Horns of a Dilemma

Kerry Anderson, TNSR Production Editor, talks with Ketian Zhang about her article for TNSR, “Just Do It: Explaining the Characteristics and Rationale of Chinese Economic Sanctions.” Zhang, an assistant professor of international security in…

<!-- category --> October 25, 2024 Access decisions play a crucial role in large-scale conflicts and yet the decision-making process of potential host nations has largely been unexplored. Rick talks with TNSR author Emily…

<!-- category --> October 18, 2024 On Sept. 19, Dr. Olivia Cheung, Research Fellow at the China Institute at SOAS University of London, spoke about her book, The Political Thought of Xi Jinping, co-authored with Steve Tsang.…

On Sept. 17, at the University of Texas at Austin, General (Ret.) Kenneth F. “Frank” McKenzie Jr. spoke about his book, “The Melting Point: High Command and War in the 21st Century.” This discussion, moderated by Joseph Maguire, covers Gen.…

<!-- category --> October 4, 2024 TNSR Managing Editor Rick Landgraf talks with Charles Ziegler about his latest article, Filling the Void Left by Great-Power Retrenchment: Russia, Central Asia, and the U.S. Withdrawal from…

<!-- category --> September 20, 2024 TNSR Production Editor Kerry Anderson talks with historian Daniel Chardell about his article The Origins of the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait Reconsidered, published in Volume 6, Issue 3 of TNSR.…

<!-- category --> September 13, 2024 Marshall Kosloff talks with journalist Martin Pengelly about his book, “Brotherhood: When West Point Rugby Went to War.” They discuss rugby and Pengelly’s story about members of a West Point…

<!-- category --> September 6, 2024 In this episode, TNSR Production Editor Kerry Anderson sits down with Joseph Stieb to discuss his article from Volume 6, Issue 3 of TNSR: “Why Did the United States Invade Iraq? The Debate at…

China’s defense spending is difficult to quantify because some assessments make methodological errors that result in inflated figures. Rick talks with Taylor, George, and Eric, who explain these flaws and offer a novel method for a more…

In this episode, TNSR publisher Ryan Evans spoke with the journal’s new editor-in-chief, Prof. Sheena Chestnut Greitens, an award-winning scholar and associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs.…