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National Security
August 27, 2021
Your Sons Are at Your Service
Tunisia's Missionaries of Jihad
Aaron Y. Zelin
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
Tunisia became one of the largest sources of foreign fighters for the Islamic State—even though the country stands out as a democratic bright spot of the Arab uprisings and despite …
National Security
July 26, 2021
Pastels and Pedophiles
Inside the Mind of QAnon
Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
Two experts of extremist radicalization take us down the QAnon rabbit hole, exposing how the conspiracy theory ensnared countless Americans, and show us a way back to sanity. In January …
National Security
May 6, 2021
The Frontlines of Peace
An Insider's Guide to Changing the World
Séverine Autesserre
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
The word "peacebuilding" evokes a story we've all heard over and over: violence breaks out, foreign nations are scandalized, peacekeepers and million-dollar donors come rushing in, warring parties sign a …
National Security
April 2, 2021
Avoiding the Terrorist Trap
Why Respect for Human Rights is the Key to Defeating Terrorism
Thomas David Parker
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
Faced with a major terrorist threat, states seem to reach instinctively for the most coercive tools in their arsenal and, in doing so, risk exacerbating the situation. This policy …
National Security
January 6, 2021
American Zealots
Inside Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism
Arie Perliger
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
In an unsettling time in American history, the outbreak of right-wing violence is among the most disturbing developments. In recent years, attacks originating from the far right of American politics …
National Security
December 2, 2020
Hate in the Homeland
The New Global Far Right
Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
Hate crimes. Misinformation and conspiracy theories. Foiled white-supremacist plots. The signs of growing far-right extremism are all around us, and communities across America and around the globe are struggling to …
National Security
September 23, 2020
Muslims in a Post-9/11 America
A Survey of Attitudes and Beliefs and Their Implications for U.S. National Security Policy
Rachel M. Gillum
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
Muslims in a Post-9/11 America (University of Michigan Press, 2018) examines how public fears about Muslims in the United States compare with the reality of American Muslims’ attitudes on a …
National Security
September 9, 2020
America’s Other Muslims
Imam W.D. Mohammed, Islamic Reform, and the Making of American Islam
Muhammed Fraser-Rahim
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
America's Other Muslims: Imam W.D. Mohammed, Islamic Reform, and the Making of American Islam explores the oldest and perhaps the most important Muslim community in America, whose story has received …
National Security
September 1, 2020
Breaking Protocol
America's First Female Ambassadors, 1933-1964
Philip Nash
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
"It used to be," soon-to-be secretary of state Madeleine K. Albright said in 1996, "that the only way a woman could truly make her foreign policy views felt was by …
National Security
August 25, 2020
Incitement
Anwar al-Awlaki’s Western Jihad
A. Meleagrou-Hitchens
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
Anwar al-Awlaki was, according to one of his followers, “the main man who translated jihad into English.” By the time he was killed by an American drone strike in 2011 …
National Security
August 12, 2020
Disordered Violence
How Gender, Race and Heteronormativity Structure Terrorism
Caron Gentry
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
In Disordered Violence: How Gender, Race and Heteronormativity Structure Terrorism (Edinburgh University Press, 2020), Caron Gentry looks at how gender, race, and heteronormative expectations of public life shape Western understandings …
National Security
August 5, 2020
Black Wave
How Networks and Governance Shaped Japan’s 3/11 Disasters
Daniel P. Aldrich
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
Despite the devastation caused by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and 60-foot tsunami that struck Japan in 2011, some 96% of those living and working in the most disaster-stricken region of …
National Security
July 7, 2020
Becoming Bulletproof
Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly
Evy Poumpouras
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
Former Secret Service agent and star of Bravo’s Spy Games, Evy Poumpouras, shares lessons learned from protecting presidents, as well insights and skills from the oldest and most elite security …
National Security
July 6, 2020
Radicalization to Terrorism
What Everyone Needs to Know
Sophia Moskalenko and Clark McCauley
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
Terrorism and radicalization came to the forefront of news and politics in the US after the unforgettable attacks of September 11th, 2001. When George W. Bush famously asked "Why do …
National Security
June 9, 2020
Weaponized Words
The Strategic Role of Persuasion in Violent Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization
Kurt Braddock
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
Kurt Braddock's new book Weaponized Words: The Strategic Role of Persuasion in Violent Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization (Cambridge University Press, 2020) applies existing theories of persuasion to domains unique to this …
National Security
May 27, 2020
Widen the Window
Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma
Elizabeth A. Stanley
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
Stress is our internal response to an experience that our brain perceives as threatening or challenging. Trauma is our response to an experience in which we feel powerless or lacking …
National Security
April 1, 2020
The First Political Order
How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide
Valerie M. Hudson, Donna Lee Bowen, and Perpetua Lynne Nielsen
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
Global history records an astonishing variety of forms of social organization. Yet almost universally, males subordinate females. How does the relationship between men and women shape the wider political order …
National Security
March 24, 2020
A Woman's Place
US Counterterrorism Since 9/11
Joana Cook
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
The 9/11 attacks fundamentally transformed how the US approached terrorism, and led to the unprecedented expansion of counterterrorism strategies, policies, and practices. While the analysis of these developments is rich …
National Security
March 2, 2020
Full Spectrum Dominance
Irregular Warfare and the War on Terror
Maria Ryan
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
America's war on terror is widely defined by the Afghanistan and Iraq fronts. Yet, as this book demonstrates, both the international campaign and the new ways of fighting that grew …
National Security
January 17, 2020
The New Battle for the Atlantic
Emerging Naval Competition with Russia in the Far North
Magnus Nordenman
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
In The New Battle for the Atlantic: Emerging Naval Competition with Russia in the Far North (Naval Institute Press, 2019), Magnus Nordenman explores the emerging competition between the United States …
National Security
January 10, 2020
Building a Resilient Tomorrow
How to Prepare for the Coming Climate Disruption
Alice C. Hill
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
Climate change impacts-more heat, drought, extreme rainfall, and stronger storms-have already harmed communities around the globe. Even if the world could cut its carbon emissions to zero tomorrow, further significant …
National Security
January 8, 2020
Leadership Decapitation
Strategic Targeting of Terrorist Organizations
Jenna Jordan
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
One of the central pillars of US counterterrorism policy is that capturing or killing a terrorist group's leader is effective. Yet this pillar rests more on a foundation of faith …
National Security
December 31, 2019
Empire's Mobius Strip
Historical Echoes in Italy's Crisis of Migration and Detention
Stephanie Malia Hom
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
Italy's current crisis of Mediterranean migration and detention has its roots in early twentieth century imperial ambitions. Stephanie Malia Hom's new book Empire's Mobius Strip: Historical Echoes in Italy's Crisis …
National Security
December 13, 2019
The Media World of ISIS
Michael Krona and Rosemary Pennington
Hosted by
Beth Windisch
From efficient instructions on how to kill civilians to horrifying videos of beheadings, no terrorist organization has more comprehensively weaponized social media than ISIS. Its strategic, multi-platformed campaign is so …
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