Security Dilemma
87 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingU.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 Patrick C. Fox bring you the information you need to shape a wiser approach.
Security Dilemma is a podcast of the John Quincy Adams Society, an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing a new generation of foreign policy leaders.
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John Byrnes and Tyler Koteskey on Veterans, Reservists and Warships
April 16, 2024 20:10 - 1 hour - 87.2 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, John Allen Gay and Patrick Carver Fox talk with John Byrnes and Tyler Koteskey of Concerned Veterans for America. This episode covers how veteran communities have been affected by the Global War on Terror, the use and misuse of reservists and national guardsmen, naval procurement and more. John Byrnes is strategic director for Concerned Veterans for America. He joined the marine corps in 1991 out of high school and served four years, deployed to Somalia in 199...
Special: Iran's Retaliation and the National Interest
April 12, 2024 17:50 - 10 minutes - 13.8 MBThis afternoon, John Allen Gay sat down to give his thoughts on recent developments in the Middle East and the threat of Iranian retaliation. John Allen Gay is the Executive Director of The John Quincy Adams Society, Security Dilemma host and co-author of War With Iran: Political, Military and Economic Consequences, published in 2013.
Gregory Brew on Oil, Energy and the Red Sea
April 09, 2024 19:12 - 56 minutes - 77.5 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, John Allen Gay and Patrick Carver Fox speak with Dr. Gregory Brew about the changing paradigms of energy markets, from "the great de-risking" to the green energy transition, and what all this means for U.S. national security. Dr. Brew is an analyst at the Eurasia Group and a researcher on the formation of the global oil economy and contemporary energy transition. Dr. Brew's new piece in War on the Rocks. Apply to the JQAS Summer Conference by May 7th!
Paul Pillar on Gaza and Israeli Politics
April 04, 2024 20:30 - 50 minutes - 69 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, John Allen Gay and Patrick Carver Fox spoke with Dr. Paul R. Pillar, a 28-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency who served as the National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia from 2000 to 2005. A Vietnam veteran, he rose to serve as the Executive Assistant to CIA Director William Webster, the Deputy Director of the CIA Counterterrorism Center and now is a valuable critic of U.S. foreign policy as a non-resident fellow at Georgetown...
Jon Hoffman on Gaza and Middle East Politics
March 27, 2024 17:25 - 49 minutes - 68.3 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and A.J. Manuzzi interview Dr. Jon Hoffman, a policy analyst in defense and foreign policy at the Cato Institute. He holds a PhD in political science from George Mason, part of the Middle East Policy Council’s “40 under 40” and he writes about Middle East geopolitics in publications like Foreign Policy, The Washington Post and The National Interest. In this episode, we cover the state of the war in Gaza, the politics of surrounding countrie...
Dale Copeland on China and Commerce
March 19, 2024 20:27 - 53 minutes - 72.9 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay interview Dr. Dale Copeland, a professor at the University of Virginia. Dr. Copeland recently published a new book called A World Safe for Commerce: American Foreign Policy From The Revolution To The Rise of China. At UVA, Dr. Copeland studies the impact of the rise and decline of economic and military power on state behavior. He’s additionally authored Economic Interdependence and War (2015) and The Origins of Major War (2...
Murtaza Hussain on Pakistan and American Intervention
March 14, 2024 23:09 - 47 minutes - 65.1 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay interview Murtaza Hussain, a writer at The Intercept. He's broken major stories about America's involvement in Pakistani politics and we talk about that along with humanitarian aid in Gaza, airstrikes on the Houthis, the Iranian dissident group MEK and the FBI's entrapment of teenagers. You can check out Murtaza's reporting here. The original report on the Pakistani "cypher". The arrest of Humzah Mashkoor.
