Podcast Archives

The John Quincy Adams Society has long created a variety of material for students and professionals interesting in U.S. foreign policy. Look through this archive to check out interviews with foreign policy experts and content on career development.


Lyle Jeremy Rubin – A Marine on How His Service Changed His Worldview – Feb 2023

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Michael Brenes – Policy Restraint After Ukraine – Feb 2023

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Christopher Chivvis – Ukraine in 2023 – Feb 2023

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Kelsey Davenport – Iran’s Nuclear Program, Present and Future – Nov 2022

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Osamah Khalil – America’s Middle East “Dream Palace”: Producing Middle East Expertise – Oct 2022

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David Hendrickson – John Quincy Adams and American Foreign Policy – Oct 2022

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Ben Freeman – The Russia-Ukraine Lobbying War – Oct 2022

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John Allen Gay – Apply Strong to Foreign Policy Jobs – Oct 2022

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Sidita Kushi & Monica Duffy Toft – Measuring U.S. Interventionism – Sep 2022

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Becca Watts – Launching a Career in the Progressive Space – Aug 2022

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Dan Grazier – A-10 vs. F-35: Case Studies in Bad Defense Policy – Aug 2022

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Michael Swaine – Taiwan and U.S. – China Relations – Aug 2022

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Sumantra Maitra – Finland and Sweden’s NATO Quest – Jul 2022

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Stephen Wertheim – The Liberal International Order – Jul 2022

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Zuri Linetsky, Caroline Grey & Lucas Robinson – How does the world see America today? – Jul 2022

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Sean Yom – Assessing Biden’s Middle East Policy – June 2022

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Negar Mortazavi – Iran in Crisis, at Home and Abroad – June 2022

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George Beebe – Former CIA Russia Analysis Director on the rocky road to peace in Ukraine – May 2022

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Nicolai N. Petro – Truth and Reconciliation in Ukraine – May 2022

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Amb. John Evans – Putin’s Road to Ukraine – Apr 2022

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John Delury – Change Coming in Korea – Apr 2022

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Justin Logan – Uncle Sucker: Why U.S. Efforts at Defense Burden-Sharing Fail – Apr 2022

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David Arceneaux – Understanding Nuclear Command and Control – Mar 2022

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Lyle Goldstein – China-Russia Relations After Ukraine – Mar 2022

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Jasen Castillo – Military Effectiveness in Ukraine and Beyond – Mar 2022

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Aroop Mukharji – The Psychology of Stickiness: What the U.S. Can Learn from its Annexation of the Philippines in 1898 – Mar 2022

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Emma Ashford – The Ukraine Crisis – Feb 2022

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Ben Friedman – Is U.S. Deterrence in Asia Failing? – Feb 2022

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Andrew Bacevich – Why American Foreign Policy Keeps Failing – Feb 2022

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Jonathan Hoffman – The UAE: A Destabilizing Partnership? – Jan 2022

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Gil Barndollar – U.S. Forces Overseas: Do We Have the Right Bases in the Right Places? – Jan 2022

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Kelley Beaucar Vlahos – How to Get Your Foreign Policy Ideas Published – Jan 2022

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Samuel Moyn – Humane War? – Dec 2021

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Michael J. Mazarr – Choosing War in Iraq: Lessons for Today – Dec 2021

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John Allen Gay vs. Mike Watson – John Quincy Adams’ Foreign Policy Legacy – Dec 2021

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Trita Parsi vs. Thanassis Cambanis – What’s Driving the Middle East’s Wave of Diplomacy? – Nov 2021

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Peter Campbell – Is the best cyber defense a good cyber offense? – Aug 2020

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James Dillon – How to Get Hired at the Department of Defense – Feb 2021

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David C. Kang – East Asia’s Surprising Stability – Feb 2021

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Barry Posen – Can Europe Defend Itself? – Mar 2021

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Jessica Trisko Darden – The Surprising Relationship Between Foreign Aid and Repression – Mar 2021

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JQAS Student Leaders Speak – June 2021

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Julia Gledhill – After Afghanistan: Legal Power and Human Rights – Oct 2021

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Joshua Shifrinson – Will China’s Rise Lead to War? – Oct 2021

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Stephen Walt – IR Realism and COVID-19 – May 2020

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John Allen Gay & Tyler Cullis – Iran: Sanctions and Strategy – May 2020

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Benjamin Denison – Regime Change: Good Policy Tool? – Apr 2020

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John Allen Gay – Improve Your Resume for Foreign Policy Jobs – Apr 2020

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John Allen Gay & Kathryn Meyer – Foreign Policy Graduate School: Choosing One and Getting Into It – Apr 2020

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John Allen Gay – Foreign Policy Internship Guide – Mar 2019

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John Allen Gay – Foreign Policy Grad School Tips – Oct 2019

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John Mearsheimer – Liberal Ideals and International Realities – Feb 2018

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John Allen Gay – Security Clearances 101 for Students – Oct 2018

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