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Brought to you by the Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies and the Graduate School for Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh We are a monthly podcast addressing the news of the day in International Security, featuring a panel of Ridgway scholars. Every episode includes an in-depth interview with a special guest expert. Created by: Adam Diedrich
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Episode 8: Season Finale and Quarantine Happy Hour
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Recorded April 5, 2020 Here is the season finale of the first season of the Ridgway Security Hour podcast. It has been great to work on this pod over the last year. Kelsey Brennan, Matthew Pennock, Shannon Keys, Keara Sanderson, Jamie Smith and I discuss our research at the Ridgway Center and our time at GSPIA. Produced and Edited by Adam Diedrich.…
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Episode 7: Talking Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence w/ Elaine Bunn (former DASD)
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Recorded March 4, 2020**RETRACTION: During the episode I refer to the "global minimization strategy" while it is actually the Minimal Exposure Strategy. My apologies to Elaine and our listeners.** Today, we have Elaine Bunn, former Deputy Assistance Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Missile Defense, come in and talk about nuclear weapons, Americ…
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Episode 6: Preparing for the Future Fight ft. LTC Aaron Sadusky and LTC David Short
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Today we are lucky to have on the podcast two U.S. Army field grade officers, LTC Aaron Sadusky and LTC David Short. They are both Eisenhower Fellows at the U.S. Army War College. We discuss a wide range of topics in National Security. Hear their perspectives on the U.S. Army's modernization strategy, the National Defense Strategy (NDS), the Army's…
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Episode 5: IRAN SPECIAL EDITION ft. Julia Santucci and Michael Poznansky
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Recorded January 8, 2020, at 2 pm. We bring in Julia Santucci and Michael Poznansky from GSPIA to discuss the situation surrounding the events of the assassination of General Suleimani. Michael is a professor and academic who focuses on covert action, and Julia, also a professor, served in the intelligence community, the White House, and the U.S. D…
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Episode 4/ Holiday Spectacular: ft. Charles Skinner
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December 11, 2019, This frigid December we at the Ridgway Security Hour would like to thank our listeners. Enjoy a nice cup of Coco or Eggnog. Hear our Holiday reading list and an interview with 30 year Foreign Service officer, and GSPIA professor, Dr. Charles Skinner. Happy Holidays and we will see you in the new year. Produced by: Adam Diedrich a…
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November 4, 2019 This episode, our panel discusses the death of Al- Baghdadi, and the foreign policy fiasco surrounding Turkey and the fate of the Kurdish people in northern Syria. Our guest today is Steve Mancini, the former CTO at the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA) and an adjunct professor at Pitt and RMU, where he teaches…
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October 7, 2019 We take a look at Climate Change as a National Security issue, dig into the Iran/US tensions, and discuss the growing threat of White Nationalist Terrorism. Our guest is Dr. Michael Kenney. He is a professor at GSPIA who discusses his new paper released today, What is to be Done about al-Muhajiroun Containing the Emigrants in a Demo…
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September 3, 2019 Our Panel discusses the Hong Kong Protests, the death of the INF treaty, and the rise of IS-KP in Afghanistan. Our special guest expert this month is Dr. Colin Clarke, author of ISIS: After the Caliphate, with whom we talk about ISIS, shifting counter-terrorism norms, and the growing threat of white nationalist terrorism both at h…
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Sneak Peak ft. Game of Thrones w/ Ryan Grauer
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This special sneak preview of the Ridgway Security Hour will feature a brief introduction to what our podcast is about and clips from our interview with Ryan Grauer, PhD. We talk the Game of Thrones finale, so take a listen and I hope you join us on September 3, 2019 when Episode One drops.
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