James Siebens on the South China Sea and Armed Coercion
March 05, 2024 18:12 - 51 minutes - 71.1 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay interviewed James A. Siebens, a Fellow at the Stimson Center's Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy program. He leads Stimson's Defense Strategy and Planning project and he’s the editor of China’s Use of Armed Coercion, a 2023 study on China’s use of military and paramilitary forces. Our conversation covers the South China Sea and China’s use of “military operations other than war”.
Derek Davison on Middle East Autocracies and the War on Terror
February 27, 2024 19:02 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and A.J. Manuzzi interviewed Derek Davison of Foreign Exchanges and American Prestige. We talk about his analysis of American policy in the Middle East, from the true intentions of the Obama Administration in the Arab Spring to the current relationship between the United States and the Pakistani military.
John Ramming Chappell on Arms Sales and Civilian Harm
February 20, 2024 22:17 - 47 minutes - 65 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and A.J. Manuzzi interviewed John Ramming Chappell, an Advocacy and Legal Fellow at the Center for Civilians in Conflict's U.S. program. Our conversation today ranged from the laws that regulate arms sales and security assistance and how often the United States follows its own laws in practice.
Jon Askonas on Technology, Ukraine and the Defense Industry
February 14, 2024 20:30 - 43 minutes - 60 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, we spoke with Dr. Jon Askonas about the technology of warfare, the state of the defense industry and war in Eastern Europe. Dr. Askonas is a professor of Political Science at Catholic University of America and a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation. Dr. Askonas's article on the Discord Leaks Dr. Askonas's article on Secrecy and Government
Rep. Warren Davidson on Congress's Role in Foreign Policy
February 08, 2024 20:28 - 32 minutes - 45.1 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, we spoke with Rep. Warren Davidson, a Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee representing Ohio's 8th District. Rep. Davidson is a veteran of the Army Rangers and the 101st Airborne. Our conversation today covered his perspective on aid to Israel, American strikes on Houthis in Yemen, the on-going conflict over aid to Ukraine and more.
Aileen Teague on Mexico and National Security
February 07, 2024 18:52 - 48 minutes - 66.7 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and AJ Manuzzi interview Dr. Aileen Teague, a professor at Texas A&M’s Bush School and a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute about her work covering Mexico and its relationship with American national security. This conversation is based on her paper for the Quincy Institute - Responsibly Demilitarizing U.S.–Mexico Bilateral Security Relations.
John Hulsman on American Realism
January 23, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour - 97.2 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay interview Dr. John Hulsman, a political risk consultant and author of The Last Best Hope: A History of American Realism. Prior to his work in political risk, Dr. Hulsman served as Fellow in European Policy Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Senior Research Fellow in Geopolitics and Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation for seven years. He is a Life Member of the US Council on Fore...
John Allen Gay on the John Quincy Adams Society
January 16, 2024 20:01 - 45 minutes - 62.6 MBWhat is the John Quincy Adams Society? This week, Security Dilemma hosts John Allen Gay and Patrick Carver Fox have a conversation about the organization behind programs like Security Dilemma, the Marcellus Policy Fellowship, the Strategic Leaders Fellowship and so much more. Check out our website for more details and sign-up for the weekly JQAS newsletter for regular job postings and information about JQAS events.
Yameen Huq on AI and Cyber Futures
January 09, 2024 15:41 - 53 minutes - 73.5 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay interview Yameen Huq, the Director of Cybersecurity at the Aspen Institute. We discuss artificial intelligence, its impact on cybersecurity and implications for American national security. Our conversation today is based on Yameen's new report "Envisioning Cyber Futures with AI". It's a quick read and one of the most interesting papers you'll find about AI!
Chris Preble on Grand Strategy and the End of Primacy
January 03, 2024 16:01 - 52 minutes - 71.8 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay interview Dr. Christopher Preble, Director of the Reimagining Grand Strategy Program at the Stimson Center. We discuss the reasons why the assumptions of liberal internationalism are unsustainable and we talk about Dr. Preble's upcoming paper on redeveloping U.S. foreign policy for an uncertain future. Christopher Preble is the Senior Fellow and Director of the Reimagining US Grand Strategy program at the Stimson Center. P...
