Net Assessment
Hosts Melanie Marlowe and Christopher Preble debate their way through some of the toughest and most contentious topics related to war, international relations, and strategy. This podcast is brought to you by War on the Rocks.
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Episodes (100)
Debating the Future of the Russo-Ukrainian War
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Countering Foreign Media Manipulation. Or Not.
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America's Report Card in Southeast Asia
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The 2024 Annual Threat Assessment
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Competing for Influence in Latin America
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Are the U.S. and Europe Never Ever Getting Back Together?
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Debating the New National Defense Industrial Strategy
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Rating the Top Threats to U.S. National Security
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Global Disorder and Houthi Strikes
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Entrapment, Entanglement, and the Debate about U.S. Alliances
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The New Washington Consensus
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Dysfunction in Washington
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Is Washington Making a Bad Bet on India?
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Paying the Costs of Competition
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Multipolarity: What Is It Good For?
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Technology, Defense, and American-Chinese Competition
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Better Burden Sharing With Allies
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Is AUKUS Flawed By Design?
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Turkey's More Independent Foreign Policy
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One Year of War in Ukraine
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Learning Lessons from Ukraine: Is Defense Dominant?
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Looking Back at President Biden's Foreign Policy
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Debating the Defense of Taiwan
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The Risks of Nuclear Proliferation in Asia
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Making Hard National Security Choices
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Why The United States No Longer Leads on Free Trade
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Debating the National Defense Strategy
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Assessing the National Security Strategy
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Searching for the Elusive Rules-Based Order
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Military Lessons from the War in Ukraine
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Galvanizing America's Defense Industrial Policy
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Not Their Plane to Land: Generals Thwarting the Chain of Command?
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Is U.S. Support to Taiwan Substantive or Symbolic?
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Is NATO's Vision for Its Future Right?
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Active Denial or In Denial?
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An Energy Strategy to Defeat Russia?
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Is Biden's Approach to Latin America a Problem?
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Musings on Competition in the Pacific
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Debating Sweden and Finland's Entry into NATO
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Threats From Out of This World
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A Strategy-Budget Mismatch?
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Keeping the Right Secrets Secret
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Russia's War in Ukraine: How Does this End?
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Putin's Taunt: What Are You Going To Do About It?
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The Pacific is Not So Pacific
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The Biden Doctrine: Muddling Through?
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Grading the Biden Team's Foreign Policy
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A Heavy Price to Pay?
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A Slavish Devotion to Presence?
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Talent Management for a Modern Military
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