The Notre Dame International Security Center was established in 2008 to provide a forum where leading scholars in national security studies from Notre Dame and elsewhere could come together to explore some of the most pressing issues in national security policy.
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Biden's Undefined Victory in Ukraine with Doug Bandow | Outside the Box Podcast
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In this episode of "Outside the Box, "hosts Michael Desch and Jim Webb are joined by guest Doug Bandow to discuss the parallels between today’s conflict in Ukraine and the tumultuous year of 1968. The discussion unpacks President Biden's strategies in Ukraine, highlighting a lack of clear victory definition and the echoes of past U.S. foreign polic…
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STS: Navigating the Charade Economy with Rose Kelanic
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Join Anne Griffin '26 and Notre Dame political science professor Dr. Rose Kelanic as they explore the nuances of U.S. foreign policy decisions, from balancing power in Asia to the implications of green energy investments on national security. Gain perspective on the clash between academia and policy worlds, navigating incentives and challenges in s…
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Outside the Box | John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt
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In this episode of the Outside the Box podcast, host Dr. Michael Desch is joined by guests Dr. John Mearsheimer and Dr. Stephen Walt to discuss the taboo surrounding the Israel lobby. They highlight the historical backdrop of anti-Semitism in the West, conspiracy theories, and the tragic events of the Holocaust that make it challenging to discuss t…
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STS: Cultural Legacy and Global Influence with Carmen Medina
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From the experiences and viewpoints of citizens growing up in the global South to the challenges faced by policymakers in understanding the complex dynamics of a globalized world, we explore the interplay between economics, the environment, and social dynamics. Join us as we navigate through the nuanced thinking styles and biases that influence dec…
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Outside The Box | The Tragedy of Volodymyr Zelensky
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Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion against Ukraine in February 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been likened to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The comparison is apt, but NDISC Director Michael Desch asks us to truly reckon with it.He did so though his article in Harper's Magazine (https://harpers.org/archive/20…
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Outside The Box Podcast | LtGen Greg Newbold on Military Cultural History and Political Division
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Mike and Jim talk with former Lieutenant General Newbold about the recent actions of Senator Tuberville to block the president of the United States' selection of a new Commandant of the Marine Corps. In doing so, they compare the military's cultural history to today's political divide and attempt to uncover how and why they have changed.…
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Out The Box Podcast | "Why Are We in Ukraine?" with Christopher Layne
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In this episode of "Outside the Box," co-hosts Dr. Michael Desch and Sen. Jim Webb welcome Christopher Layne to discuss his recent co-authored article "Why Are We in Ukraine?" published in "Harper's Magazine" in June 2023.Christopher Layne is University Distinguished Professor of International Affairs and the Robert M. Gates Chair in National Secur…
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Great Expectations: History of US-India Relations with Ambassador Nancy Jo Powell
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An Interview with Ambassador Nancy Jo Powell by Pranav GuntupalliInterview Summary : Ambassador Nancy Jo Powell speaks about the history of US relations with South Asia including the death of American ambassador Arnold Raphel in 1988, nuclear tension in the subcontinent, and re-emerging non-alignment in India’s foreign policy today. She also recoun…
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STS: Exploring the uniqueness of the Army Chaplain Corp, with Col. Billy Graham
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An Interview with Chaplain Col. Billy Graham of the US Army by Pranav GuntupalliInterview Summary: In this episode of the Students Talk Security podcast, Chaplain Billy Graham speaks about his military experience and the uniqueness of chaplaincy corp. Billy explains the crucial role of a Chaplain when a soldier dies in active duty, and shares his a…
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Thoughts on the Bear, the Dragon, and Leadership Under Duress: A Conversation with Sandy Winnefeld
