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John Glaser

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Ants @ants.bsky.social · Aug 16

Very belated to this, but really bummed at this podcast is ending. It was a great resource for hearing folks whose research is at the intersection of theory and foreign policy.

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Jul 22

This was my final episode hosting Power Problems. It's been a privilege. I want to thank Cato for entrusting it to me and my listeners for the support and feedback.

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Jul 22

Latest w @emmamashford.bsky.social on her forthcoming book on grand strategy, how to embrace multipolarity, spheres of influence, why alliances shouldn't be sacred, economic statecraft, bureaucratic inertia, the problem of temptation, & more. Listen! t.co/nWfty75TQR

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Jul 22

Thanks Christopher! 🙏🏻

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Christopher Hudson @chrishudsonjr.bsky.social · Jul 22

Bittersweet. Been a big fan of John’s work, especially hosting PP, for awhile. He brought a refreshing clarity and rigger to foreign policy restraint that was deeply refreshing.

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Jul 22

This was my final episode hosting Power Problems. It's been a privilege. I want to thank Cato for entrusting it to me and my listeners for the support and feedback.

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Jul 22

Latest w @emmamashford.bsky.social on her forthcoming book on grand strategy, how to embrace multipolarity, spheres of influence, why alliances shouldn't be sacred, economic statecraft, bureaucratic inertia, the problem of temptation, & more. Listen! t.co/nWfty75TQR

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Jason Davidson @profjwdavidson.bsky.social · Jul 22

I was very sad to hear that this is the last episode of the Power Problems podcast with @johnglaser.bsky.social but at least he went out with a bang, interviewing @emmamashford.bsky.social about her forthcoming book _First Among Equals_

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Embracing Multipolarity

Featuring Emma Ashford and John Glaser

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Jul 22

Farewell, folks.

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John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Jul 22

This was my final episode hosting Power Problems. It's been a privilege. I want to thank Cato for entrusting it to me and my listeners for the support and feedback.

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Jul 22

Latest w @emmamashford.bsky.social on her forthcoming book on grand strategy, how to embrace multipolarity, spheres of influence, why alliances shouldn't be sacred, economic statecraft, bureaucratic inertia, the problem of temptation, & more. Listen! t.co/nWfty75TQR

https://www.cato.org/multimedia/power-problems/embracing-multipolarity

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Jul 22

Latest w @emmamashford.bsky.social on her forthcoming book on grand strategy, how to embrace multipolarity, spheres of influence, why alliances shouldn't be sacred, economic statecraft, bureaucratic inertia, the problem of temptation, & more. Listen! t.co/nWfty75TQR

https://www.cato.org/multimedia/power-problems/embracing-multipolarity

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Jul 8

Latest w Nick Anderson & Daryl Press on the balance of power on the Korean Peninsula, the potential consequences of an outbreak of war, escalation risks, diplomatic postures towards NK, and the implications for the US-SK military alliance. www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Modeling War on the Korean Peninsula

Featuring Nicolas Anderson, Daryl G. Press, and John Glaser

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Jun 24

While I'm at it, @tparsi.bsky.social's episode on the US-Iran negotiations before the war broke out was quite prescient on several points, particularly the Israeli positioning. www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Can Trump Make a Deal with Iran?

Featuring Trita Parsi and John Glaser

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Jun 24

This was recorded last week (a decade ago in political time?) before the bombing of Fordo, but it's still packed full of insights. During the conversation, Rose mentions the preceding episode w @samseitz.bsky.social on "madman tactics," a useful supplement to this one www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Do Madman Tactics Work?

Featuring Samuel Seitz and John Glaser

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Jun 24

Latest w Rose Kelanic on the US/Israel-Iran war, why it started, the sidelining of DNI Gabbard, escalation risks, pressures for US involvement, regime change/collapse, the limits of air power, undermining credibility of assurances, & more! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

A Regime Change War in Iran?

Featuring Rosemary Kelanic and John Glaser

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Jason Davidson @profjwdavidson.bsky.social · Jun 16

Another excellent edition of Power Problems, this one featuring Samuel Seitz on why "madman" tactics rarely work.

Also, of all the podcasts I listen to @johnglaser.bsky.social has the best voice for it.

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Do Madman Tactics Work?

