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Welcome to the Paul Poast Podcast in which he discusses a variety of national security topics. Professor Poast is an Assistant Director of the Chicago Project on Security & Threats (CPOST) a...

Prof. Post talks about the growing number of VIP visitors to Ukraine, a show of support that has risks, and also why we need to remember the...

America can afford to remind folks it will remain dominant in a post-American, post-truth world.

Prof. Poast looks at why negotiations that end wars need to avoid humiliation.

Talking about the past to figure out the future of Ukraine, factoring in China, Iran and the Geopolitical connections.

In this special extended Podcast, I’d like to about Ukraine in three segments: History…how did we get here? Current situation…what is going...

In my latest podcast I consider not only withdrawal of American troops, but also of interest in the Middle East, and what it means for the r...

International conflicts invariably result in historical analogies, which may help sell policies but is often unhelpful in understanding what...

Paul Poast talks about Russia, Ukraine and how exactly did we end up here?

President Biden has had a video chat with President Putin and, at the time or recording, an international peace summit was underway, so is t...

Professor Poast discusses the parallels drawn between the Cold War and the current state of US-China rivalry. Misplaced? A "lazy and dangero...

Can you have a transformative foreign policy and avoid its consequences. In the Middle East, many Democrats would like to impose a peace set...

Is the US and China locked into strategic competition or great power competition? Could Taiwan change that phrasing. And, can any diplomatic...

President Biden said America was back on the world stage but didn’t say where on that stage. Scarcely two weeks after America’s ignominious...

Professor Poast discusses 9/11 and what it meant for him on the day and what it means for America today.

Guest Interview with Prof. Robert A. Pape who explains what over-the-horizon means in Afghanistan, why it can't work in the current circumst...

IR scholars should be teaching students to look 10 years ahead. Is that really possible? If so, what should they be looking for?

Prof. Poast talks about his Twitter thread on John Mearsheimer's now classic article 'Back to the Future' and why it still matters.

Prof. Poast talks about President Biden's trip to Europe, talks with Putin, and why Nato matters. He also gets a wee bit nerdy on stats, and...

The EU and Beijing have been strengthening ties towards a new "values-based investment relationship" that will protect labor and environment...

Secretary Blinken is working to shore up a Gaza cease-fire, but he faces the longstanding obstacles, which throws up questions about the fut...

Professor Poast talks about being a realist and where the U.S. approach to foreign policy leaves America as a beacon for democracy.

Prof. Poast talks about genocide, Turkey, the UK G7 visit, Brexit, what an independent Scotland could mean, and how optimistic we should be...

As Secretary Pompeo vies for Presidential candidacy, Prof. Poast looks at the role of the US Secretary of State, politics versus diplomacy,...

Professor Poast discusses the Biden Administration's approach (or not) with Iran, why the JCPOA is not so J, and what to expect of the futur...

Professor Poast looks at reassuring allies, policing empires and why it is too soon to give a scorecard to the Biden foreign policy approach...

From Wilson to Biden, Prof. Poast shows where each President falls according to two dimensions of US Foreign Policy. He also talks about wha...

Professor Poast talks about how President Trump changed the course of international relations and why he was no joke.

Professor Poast looks at the events of January 6 and what it means for democracy. S2 Ep 1

Using President Trump's ordering troops out of Somalia as an example, Prof. Post explains what it is IR scholars do and why it matters.

The president-elect has plumped for experience in his picks for cabinet. Prof. Poast talks about what it means for China, trans-Atlantic rel...

Professor Robert Pape and Professor Paul Poast discusses the outcome of the election and what it means for the world.

Hear Professor Poast's bold prediction for today’s US elections ahead of the CPOST livestream on YoutTube tomorrow: https://www.youtube.com/...

Professor Poast predicts who will win the November 3 US election, what will happen next, and whether Trump TV will be a thing. On November 4...

Vatican criticism of American policy is no surprise, and the Pope's latest biting commentary is even less surprising if you know his backgro...

Prof. Poast talks about domestic issues, such as Trump’s taxing times and Supreme Court nominations, have international implications, and ho...

International rules-based order seems to play by its own rules, especially when it comes to using international conflict to distract from do...

The good, the bad and the ugly on US foreign relations and why there’s really not much good to talk of.

When teaching Intro to International Relations, Prof. Poast uses no ancient texts or ancient examples. Is he being provocative? Or, is he of...

As Secretary Pompeo is calling for a “new alliance of democracy”. With the US — and for that matter and UK — reputation plummeting so far an...

“In a few short months a microbe has exposed the underside to talk talks,” writes the London Financial Times . Professor Poast talks about w...

#COVID19 is bad for international cooperation, says Prof. Poast. Not only does it undermine global health cooperation (see @WHO ), but, as v...

The militarization of policing, an already anxiety-laden, polarized population, citizen disgust at US overseas adventures, and threats to us...

Foreign policy experts are at odds over whether the pandemic will lead to global peace or to a new Cold War between the US and China. Paul P...

Why China paying Corona costs raises questions about suing the President, and neither is likely. More important is whether to weaponize or s...

Professor Paul Poast discusses the Federal and state disconnect within the US and the surprising connections being made overseas. Professor...

Professor Paul Poast talks about the ways in which COVID-19 is shaping the narrative around the international distribution of power. Profess...

Professor Paul Poast Podcast discusses international cooperation in times of war and in times of pandemics, as well as the widening gap betw...

In this episode of the Paul Poast Podcast , talking to Rod Cowan and Peter Wolf, Paul highlights the way in which digital communication is r...

Welcome to the Paul Poast Podcast in which he discusses a variety of national security topics . Professor Poast is an Assistant Director of...

Welcome to the Paul Poast Podcast in which he discusses a variety of national security topics . Professor Poast is an Assistant Director of...