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Episode summary – In this episode of Students Talk Security,Notre Dame senior and NDISC Undergraduate Fellow Benjamin Erhardt sits down with retired Navy fighter pilot, admiral, and fellow podcaster James A. “Sandy” Winnefeld, Jr. Their discussion covers topics ranging from the Admiral’s storied career – including his time as unit commander of the …
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STS: Meet Major Greg Scott, US Marine Corp
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An Interview with Major Gregory M. Scott of the US Marine Corp by Pranav GuntupalliInterview Summary: In the first episode of the "Meet the NDISC fellows" series, Pranav Guntupalli speaks to the NDISC War College fellow, Major Gregory Scott, about his military service. They discuss his time in Okinawa (Japan) and in South America with the Embassy S…
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Outside the Box | Soldiers and Novels
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In this episode of Outside the Box, co-host (and six-time novelist) Jim Webb switches to the interviewee seat to join University of Notre Dame English Professor, Iraq War Army veteran, and novelist Roy Scranton to talk about novels and war. In a wide-ranging discussion, the authors of Fields of Fire and War Porn discuss how their experiences in war…
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Madman Theory: The Causes and Effects of Reputations for Madness in International Politics
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Roseanne W. McManus is an Associate Professor in the Political Science Department at the Pennsylvania State University. Her research focuses on signaling and coercion in an international security context. She received her B.A. from the University of Maryland and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before pursuing an academi…
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STS| Security and Sanctity: The Interconnection of Int'l Religious Freedom w/ U.S. National Security
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In this episode of ‘Students Talk Security’, Dr. Farr, the leading expert in the interconnection between international religious freedom, human rights, and United States National Security will discuss his work on the implications rights internationally have on defense and security domestically. His work has led to not only scholarship and legislati…
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The Progressive Equity in the Restraint Coalition
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Matt Duss is a congressional staffer and has worked with Senator Bernie Sanders since 2017. Previously he was the President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, and a national security and international policy analyst at the Center for American Progress. Recorded: March 29, 2022By Notre Dame International Security Center
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This episode will cover how the Senate can influence foreign policy in the face of new threats and increasing executive power, and what an NSA for a Senator sees as the biggest future threats to American security and power.Interviewer: Christopher LiberoInterviewee: Thomas MancinelliBy Notre Dame International Security Center
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Senior Military Leadership and the Future of U.S. National Security
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In this episode of Outside the Box, Mike and Jim engage LtGen Gregory Newbold, former Director of Operations (J-3) for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a hard-hitting and wide-ranging discussion of proposed modernization of the U.S. Marine Corps in the XXIst Century, the role of the U.S. Congress in shaping the development of the armed forces, the leg…
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Lest the Stars Totter: Outer Space in the National Security Context
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Major Jeremy Grunert is an officer in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps. In this capacity, he has served as a military prosecutor and legal advisor at assignments in Afghanistan, Qatar, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Major Grunert is currently assigned to the United States Air Force Academy, where …
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The Global Significance of the Sino-Indian Rivalry
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Šumit Ganguly is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science and holds the Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is a specialist on the international and comparative politics of South Asia. His most recent book (edited with M. Chris Mason) is The Future of US-India Security Cooperation (Manchest…
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Outside the Box | Who Lost Afghanistan?
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In 2014 Lt. Gen. Daniel Bolger published his book Why We Lost: A General’s Inside Account of the Iraq and Afghan Wars. Seven years before the fall of Kabul, he had already foreseen the chaotic end of that campaign in the Global War on Terrorism. Bolger says there is much blame to go around but focuses his fire on his profession and colleagues: the …
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What Can Systemic Trends In Warfare Tell Us About The Future?