Brian Blankenship on the Burden-Sharing Dilemma
December 26, 2023 16:05 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay discuss burden-sharing with Dr. Brian D. Blankenship, a professor at the University of Miami. We explore a number of the topics covered in Dr. Blankenship's new book, The Burden-Sharing Dilemma: Coersive Diplomacy in U.S. Alliance Politics. Dr. Blankenship's book is available here. You can read an excerpt from his book here.
Matt Duss on Gaza and the Future of the Middle East
December 21, 2023 22:07 - 57 minutes - 78.9 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, John Allen Gay and Scott McCann interviewed progressive thinker and MENA policy expert Matt Duss. Matthew Duss is the Executive Vice-President at the Center for International Policy. He served as foreign policy adviser to Senator Bernie Sanders from 2017-2022 and the president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace. Our conversation covers his recent essay in Foreign Affairs on resolving the conflict in Gaza but questions the value of the Abraham Accords, expl...
David Hendrickson on Gaza, Alliances and Imperium
December 12, 2023 16:00 - 56 minutes - 78.2 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay interviewed the John Quincy Adams Society's president - Dr. David C. Hendrickson. Dr. Hendrickson is president of the John Quincy Adams Society and professor emeritus of political science at Colorado College. He has written many books on U.S. foreign policy, including Republic in Peril: American Empire and the Liberal Tradition (Oxford, 2018), Union, Nation, or Empire: The American Debate over International Relations, 1789...
Michael DiMino on Gaza, Syria and the Intelligence Community
December 05, 2023 22:26 - 55 minutes - 76.7 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay discuss the conflict in Gaza and American strategy in the Middle East with Michael DiMino of Defense Priorities. Michael is a former career CIA military analyst and counterterrorism officer, serving in operational assignments overseas and authoring key strategic intelligence assessments for the President’s Daily Brief. He has advised the Joint Chiefs of Staff, United States European Command and Sen. John McCain. Michael is...
Negar Mortazavi on Iran: Politics, Power and Proxies
November 30, 2023 19:37 - 50 minutes - 69.6 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay discuss the politics of Iran and it's influence on the Middle East with Iran expert Negar Mortazavi. Negar is a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy, an award-winning journalist and host of the Iran podcast. Our conversation was recorded on November 20th, 2023. This conversation covers Iran's relationship with its proxies, how Iran views the conflict in Gaza and the state of Iranian politics.
Dan Grazier on Planes, Tanks and Air-Ground Task Forces
November 21, 2023 17:52 - 1 hour - 83.2 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay discuss weapons systems in the air, sea and land with former Marine Dan Grazier. Dan is a Senior Defense Policy Fellow at the Project on Government Oversight where he analyzes defense procurement, and our conversation covers naval shipbuilding, next generation air dominance, Marine Corps combined arms doctrine and more!
Eric Gomez on Taiwan's Urgent Need For Asymmetric Defense
November 14, 2023 15:01 - 53 minutes - 73.4 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay discuss Taiwanese security and America's role in the Taiwan Strait with Eric Gomez. Eric Gomez is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, with an expertise on a range of defense issues including the U.S. military budget, force posture, arms control, and nuclear stability in East Asia. Eric is joining us today because he has a new piece with the Cato Institute out as of today called Taiwan’s Urgent Need for Asymmetric Defense...
John Quincy Adams and Slavery with Jeffrey A. Denman
November 02, 2023 23:33 - 46 minutes - 64.1 MBThis week on Security Dilemma, we're taking an episode to explore the history of the namesake for The John Quincy Adams Society with a historian who has a new book out on the subject. John Allen Gay has a conversation with Jeffrey A. Denman about his new book - John Quincy Adams, Reluctant Abolitionist. The words of John Quincy Adams have inspired foreign policy thinkers for generations, and they continue to inspire today. Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shal...