Featuring Samuel Seitz and John Glaser

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Jun 16

Thank you, Jason 🙏🏻

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Jun 10

Latest w @samseitz.bsky.social‬ on whether madman behavior yields bargaining leverage. He discusses problems of signaling, credibility, reassurance & explores examples from Khrushchev to Nixon to Gaddafi & Trump's approach to NK, Iran, trade policy & more! Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Do Madman Tactics Work?

Featuring Samuel Seitz and John Glaser

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · May 27

Latest with Carnegie's Chris Chivvis and Lauren Morganbesser on the foreign policy attitudes of Gen Z, the relationship between public opinion and foreign policy, the increasing salience of transnational issues, and many other topics. Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Gen Z, Internationalism, & Change in Foreign Policy

Featuring Christopher Chivvis and Lauren Morganbesser

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · May 13

Latest w @tparsi.bsky.social on Trump's diplomacy with Iran, why the Trump I & Biden admins failed on Iran, Iran's changing geopolitical position, the significance of the Houthis, why a nuclear deal with Iran is in US interests, and more! Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Can Trump Make a Deal with Iran?

Featuring Trita Parsi and John Glaser

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Apr 29

Latest w Alex Wendt on UFOs & the national security consequences of discovering that UAPs are ETs. He argues the ontological shock risks triggering a civilizational “auto-immune reaction” of disorder that could undermine the state system. Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

UFOs, Aliens, & National Security

Featuring Alexander Wendt and John Glaser

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · Apr 15

"The government had coerced me (a US citizen) into suppressing what I wanted to say. . . . until the Supreme Court reaffirms that the First Amendment protects noncitizens in the United States—and until President Trump obeys the Supreme Court—we do not live in a free country."

US Citizens Don’t Have First Amendment Rights If Noncitizens Don’t

But until the Supreme Court reaffirms that the First Amendment protects noncitizens in the United States from banishment for their speech—and until President Trump obeys the Supreme Court—we do not li...

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Apr 15

Latest w @stimsoncenter.bsky.social's Chris Preble & Geoff Wilson on nuclear modernization, a “deterrence first” posture, perverse bureaucratic incentives, profligate waste & inefficiency, eroding nuclear deterrence, the risks of escalation, China, and more! Listen! t.co/k2WNKZvOmZ

https://www.cato.org/multimedia/power-problems/why-america-needs-change-its-nuclear-weapons-posture

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Apr 1

Latest w @tvpaul.bsky.social on India's quest for major power status, India’s military capabilities & “reactive grand strategy,” UNSC membership, India’s complex relations w Russia & China, India’s domestic problems, & how to manage US-Indian relations. Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

India’s Quest for Major Power Status

Featuring T.V. Paul and John Glaser

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Security Studies Program MIT @ssp-mit.bsky.social · Mar 21

In the latest episode of @cato.org's Power Problems, SSP’s Barry Posen argues that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 qualifies as a preventive war and was motivated in part to thwart U.S.-led efforts to expand NATO in Europe.
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Strategic Empathy & the Roots of the Ukraine War

Featuring Barry R. Posen and John Glaser

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Mar 18

Latest w Barry Posen on the roots of Russia's war in Ukraine. He discusses preventive war, the role of NATO & US leaders, Putin's war aims, strategic empathy, realism, post-CW US FP, negotiating peace, & at the end he offers a warning about Taiwan. Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Strategic Empathy & the Roots of the Ukraine War

Featuring Barry R. Posen and John Glaser

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Mar 4

Latest w @proflind.bsky.social arguing that the world is bipolar. She discusses the balance of power, the major points of conflict between the US & China, how to shift strategy under bipolarity, what to do about Taiwan, & other topics. Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

The Return of Bipolarity

Featuring Jennifer Lind and John Glaser

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Feb 18

Latest w Miranda Priebe on the ‘isolationist’ label, the politics of restraint, US strategy towards Europe & Russia post-Ukraine war, shifting posture in Asia, Taiwan, managing relations w China, putting diplomacy at the forefront of US foreign policy, & more! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Reconsidering US Strategy in Europe & Asia

Featuring Miranda Priebe and John Glaser

John Glaser @johnglaser.bsky.social · Feb 4

Latest w @oonahathaway.bsky.social on Trump’s hopes to conquer Greenland, Canada, & the Panama Canal. She discusses int'l law, decline of war, norms vs laws, why tariffs & war go together, tensions btw int'l law & negotiating peace in Ukraine, & other topics. Listen! www.cato.org/multimedia/p...

Trump, Conquest, & the Laws of War

Featuring Oona A. Hathaway and John Glaser