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Bear F. Braumoeller is Professor in the Department of Political Science at The Ohio State University and the holder of the Baronov and Timashev Chair in Data Analytics. He conducts research in the areas of international relations, political methodology, and complexity and human behavior. He received his B.A. from the University of Chicago and his P…
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STS | The Taliban Redux: The Future of Counterterrorism in a Taliban Controlled Afghanistan
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The episode considers the future of counterterrorism in the context of a Taliban controlled Afghanistan. Beginning with a discussion of how the Taliban was able to regain control so swiftly, the podcast draws on the counterterrorism knowledge and expertise of the FBI’s Former Assistant Director for Counterterrorism Mike McGarrity to explore how the…
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Light Water Capitalism: Nonproliferation and U.S. Global Power
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Jayita Sarkar is an Assistant Professor at Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies, where she teaches diplomatic and political history. Her research has been published in the Journal of Cold War Studies, Cold War History, International History Review, Journal of Strategic Studies, Nonproliferation Review, and elsewhere. Her first book, Pl…
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STS | Critical Mineral Supply Chains and Electric Vehicles: Charting the American Course
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In this episode of ‘Students Talk Security’, undergraduate fellow, Callie Whelan, speaks with Pamela Fierst-Walsh, the Senior Advisor on Conflict Minerals and U.S. Representative to the Kimberley Process at the U.S. Department of State. Callie and Pamela dig into critical mineral supply chains, their relationships with electric vehicle production, …
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STS | Civil Affairs Operations in Great Power Competition
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An Interview with U.S. Army Civil Affairs Captain Ben Ordiway by Cullen Geahigan where they discuss the purpose and function of Army Civil Affairs operations as well as the value of Civil Affairs missions as part of the Army's guiding mission. Additionally, we covered the future role Civil Affairs will play in great power competition.…
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Recorded: Aug 31, 2021Host: Dan LindleySpeaker: Fred KaplanBy Notre Dame International Security Center
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The Fall of Afghanistan: What Does it Mean for America and the World?A virtual flash panel discussion on the fall of Afghanistan featuring Michael Desch, Mary Ellen O'Connell, Dina Smeltz, and Eugene Gholz.Recorded: August 24, 2021By Notre Dame International Security Center
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After the Apocalypse: A Conversation With Andrew Bacevich
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Summary:In this episode, Mike and Jim interview Andrew Bacevich, author After the Apocalypse: America's Role in a World Transformed. In this latest book, Bacevich, a retired U.S. Army officer, former professor at Boston University, and President of the new Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, laments that America has failed both domesticall…
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Summary:In this episode of Outside the Box, Mike and Jim are joined by Doug Bandow of the CATO Institute to discuss national service. We are once again hearing calls to institute some form of national service; whether in the military through conscription or via some form of mandatory civilian service along the lines of AmeriCorps. Proponents of som…
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The Problem of Alliance Abandonment in Postwar US Foreign Policy
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Recorded: May 4, 2021Host: Joseph ParentSpeaker: Jeffrey TaliaferroBy Notre Dame International Security Center
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Students Talk Security | Domestic Politics and the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
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An Interview with Associate Professor Karrie J. Koesel by Andrew DelVecchioSummary:In this episode of Students Talk Security, Professor Karrie Koesel discusses the role that Russian domestic politics play in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. Professor Koesel uses her experience with contemporary Russian politics to explain how President Putin is…
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Students Talk Security | America's Evolving Role in the Middle East's Cold War
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An interview with Former U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly by Liam KarrSummary: In this podcast, I discuss America's role in the regional conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The Trump and Biden Administrations have taken drastically different approaches to both our ally and our adversary, and we'll break down the different outcomes this could cause. We…
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Students Talk Security | Domestic Terrorism and its Implications for U.S. National Security
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An Interview with Former U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly by Carson WhitesellSummary: In this episode of “Students Talk Security,” former United States Senator Joe Donnelly discusses the domestic terrorism in the United States with an emphasis on recent events like the storming of the Capitol on January 6th. Donnelly brings a special perspective to the pr…
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Do Wars Make States and States Make War: Rethinking the Origins of the Seven Years War
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Recorded: April 6, 2021Host: Joseph ParentSpeaker: Steven PincusBy Notre Dame International Security Center
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Students Talk Security | A New Faustian Bargain?