Doug Bandow on Reagan, Religion and the ROK
October 27, 2023 17:42 - 58 minutes - 80.1 MBThis week, Patrick C. Fox and John Allen Gay interview Doug Bandow, a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. As a young lawyer, he worked as a Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan. Doug Bandow began working with the Cato Institute in 1982 and he is a Senior Fellow there today. He is widely published; he’s written at least three books focused on the Korean Peninsula and today he has a weekly column at The American Conservative. Our conversation today covers South Korean politics, East...
Brian Finucane on Law and War from Gaza to Guadalajara
October 20, 2023 14:34 - 48 minutes - 67.2 MBThis week, Patrick C. Fox and guest host Scott McCann interview Dr. Brian Finucane, a Senior Adviser at International Crisis Group and a former Legal Adviser for the State Department. This episode was recorded on October 19th, 2023 and discusses war powers as they affect the Gaza conflict, intervention in Mexico and strategic ambiguity in Taiwan. We also address specifics like the Geneva convention's Protocol 1, the 127 echo program, foreign policy's "supreme court" and more!
Elizabeth Beavers on Advocacy and AUMFS
October 17, 2023 21:24 - 53 minutes - 73.2 MBThis week, Patrick C. Fox and John Allen Gay interview Elizabeth Beavers, a Vice President at the Quincy Institute, an experienced advocate for progressive foreign policy reform and an expert on national security law. In this conversation, we cover the legacy of Sen. Feinstein, legal justifications for proxy wars, American strategy in North Korea, Congress's role in foreign policy and the threat of the climate crisis.
Daniel DePetris on Forever Wars from Mexico to Somalia
October 10, 2023 19:33 - 49 minutes - 68.2 MBThis week, Patrick C. Fox and John Allen Gay interview Daniel DePetris, a fellow at Defense Priorities and a syndicated foreign affairs columnist at the Chicago Tribune. In this conversation, we cover the prospect of intervening in Mexico, tensions between India and Canada, America's role in Somalia and the Abraham Accords.
Jordan Cohen on Arms Sales and Alliance Politics
October 04, 2023 19:03 - 53 minutes - 73.6 MBThis week, Patrick C. Fox and John Allen Gay interview Dr. Jordan Cohen, an expert on arms sales policy at the Cato Institute. In this conversation we cover cluster munitions in Ukraine, the policy mechanisms of aid to Taiwan and alliance politics with arms sales in the Middle East. Dr. Cohen's War on the Rocks article Dr. Cohen on aid to Taiwan Dr. Cohen on tracking U.S. weapons
Matthew Petti on Middle East Spaghetti Logic
September 26, 2023 14:27 - 50 minutes - 69.6 MBThis week, Patrick C. Fox and John Allen Gay interview Matthew Petti, a young independent journalist covering the Middle East. In this conversation we cover the origins of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, America's ongoing presence and path out of Syria, the context of the Iranian hostage exchange and the "spaghetti logic" of Henry Kissinger's realism. Matthew Petti's Substack Matthew's essay on Kissinger and Realism
Alex Thurston on West African Security & Stability
September 21, 2023 16:43 - 48 minutes - 66.1 MBThis week, Patrick C. Fox and John Allen Gay interview Dr. Alexander Thurston, an expert on conflicts, jihadism and stability in West Africa. Dr. Alex Thurston is a professor at the University of Cincinnati and a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute. This conversation covers sources of instability ranging from the French presence to the American intervention in Libya along with a conversation about the politics of the region, ranging from Niger's path to dictatorship, Nigeria's new le...
Stephen Wertheim on Progressives and the National Interest
September 13, 2023 18:49 - 55 minutes - 76.5 MBThis week, Patrick C. Fox and co-host John Allen Gay interview Dr. Stephen Wertheim, a diplomatic historian and Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Dr. Wertheim is a leading voice on foreign policy for the left, with essays in the New York Times and Foreign Affairs and appearances on programs including CNN and NPR. Our conversation covers the left's relationship with realism, Dr. Wertheim's research on America's changing perception of their role in the world and ...
