A weekly podcast by @jqasociety where JQAS team members @JohnAllenGay and @AJManuzzi interview experts and advocates about U.S. national security policy.

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New episode! Live from our summer conference, we had Dr. Michael Desch and Dr. Eugene Gholz field the most difficult questions that our summer conference participants had about restraint. This is a great conversation with two top scholars, here's a preview! Episode is out!
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New Episode! How did the 9/11 terrorist attacks shape U.S. grand strategy in the decades to come? @StimsonCenter @EmmaMAshford joined the show to discuss her @reason article (reason.com/2026/08/29/9-11-t…) on America's post-9/11 foreign policy. Check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/23O…
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The Trump administration’s concept of NATO 3.0 aims to rebalance the transatlantic relationship and stabilize ties with Russia. I spoke with @securitydpod about which policies advance these goals and which undermine them. open.spotify.com/episode/2k0…
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New Episode! Domestic surveillance grew exponentially after 9/11. Yet even 25 years later, it continues to grow in ways that undermine civil liberties without making us exponentially safer. Why? @Abigail_R_Hall joined the show to discuss. Check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/6ON…
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New Episode! Is the Trump Administration's grand strategy undermining its own stated goal of shifting Europe's conventional defense to NATO allies and pivoting to the Pacific? @MirandaPriebe joined the show to discuss this and more. Check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/2k0…
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Was great to join @securitydpod to talk through what an authentically conservative foreign policy should look like!
New Episode! @luke_nicastro of @amconmag joined the show to discuss why Americans should be calling for an end to Washington's misadventures in Iran and Venezuela! Check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/1nB…
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New Episode! @luke_nicastro of @amconmag joined the show to discuss why Americans should be calling for an end to Washington's misadventures in Iran and Venezuela! Check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/1nB…
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@CatoFP's @Hoffman8Jon recently discussed America’s counterproductive Middle East presence on the John Quincy Adams Society’s @securitydpod podcast with @JohnAllenGay and @AJManuzzi. Listen to the full podcast here: cato.org/multimedia/media-hi…
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Always a pleasure speaking with my friends @JohnAllenGay and @AJManuzzi.
New Episode! America's expansive forward military presence in the Middle East is unnecessary and counterproductive, argues @Hoffman8Jon. Check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/5Re… @CatoFP
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New Episode! America's expansive forward military presence in the Middle East is unnecessary and counterproductive, argues @Hoffman8Jon. Check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/5Re… @CatoFP
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Special Episode: JQA's timeless Marcellus papers contain the seeds of a more prudent American foreign policy that can avoid unnecessary foreign wars. Check out our discussion of the essays wherever you get your podcasts! open.spotify.com/episode/1Ni…
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In the spirit of the 250th anniversary of American independence, we believe JQA's words, grounded in the revolutionary American values of liberty and peace, remain a timeless exhortation that today’s national security leaders would do well to follow. open.spotify.com/episode/4GM…
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On July 4, 1821, John Quincy Adams delivered his most-remembered speech, advising that America “goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy.” Last year, we reflected on its contemporary relevance and why his legacy commands opposing unnecessary war. open.spotify.com/episode/4GM…
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ICYMI- New Episode! Who are some of the most prolific governments lobbying Washington and funding DC think tanks to advance their interests? @nick_clevelands joined us to discuss this and more on the latest episode of SD. Check it out! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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New Episode! Is a new Cold War at sea inevitable? @lylegoldstein joined the show to discuss the state of Sino-Russian maritime cooperation and its implications for American grand strategy. Check it out! @defpriorities @Watson_School open.spotify.com/episode/5kF…
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New Episode! @jonrlindsay joined us to discuss his new book Age of Deception and the future of cyber conflict! Check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/6iQ…
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New Episode! Could America learn to live with rival regional hegemons? What does traditional American thinking about nuclear strategy get wrong? @BushSchool @CastilloJasen and John Schuessler joined us to discuss these questions and more! Check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/07u…
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New Episode! Former Senate, CIA, and NSC Latin America hand Fulton Armstrong joined the show to discuss Cuba, Venezuela, and the "Donroe Doctrine." Check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/75x…
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Listeners can check out our entire catalogue of episodes and submit their questions at jqas.org/security-dilemma/.
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