christopher Preble, Peace, War, and Liberty: Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy Free Thoughts/Power Problems Crossover: “What do Libertarians Believe About Fore…
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Will John Bolton Finally Get His Iran War?
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Arguments about the Iraq War loom large over pretty much every foreign policy debate in Washington. Does the Trump administration have similar intentions towards Iran? Lawrence Wilkerson joins us to discuss. Lawrence Wilkerson bio Lawrence Wilkerson, “I Helped Sell the False Choice of War Once. It’s Happening Again/a>,” New York Times, February 5,…
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David B. Kopel discusses Colorado Senator Michael Bennet running for President on CPTV’s Colorado Inside Out
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Economic Inequality: Are We Measuring It Right and What Does It Mean?
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Featuring John F. Early, Former Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and President of Vital Few, LLC. Some political leaders are saying that income and wealth inequality are at unacceptable levels and need to be countered by higher taxes on the wealthy and more transfer payments. But the data used to support those arguments are …
Women play an increasingly important role as insurgents and rebels in civil conflicts all over the world. But most often their story goes untold and their impact has been poorly understood. Jessica Trisko Darden, co‐author of Insurgent Women, joins Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall to discuss her new book to discuss. Jessica Trisko Darden bio Jessica…
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Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies: Impact Since Our Founding
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Cato’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and its scholars take their inspiration from the struggle of America’s founding and Civil War generations to secure liberty through constitutionally limited government. The Center’s scholars address a wide range of constitutional and legal issues, especially by encouraging the judiciary to nei…
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Back to the Future: China, the U.S. and the “New Cold War”
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Pundits seem increasingly undecided whether we’re living in a new Cold War, or simply making a return to the 1930s. Ali Wyne of the RAND corporation joins us to discuss great power competition, the problem of foreign policy by analogy, and what the global order might look like in the future. Ali Wyne bio Ali Wyne, America’s Blind Ambition Could Mak…
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Cato Institute highlight reel featured at the 31st Annual Benefactor Summit
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From domestic policy to international news, healthcare reform to criminal justice, Cato’s scholars have their finger on the pulse of what’s happening inside the Beltway and around the world. They can be seen and heard on major networks and news outlets across the country.By Cato Institute
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Harm Reduction: Shifting from a War on Drugs to a War on Drug-Related Deaths
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Harm Reduction: Shifting from a War on Drugs to a War on Drug‐Related Deaths, Policy Analysis By Jeffrey A. Singer The U.S. government’s current strategy of trying to restrict the supply of opioids for nonmedical uses is not working. While government efforts to reduce the supply of opioids for nonmedical use have reduced the volume of both legally…
The cyber era has amplified the impact of non‐state actors on international relations. From election meddling to sabotage to espionage, states are using non‐state actors as proxies to do their dirty work. Tim Maurer from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace joins Trevor Thrall and John Glaser to talk about the rise, reach, and implicati…
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Failure (to Launch?): Donald Trump in Hanoi
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Donald Trump’s second summit with Kim Jong Un has come and gone, this time in abject failure. Emma Ashford and Trevor Thrall are joined by Harry Kazianis of the Center for the National Interest to discuss where U.S.-North Korean relations go from here. Harry Kazianis bio "A Top Trump Official May Have Just Doomed US-North Korea Talks," Vox, March 8…
Those burgers you picked up at the grocery store may have originated in Hawaii. Hawaii’s long‐standing cattle trade is hampered by the Jones Act. For nearly 100 years the Jones Act has restricted the transportation of cargo between two points in the United States to ships that are U.S.-built, crewed, owned, and flagged. Meant to bolster the U.S. m…
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maduro?
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Controversy is growing over the Trump administration’s approach to Venezuela, where the United States has backed opposition leader Juan Guaido in his attempt to remove President Nicolas Maduro from power. Trevor Thrall and Emma Ashford are joined by Venezuela expert Moises Rendon to discuss the situation. Show Notes: Guest Bio: Moises Rendond Moise…
Fernanda (22) was born in Brazil, and her mother brought her to the United States when she was only 4 years old so she could attend school here. Before Fernanda got a scholarship from TheDream.US fund and went to Delaware State University, she worked for a doctor who paid for her to become a certified nursing assistant and phlebotomist. Watch her…
The Trump administration has emphasized the reemergence of great power competition as the organizing principle for U.S. foreign policy. How will international relations change in an era when new actors are challenging the status quo? In Part II of our great power special, Professor Stacie E. Goddard of Wellesley College joins Trevor Thrall and Emma…
Great Power competition is back. How will international relations change in an era when new actors are challenging the status quo. In Part I of our great power special, Trevor Thrall and Emma Ashford are joined by Joshua Shifrinson, author of Rising Titans, Falling Giants, a book on great power rise and decline. Joshua Shifrinson's bio Joshua Shifr…
From trade to immigration, the Trump administration takes a much broader view of national security than prior administrations. Cato Senior Policy Analyst Alex Nowrasteh joins Trevor Thrall and Emma Ashford to talk about the links between immigration and national security. Show Notes: Alex Nowrasteh’s bio Alex Nowrasteh, “Incarcerated Immigrants in …
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The Regressive Effects of Childcare Regulations
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Childcare is expensive. Economic evidence suggests childcare prices are driven higher by state‐level regulations like input requirements designed to improve care quality, including staff‐qualification requirements and minimum staff‐to‐child ratios, with little evidence that they actually work. In this video, Ryan Bourne, the Cato Institute’s R.…
Trevor Thrall and Emma Ashford are joined by Cato colleague Eric Gomez for a discussion of the year in review, and a preview of 2019. From nuclear weapons and North Korea to the U.S.-Saudi relationship, it’s been a wild year. Show Notes: Eric Gomez’s bio For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast.com/privacy…
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Nostalgianomics: Trump, Trade, and American Foreign Policy
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Attorney and Cato Institute adjunct scholar Scott Lincicome joins Trevor Thrall and Emma Ashford to discuss the Trump administration’s trade strategy and the role of international trade in U.S. foreign policy. Scott Lincicome’s bio Scott Lincicome, The “Protectionist Moment” That Wasn’t: American Views on Trade and Globalization, Free Trade Bulleti…
