New Books in National Security

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Publishes	Twice weekly	Episodes	798	Founded	15 years ago
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Rory Cormac, "Fakers: A Top-Secret Tale of Phantoms and Forgeries on the Disinformation Front Line" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Fakers: A Top-Secret Tale of Phantoms and Forgeries on the Disinformation Front Line (Oxford UP, 2026) reveals the rise and fall of the mavericks running Britain's Cold War forgery empire. Their secret mission was audacious: to disrupt and discredit ... more

17 Jul 2026 • Most popular

Kirill Shamiev, "Imperfect Equilibrium: Civil-Military Relations in Russian Defense Policymaking" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Why has Russia's military struggled to adapt to the challenges of contemporary warfare? Despite years of attempts to improve its military capabilities, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 revealed a crippling lack of skill, discipline and... more

26 Jun 2026 • 45 min

Richard Bennet and Alexander Noyes, "War at Arm's Length: How America Can Build Effective Partners Through Military Assistance" (Yale UP, 2026)

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

12 Jun 2026 • 39 min

Witold J. Henisz, "Geostrategy by Design: How to Manage Geopolitical Risk in The New Era of Globalization" (Disruption Books, 2024)

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

5 Jun 2026 • 1 hr 9 min

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Recent Guests

Rory Cormac

Professor of International Relations, University of Nottingham

University of Nottingham

Episode: Rory Cormac, "Fakers: A Top-Secret Tale of Phantoms and Forgeries on the Disinformation Front Line" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Kirill Shamiev

Associate Analyst, Swedish Institute of International Affairs

Swedish Institute of International Affairs

Episode: Kirill Shamiev, "Imperfect Equilibrium: Civil-Military Relations in Russian Defense Policymaking" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Richard Bennet

Senior Research Associate, Center for International and Security Studies, University of Maryland

University of Maryland

Episode: Richard Bennet and Alexander Noyes, "War at Arm's Length: How America Can Build Effective Partners Through Military Assistance" (Yale UP, 2026)

Alex Noyes

Co-author of War at Arm's Length

Yale University Press / academic researcher

Episode: Richard Bennet and Alexander Noyes, "War at Arm's Length: How America Can Build Effective Partners Through Military Assistance" (Yale UP, 2026)

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)

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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 States10 years ago
Very interesting selection of books/authors!
Really enjoy this podcast. I like that both scholars and practitioners are interviewed for their insights.
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Susancarruth
Canada11 years ago
Good podcast
This is a informative and fascinating podcast. I highly recommend it.
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United States12 years ago

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Rory Cormac, "Fakers: A Top-Secret Tale of Phantoms and Forgeries on the Disinformation Front Line" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Q: What were some of the key challenges the IRD faced in making propaganda credible across different local contexts?

A major challenge was the lack of local knowledge; writers, often refugees with language and cultural insight, had to craft messages that resonated locally while maintaining an appearance of authenticity, which was difficult and sometimes produced absurd or overtly biased outputs.

Rory Cormac, "Fakers: A Top-Secret Tale of Phantoms and Forgeries on the Disinformation Front Line" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Q: Why was the IRD created, and how did its mission contrast with other intelligence services at the time?

The IRD was established in 1948 to counter Soviet ideological influence through covert information operations, often using unattributable propaganda; it positioned itself as a boutique, craft-focused alternative to the larger, more industrial Soviet propaganda efforts.

Kirill Shamiev, "Imperfect Equilibrium: Civil-Military Relations in Russian Defense Policymaking" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Q: So why don't we start with the title of the book, Imperfect Equilibrium? What exactly do you mean by this and how does this idea guide your analysis?

The Imperfect Equilibrium describes a balance among the military, presidential, and civil society coalitions where none can unilaterally change the system without broad reforms; it reflects the mutual dependence and tension among these groups before 2022, and explains why reforms were incremental rather than sweeping.

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.

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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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