Paul Heer on China's Ambitions and George Kennan's Legacy
September 05, 2023 14:30 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBThis week, Patrick C. Fox and guest co-host A.J. Manuzzi interview Dr. Paul Heer, a decorated former intelligence official and National Intelligence Officer for East Asia from 2007 to 2015. Now a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Dr. Heer's book Mr. X and the Pacific was just released in paperback. Our conversation covers how China and Xi Jinping think, the foreign policy legacy of George F. Kennan and the role that the intelligence community should play in...
Elizabeth Shackelford on Diplomacy and Africa
August 29, 2023 15:53 - 59 minutes - 82 MBThis week, Patrick C. Fox and guest co-host A.J. Manuzzi interview Elizabeth Shackelford, a Senior Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Our conversation covers the practice of diplomacy in U.S. foreign policy, conflict in Somalia, the coup in Niger and tensions in Southern Africa.
Dan Caldwell on the GOP Primary's Foreign Policy
August 24, 2023 18:02 - 36 minutes - 50 MBFor a bonus episode, Security Dilemma interviewed Dan Caldwell, a VP at the Center for Renewing America and a conservative veteran foreign policy advocate. We recorded this episode on August 24th, the morning after the first GOP primary debate. Our conversation covers the foreign policy of a second Trump administration, conservative rhetoric about Europe and the southern border, the foreign policy legacy of Ronald Reagan and engagement with China.
David Kang on China and the Asian Peace
August 22, 2023 14:49 - 53 minutes - 73.9 MBThis week, Security Dilemma interviewed Dr. David Kang, a professor at the University of Southern California. Our conversation covers the application of realism to the Asian peace, China's current and future role in the world, tensions on the Korean Peninsula, what the Philippines teaches us about alliances, India's position in Asia and soccer diplomacy.
Sumantra Maitra on Realism and Conservative Foreign Policy
August 16, 2023 20:24 - 59 minutes - 81.1 MBThis week, Security Dilemma interviewed Dr. Sumantra Maitra of The American Conservative and the Center for Renewing America. Our conversation covers the European tradition of realism, a conservative realist approach to competition with China and a critical perspective on India. Dr. Maitra on pivoting from Europe - https://americarenewing.com/issues/policy-brief-pivoting-the-us-away-from-europe-to-a-dormant-nato/ Dr. Maitra on India - https://www.theamericanconservative.com/indias-majorita...
Emma Ashford on Petrostates and Foreign Policy Debates
August 08, 2023 20:28 - 44 minutes - 61.3 MBThis week, Security Dilemma interviewed the Stimson Center's Dr. Emma Ashford, a key advocate for realism and restraint in U.S. foreign policy. Emma spoke about energy politics, grand strategy and advice for future foreign policy practitioners.
Justin Logan on China, Cartels and Chilean Wine
August 01, 2023 19:49 - 59 minutes - 81.7 MBThis week, Security Dilemma interviewed the the Cato Institute's director of defense and foreign policy studies - Justin Logan. Justin is a highly regarded voice in the foreign policy thinktank space, and he offered his analysis on China policy, NATO expansion and fentanyl.
Van Jackson on China and Dissident Thinking
July 25, 2023 18:48 - 54 minutes - 74.6 MBJoin dissident foreign policy academic Dr. Van Jackson for a conversation about the Indo-Pacific, nuclear policy and progressive foreign policy. Dr. Jackson is a Senior Lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington, the host of the Un-Diplomatic Podcast and the author of Pacific Power Paradox.
Jason Beardsley on Special Operations and Restraint
July 18, 2023 17:06 - 52 minutes - 71.7 MBJason Beardsley, a former U.S. military veteran and Director of Veterans Affairs at Stand Together, shares his insights on a range of national security issues. Beardsley's diverse background and experiences in the military provide a unique perspective on the challenges and complexities facing the United States in the realm of national security. The non-conventional footprint of SOF provides advantages in certain situations, but it is crucial to ensure that their use is nested under regional...