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Title: A New Faustian Bargain? Understanding the Lessons of the Soviet-German CooperationAn Interview with Professor Ian Johnson by Charles SedoreSummary:In this episode of Students Talk Security, Charles Sedore, a Notre Dame senior, and Professor Ian John, Assistant Professor of Military History, discuss the history surrounding the German-Soviet C…
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Flexibility in Order: Three Conditions that Preclude Change in International Order
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Recorded: March 23, 2021Host: Joseph ParentSpeaker: Mariya GrinbergBy Notre Dame International Security Center
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Afghanistan: Hold 'em, Fold 'em, Walk Away, or Run
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Summary:On this episode of “Outside the Box,” Jim and Mike speak with Dr. William Ruger, Vice President for Policy at the Charles Koch Foundation, Iraq War Veteran, President Trump’s nominee as ambassador to Afghanistan, and author of a widely discussed New York Times Op/Ed piece urging the Biden Administration to hold to the May 1, 2021 deadline i…
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Geopolitics: The Competing Maritime and Continental World Orders
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Title: Geopolitics: The Competing Maritime and Continental World Orders of China, Russia, and the United StatesRecorded: March 16, 2021Host: Joseph ParentSpeaker: Sarah PaineBy Notre Dame International Security Center
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Large-N Qualitative Analysis (LNQA)
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Full Title: Large-N Qualitative Analysis (LNQA): Everything You Wanted to Know about Doing a Cornell-Princeton Book, Part ISpeaker: Gary Goertz and Stephan HaggardHost: Joseph ParentRecorded: February 23, 2020By Notre Dame International Security Center
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Students Talk Security | Anticipate, Prevent, Respond
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Title: Anticipate, Prevent, Respond: Conflict Stabilization and U.S. Foreign Policy in AfricaHosted by Katherine McLaughlinSummary:With 54 voting UN members, economies ripe for investment and development, and the emergence of foreign influence in the continent, Africa’s future is of strategic importance to U.S. foreign policy. In this episode of “S…
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Students Talk Security | Smart Sanctions 101: Strategic Economic Peacebuilding
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Summary:Sanctions expert and Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies George A. Lopez draws on his extensive research and experience in sanctions design and peace building to explain the advantages and drawbacks of targeted economic sanctions as a diplomatic tool, particularly in how they enable the US to intervene in nuclear threats, corrupt regimes, a…
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Students Talk Security | No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy
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Title: No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy: The Importance of Law and Humanitarian Values on the BattlefieldAn Interview with Colonel Ian Brasure by Evan MullerSummary: In this episode of ‘Students Talk Security’, Evan Muller will discuss Col. Brasure's career, the importance of international law, his involvement in humanitarian operations, and curren…
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U.S.-Israel Relations Under Biden w/ J Street
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Summary: On our second episode of Outside the Box, Mike and Jim discuss U.S.-Israel relations after the Trump Administration. Under the 45th President, the United States moved closer to the positions of the Binyamin Netanyahu’s Likud government than any previous Administration, recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, moving…
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The Domestic Political Cost of Deception about the Use of Force
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Recorded: February 9, 2021Host: Joseph ParentSpeaker: Keren Yarhi-MiloBy Notre Dame International Security Center
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What’s in the Box for the Biden Administration?
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What’s in the Box for the Biden Administration? by Notre Dame International Security CenterBy Notre Dame International Security Center
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Students Talk Security | Combined Aircraft Development: Catching Lightning II in a Bottle
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An interview with Lt. General Eric T. Fick USAF by Martin HeliSummary:Martin Heli, a Notre Dame senior, and Lt. General Eric T. Fick USAF, the Program Executive Officer for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office (Notre Dame class of ‘90) discuss the implications of international partnership in the F-35 program. Key topics are the technological …
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Picking Your Friends: Foreign-Imposed Regime Change and the Quality of Interstate Relations
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Speaker: Lindsey O'Rourke Host: Eugene Gholz Recorded: November 3, 2020By Notre Dame International Security Center
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Students Talk Security | The Arrest of a Foreign General
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Title: The Arrest of a Foreign General: Corruption, Cartels, and U.S.-Mexico CooperationAn interview with Guillermo Trejo by Tatiana PernettiSummary:In this episode of ‘Students Talk Security’, Associate Professor of Political Science and Faculty Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Guillermo Trejo, will describe the recent U.…
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Arctic Shock: Utilizing Climate Change to Test A Theory of Resource Competition
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Title: Arctic Shock: Utilizing Climate Change to Test A Theory of Resource CompetitionSpeaker: Jonathan MarkowitzHost: Eugene GholzRecorded: October 27, 2020By Notre Dame International Security Center
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Students Talk Security | The Role of the Army and Marine Corps in the Changing Nature of War
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An Interview with Captain Brockelmeyer and LTC Trey Lachicotte by Clark Bowden andEvan MullerBiographies:Cody Brockelmeyer enlisted in the Marine Corps in April of 2006, and served at the Legal Services Support Section in Okinawa, Japan where he served as NCOIC of the Pacific Regional Defense Counsel’s office. From 2009 to 2013, he served as Legal …
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