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The International Security Podcast

The International Security Podcast

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 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.Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Political Science Politics & Government Science Social Sciences
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  • 9 – The Rules-Based International Order

    9 – The Rules-Based International Order
    Feb 2 2026

    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
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    40 mins
  • 8 – Airpower and the Sino-American Contest for Military Primacy in Asia

    8 – Airpower and the Sino-American Contest for Military Primacy in Asia
    Oct 10 2025

    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
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    36 mins
  • 7 – The Realist Debate over How to Respond to China

    7 – The Realist Debate over How to Respond to China
    Jun 24 2025

    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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    31 mins
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