Stephen Walt on Alliances, Restraint and The Blob
July 10, 2023 18:45 - 53 minutes - 73.3 MBJoin legendary foreign policy academic Dr. Stephen Walt in a tour of modern national security issues. Dr. Walt is a professor at Harvard's Kennedy School, a columnist at Foreign Policy, and the author of The Origin of Alliances, The Hell of Good Intentions, and many more books.
A Marine on How His Service Changed His Worldview
February 17, 2023 01:10 - 58 minutes - 80 MBLyle Jeremy Rubin deployed to Afghanistan in 2010 as a committed neoconservative. His experience serving there brought him face to face with the realities of war and empire. His book Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body: A Marine's Unbecoming tells the story of how he changed and came to support restraint in U.S. foreign policy. The Society's Patrick C. Fox interviews Rubin.
Foreign Policy Restraint After Ukraine
February 10, 2023 01:12 - 56 minutes - 77.5 MBThe Russian assault on Ukraine has created a surge of support for liberal interventionism in the West, prompting one of that current's most prominent exponents to suggest that a brief moment of foreign policy restraint was at an end. Not so, countered Yale historian Michael Brenes: "Restrainers are a more visible, organized bloc that at any time in recent memory." In fact, he argued, the war showed the urgency of developing a positive vision for U.S. strategic restraint - not merely opposing...
Ukraine in 2023 (with Christopher Chivvis)
February 10, 2023 00:57 - 56 minutes - 78 MBWhat does 2023 hold for the war in Ukraine? Does Russia have the will and ability to slog on another year? Can Ukraine regain its lost territory? Will Western states remain relatively unified on providing aid? Is peace possible? We spoke with Christopher Chivvis, director of the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former National Intelligence Officer for Europe.
Iran's Nuclear Program, Present and Future
November 03, 2022 17:40 - 1 hour - 84.5 MBWhile all eyes are on Iran's protests, the country has advanced closer than ever to a nuclear weapon. Safeguards on the program are weak in the aftermath of the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal. Where do things stand, and where are they going? We hear from Kelsey Davenport, Director for Nonproliferation Policy at the Arms Control Association, where she focuses on the nuclear and missile programs in Iran, North Korea, India, and Pakistan and on international efforts to prevent proli...
America's Middle East "Dream Palace": Producing Middle East Expertise
October 27, 2022 15:27 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBHow does the government get advice on policy in the Middle East? It's changed over time. America took a much larger role in the region after World War II, and needed more regional experts than it had. The government began funding area studies programs in academia. Yet it didn't like the advice it was getting from universities - and after the campus chaos of the 1960s, the academy wasn't so excited either. Thus, think tanks, often closely tied to the government, stepped in, providing analysis...
John Quincy Adams and American Foreign Policy
October 20, 2022 13:48 - 1 hour - 85.2 MBWhat ideas animated the early United States' most important diplomat? David Hendrickson, president of the John Quincy Adams Society, discusses major themes in Adams' life, thought, and character and how these informed his approach to international affairs. Hendrickson is the author of the new book Freedom, Independence, Peace: John Quincy Adams and American Foreign Policy. It is available as a digital edition at no cost or in print from Barnes and Noble for $9.99. Find it here: https://jqa...
The Russia-Ukraine Lobbying War
October 14, 2022 17:57 - 53 minutes - 73.8 MBWashington has been a quiet battleground between Moscow and Kyiv. 2021 saw some of K Street's top lobbying firms duking it out over issues like the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, sanctions, and Ukrainian NATO membership. Think tanks got in on the fight too. The Russian invasion of Ukraine then shifted the terrain, with new sanctions blocking Russian lobbying and new lobbyists entering the fray for Ukraine. Ben Freeman, an expert on foreign influence at the Quincy Institute and author of The Fore...