Fresh Voices on Grand Strategy
War on the Rocks
War on the Rocks
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🗓️ 17 April 2019
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
It's time to rejuvenate America's national debate on grand strategy. And that's just what we try to do in this latest episode, which was recorded at the Michael J. Zak lecture series hosted by the Center for a New American Security. The debate got spirited! So who are these fresh voices? If you're an avid War on the Rocks listener and reader, you might already know some of them (because we are the freshest national security publication out there, amirite?): Rebecca Lissner (U.S. Naval War College, yes her opinions are hers and hers alone), Josh Shifrinson (Boston University), Kate Kizer (Win Without War), and Emma Ashford (Cato Institute).
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the War on the Rocks podcast on strategy, defense, and foreign affairs. |
| 0:16.3 | My name is Ryan Evans, I'm the editor-in-chief of War in the Rocks. |
| 0:19.4 | Grand strategy is something we've talked about a lot on this show and the Center for New American Security |
| 0:24.0 | convened a really special panel. |
| 0:26.8 | And I was lucky enough to moderate a panel that we turned into the podcast you're about to |
| 0:30.0 | hear right now. |
| 0:30.8 | Our guests were Rebecca Friedman listener |
| 0:33.4 | Emma Ashford Kate Kiser and Josh Schiffrenson enjoy the show |
| 0:37.6 | as I mentioned at the beginning we are going to close out the Grand Strategy event with a live podcast recording by our good friend of the show, Ryan Evans, who is the editor in chief of War on the Rocks. |
| 0:52.0 | If you're not familiar with War on the Rocks, |
| 0:53.4 | it's an amazing publication of scholars |
| 0:55.8 | and practitioners in national security |
| 0:57.8 | who have had many years in the field, |
| 1:00.6 | who has spent a lot of time studying issues |
| 1:02.3 | that the Wanc world of Washington |
| 1:04.8 | and the broader foreign policy community is a little obsessed with. |
| 1:08.1 | If you haven't read it, you should become a regular subscriber and pay attention to all the things |
| 1:12.4 | they put out. |
| 1:13.0 | Ryan does a regular podcast for The Rocks |
| 1:16.0 | that typically involves a little more alcohol |
| 1:19.0 | than we have on the stage right now. |
| 1:21.0 | So I apologize, it is not quite noon noon yet and I didn't quite have the wherewith |
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