The International Security Podcast

28 episodes

11 - The Ideology Trap: China and the Limits of Cold War Analogies
16/07/2026 | 27 mins.
Guests: Eun A Jo is an Assistant Professor of Government at William & Mary. Jessica Chen Weiss is David M. Lampton Professor of China Studies at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.

International Security Article: Eun A Jo and Jessica Chen Weiss, “The Ideology Trap: China and the Limits of Cold War Analogies,” International Security, Vol. 50, No. 4 (Spring 2026), pp. 7–35, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC.a.403.

Originally released on July 16, 2026
10 – Why Populists Love Dead Soldiers and Hate Live Officers
29/04/2026 | 40 mins.
Guests: Ron Krebs is Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota.

International Security Article: Ronald R. Krebs, “Why Populists Love Dead Soldiers and Hate Live Officers,” International Security, Vol. 50, No. 3 (Winter 2025/26), pp. 7–54, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC.a.397.

Originally released on April 29, 2026
9 – The Rules-Based International Order
02/02/2026 | 40 mins.
Guests: Marc Trachtenberg is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles.
International Security Article: Marc Trachtenberg, “The Rules-Based International Order: A Historical Analysis,” International Security, Vol. 50, No. 2 (Fall 2025), pp. 7–54, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC.a.11.
Originally released on February 2, 2026
8 – Airpower and the Sino-American Contest for Military Primacy in Asia
10/10/2025 | 35 mins.
Guests: Nicholas Anderson is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the George Washington University. Daryl Press is Faculty Director of the Davidson Institute and Professor of Government at Dartmouth College.
International Security Article: Nicholas D. Anderson and Daryl G. Press, “Access Denied? The Sino-American Contest for Military Primacy in Asia,” International Security, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Summer 2025), pp. 118–151, https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC.a.7.
Originally released on October 10, 2025
7 – The Realist Debate over How to Respond to China
24/06/2025 | 30 mins.
Guests: Stephen M. Walt is the Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School.
International Security Article: Stephen M. Walt, “Hedging on Hegemony: The Realist Debate over How to Respond to China,” International Security, Vol. 49, No. 4 (Spring 25), pp. 37–70, https://doi.org/10.1162/isec_a_00508.
Originally released on June 24, 2025

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About The International Security Podcast

Leading scholars provide insight on urgent policy debates. Jeff Friedman of Dartmouth College interviews contributors to the premiere peer-reviewed journal of security studies. They offer sophisticated, authoritative analyses of contemporary, theoretical, and historical security issues from the role of China in the world and cyber in international security to the long history of ethnic cleansing in Europe. The podcast is produced at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. International Security is a quarterly journal edited at the Belfer Center and published by MIT Press.

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