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U.S. foreign policy for the future. Security Dilemma brings you conversations with the experts, policymakers, and thinkers charting new paths forward from the wreckage of recent decades and toward a national security and defense policy guided by prudence and restraint. Cohosts John Allen Gay and A.J. Manuzzi bring you the information you need to shape a wiser approach. Security Dilemma is a podcas... more

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On this week's episode of Security Dilemma, A.J. Manuzzi and John Gay offered their reactions to the Trump Administration's new 2025 National Security Strategy (www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf... more

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In this week's episode of Security Dilemma, A.J. Manuzzi and John Gay spoke with Sahar Khan, an independent national security analyst who focuses on nonproliferation, strategic stability, counterterrorism, and crisis management in Southern Asia. Prev... more

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In this week's episode of Security Dilemma, A.J. Manuzzi and John Gay spoke with Dr. Sumantra Maitra about what an "America First" nuclear strategy might look like. Dr. Maitra is the Director of Research and Outreach at the American Ideas Institute a... more

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In this week's episode of Security Dilemma, A.J. Manuzzi and John Gay spoke with Mariya Grinberg about her new book Trade in War: Economic Cooperation Across Enemy Lines (www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501782442/trade-in-war/), why sta... more

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In this week's edition of Security Dilemma, A.J. Manuzzi and John Gay spoke with William Hartung and Ben Freeman of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft about their new book The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Dr... more

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On this special Armistice Day/Veterans Day episode of Security Dilemma, the Society's John Gay, Scott McCann, and Julie Thompson-Gomez discussed their experience as part of the Society's Strategic Leaders Fellowship study trip to World War I sites in... more

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On this week's episode of Security Dilemma, A.J. Manuzzi and John Gay spoke with Lyle Goldstein of Defense Priorities and the Watson Institute at Brown University about his recent paper series "Target Taiwan," which argues that a U.S.-China conflict ... more

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On this week's episode of Security Dilemma, A.J. Manuzzi and John Gay spoke with Emma Ashford, a Senior Fellow at the Stimson Center's Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy program, about her new book First Among Equals: U.S. Foreign Policy in a Multipolar... more

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Recent Guests

Sahar Khan
Independent national security analyst focused on non-proliferation and strategic stability
Episode: Nuclear South Asia with Sahar Khan
Sumantra Maitra
Senior Fellow at the Center for Renewing America and the Director of Research for the American Ideas Institute; author of the 2024 book The Sources of Russian Aggression.
Center for Renewing America, American Ideas Institute
Episode: What is an "America First" Nuclear Strategy? with Sumantra Maitra
Mariya Grinberg
Assistant Professor of Political Science at MIT, author of 'Trade in War'
MIT
Episode: Trading with the Enemy with Mariya Grinberg
William Hartung
Senior Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute, focusing on the arms industry and military budget.
Quincy Institute
Episode: The Trillion Dollar War Machine with William Hartung and Ben Freeman
Ben Freeman
Director of the Democratizing Foreign Policy Program at the Quincy Institute.
Quincy Institute
Episode: The Trillion Dollar War Machine with William Hartung and Ben Freeman
Lyle Goldstein
Director of the Asia Program at Defense Priorities and Director of the China Initiative at Brown University's Watson Institute.
Defense Priorities
Episode: Losing a Taiwan War? with Lyle Goldstein
Emma Ashford
Senior Fellow at the Stimson Center's Reimagining US. Grand Strategy program
Stimson Center
Episode: First Among Equals with Emma Ashford
Miranda Priebe
Director of the Center for Analysis of US Grand Strategy and Senior Political Scientist at RAND
RAND Corporation
Episode: How Have Allies Responded to U.S. Retrenchment? with Miranda Priebe
Decker Eveleth
Associate research analyst specializing in open source analysis of foreign nuclear postures
CNA
Episode: The Twelve-Day War and Careers in OSINT with Decker Eveleth

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A.J. Manuzzi
Cohost, shares expertise in national security and foreign policy.
John Allen Gay
Cohost, specializes in security dilemmas and U.S. foreign policy.

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What is an "America First" Nuclear Strategy? with Sumantra Maitra
Q: What influence are we going to lose? My counter question would be like, what influence do we have now?
Maitra suggests that if European countries think they should rely on China instead, they are welcome to find out the consequences, indicating that American influence might not diminish dramatically with a reduced footprint.
What is an "America First" Nuclear Strategy? with Sumantra Maitra
Q: You wrote a thought-provoking piece in Journal of American Affairs about what an America First nuclear strategy could look like. Would you be able to walk us through that, and how it might differ from the current arrangement?
Maitra explains that translating a domestic slogan into a foreign strategy is complex, but essentially, an America First nuclear strategy would focus on limiting proliferation while fostering a framework for dialogue among nuclear powers.
How Have Allies Responded to U.S. Retrenchment? with Miranda Priebe
Q: Why was South Korea's response to U.S. retrenchment so aggressive?
South Korea was particularly vulnerable to U.S. retrenchment and felt the need to secure its interests more forcefully, resulting in actions like illegal influence campaigns.
How Have Allies Responded to U.S. Retrenchment? with Miranda Priebe
Q: What factors might lead a state to decide to retrench?
States might retrench due to changing perceptions of their own interests, threat levels declining, or internal political issues requiring focus on domestic problems.
How Have Allies Responded to U.S. Retrenchment? with Miranda Priebe
Q: What do you see as the difference between how Deep Engagers and Restrainers view allies' reactions to U.S. retrenchment?
Deep Engagers are more pessimistic, fearing allies may reduce alignment with the U.S., while Restrainers are optimistic that allies will take responsibility and increase defense spending.

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