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New Books in National Security

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Cold War
National Security
Russia
China
World War II
Vietnam War
United States
Iran
International Relations
Human Rights
Iraq
Ukraine
Counterinsurgency
NATO
Syria
CIA
Terrorism
Democracy
Israel
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An in-depth examination of how the United States can build more effective partner militaries.

Military assistance has a bad reputation. Large-scale attempts to build partner militaries in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Vietnam cost the United States billion... more

How should executives position a company for growth when the

geopolitical future is so uncertain? Recent events in Ukraine and the

Middle East and tightening restrictions on international trade and

investment are reshaping the global business envi... more

France is a leading intelligence power, but we know very little about its premier intelligence agency: the Direction Générale de la Sécurité

Extérieure (DGSE). Damien Van Puyvelde's latest book, The DGSE: A Concise History of France's Foreign Intel... more

Jeffrey Whyte's book The Birth of Psychological War: Propaganda, Espionage, and Military Violence from WWII to the Vietnam War (Oxford UP, 2023) explores the history, politics, and geography of United States psychological warfare in the 20th century ... more

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Recent Guests

Witold Henisz
Professor of Management at the Wharton School, co-author
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Episode: Witold J. Henisz, "Geostrategy by Design: How to Manage Geopolitical Risk in The New Era of Globalization" (Disruption Books, 2024)
Damien Van Puyvelde
Associate Professor and Head of the Intelligence and Security Research Group at Leiden University; Research Fellow at Strategic Research Institute of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces
Leiden University; Strategic Research Institute of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces
Episode: Damien Van Puyvelde, "The DGSE: A Concise History of France's Foreign Intelligence Service" (Georgetown UP, 2026)
Jeffrey Whyte
Lecturer in International Relations
Lancaster University
Episode: Jeffrey Whyte, "The Birth of Psychological War: Propaganda, Espionage, and Military Violence from WWII to the Vietnam War" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Charlie Glaser
Professor, Senior Fellow in the MIT Security Studies Program; author of Retrench, Defend, Compete
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Episode: Charles L. Glaser, "Retrench, Defend, Compete: Securing America's Future Against a Rising China" (Cornell UP, 2025)
Chiara Libiseller
Author of Reconceptualizing War, The Rise and Fall of Fashionable Concepts in Strategic Studies
King's College London / Department of War Studies
Episode: Chiara Libiseller, "Reconceptualizing War: The Rise and Fall of Fashionable Concepts in Strategic Studies" (Oxford UP, 2026)
Jack Cheevers
Author of Kennedy's Coup; historian
Simon & Schuster (publisher)
Episode: Jack Cheevers, "Kennedy’s Coup: A White House Plot, a Saigon Murder, and America's Descent into Vietnam" (Simon and Schuster, 2026)
Stephen Sims
Author of A Shake-Up Is Coming for the Nation State
Rochester Institute of Technology
Episode: A Shakeup Is Coming for the Nation-State: A Conversation with Stephen Sims
Douglas Waller
Author of The Determined Spy, The Turbulent Life and Times of CIA Pioneer Frank Wisner
Author, The Determined Spy
Episode: Douglas Waller, "The Determined Spy: The Turbulent Life and Times of CIA Pioneer Frank Wisner" (Penguin, 2026)
Nathaniel Greenberg
Author of The Long War of Ideas, American Public Diplomacy in Arabic After 9/11
Columbia University Press
Episode: Nathaniel Greenberg, "The Long War of Ideas: American Public Diplomacy in Arabic After 9/11" (Columbia UP, 2026)

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Eleonora Mattiacci
Host of The New Books Network interview series; affiliated with Amherst College.

Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars from 59 ratings
  • National Security - the Traditional and the Holistic

    A previous reviewer criticized the “left-leaning” direction of some of the authors’ texts. Some of them are very left-leaning and do not at first come under the “traditional" topic of “National Security” - strategy, geopolitics, military history, arms and arms control, nuclear weapons, etc. written by practitioners in the discipline.

    The left leaning works are more “holistic” in nature and do not usually fit within the previously defined constructs of National Security. They are usually authore... more

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    Dan7013
    United States6 years ago
  • fake name, hard left political hatchet job.

    I listened to five podcasts all were mislabeled. Three were actually introduced as "Latino Studies" , another dealt with a High Scholl course in NY which tought police work to kids ( veridct was of course "bad" ). What all podcats had in common was a regressive left narrative and how the hard left deals with and aproaches police related matter. If you are a National Security professional, you will not recognize yourself as this is never talked about. Looks like Marxist academics took over the po... more

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    Daniel Berlin Brigade
    United States9 years ago
  • Very interesting selection of books/authors!

    Really enjoy this podcast. I like that both scholars and practitioners are interviewed for their insights.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Susancarruth
    Canada11 years ago
  • Good podcast

    This is a informative and fascinating podcast. I highly recommend it.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    nbamendola
    United States12 years ago

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Damien Van Puyvelde, "The DGSE: A Concise History of France's Foreign Intelligence Service" (Georgetown UP, 2026)
Q: How has leadership within the DGSE evolved and what factors enable reform?
Leadership shifted from military backgrounds to civil servants from interior/foreign affairs, guided by threat environments, budget considerations, and political support, which together enable reform and adaptation.
Witold J. Henisz, "Geostrategy by Design: How to Manage Geopolitical Risk in The New Era of Globalization" (Disruption Books, 2024)
Q: What is geostrategy and why is it necessary now?
Geostrategy is the deliberate integration of geopolitical risk thinking into a firm's strategy, risk management, and governance. It requires reorganizing companies to embed political risk in every decision, from sourcing to hiring, with a long-term horizon of 5-10 years.
Stephen G. Brooks, "The Political Economy of Security" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Q: Why broaden the scope from interstate war to civil war and terrorism, and what did you find when you did this broader analysis?
Expanding the focus revealed that many economic variables influence peace and conflict differently across war types; the broad synthesis showed that development, globalization, and trade interact in complex ways, not yielding a single universal effect.
Stephen G. Brooks, "The Political Economy of Security" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Q: Can you walk us through a specific example of how economic factors influence conflict in a positive or negative direction?
Development's effect on terrorism can go either way: wealth can reduce terrorism through stronger policing and employment, but development also creates dislocation that can fuel terrorism; the overall pattern is nuanced and often follows an inverse U-shape.
Jane Vaynman, "Enemies in Agreement: Political Volatility and the Design of Arms Control" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Q: Why is the traditional view that arms control requires trust incomplete in your framework?
Trust is not strictly necessary; uncertainty about the adversary's willingness to cheat can justify investing in information gathering and verification. The mere possibility of cooperation, prompted by volatility, can make high-monitoring or hedged agreements worthwhile.

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A scholarly interview series that centers on newly published academic books and research in security, defense, and international affairs. Episodes cover topics such as psychological warfare, grand strategy, arms control, NATO stability policing, Arctic geopolitics, civil-war peacekeeping, and the history of U.S. intelligence, often pairing a book author with a host who guides rigorous, theory-driven conversations and concrete historical or policy implications. The show tends to blend deep academic analysis with practical policy insights, featuring researchers, historians, and policy analysts who situate their work within broader geopolitical trends and contemporary security challenges. Noteworthy qualities include a consistent emphasis on h... more

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