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Hosted by Karen Greenberg. Brought to you by the Center on National Security, Vital Interests Podcast was designed to help you think about security in its many dimensions, from pandemic to climate change, from terrorism to population migration, from war to peace - all with an eye towards the rule of law, the protection of human rights and the respect for civil liberties.
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Rebroadcast: John Brennan and Ali Soufan on The U.S. and Today's Foreign Policy Challenges from 2022-03-10T17:12:31
Host Karen J. Greenberg welcomed CNS Distinguished Fellow for Global Security and former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Supervisory Special Agent Ali Soufan Listen
Richard Conn on Letting Go of Religion and Embracing Reality from 2021-10-22T13:44:48
What will it take for the world to renounce religious dogma and discover humanity’s place in it through science and reason? Can it save our societies from perpetual conflict? Attorney and invest...
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Anthony Romero on Post-9/11 Challenges from 2021-09-17T10:00
ACLU Director Anthony Romero joins our special series on 9/11 to discuss the challenges, accomplishments and persistent hurdles experienced by the ACLU and the country in the aftermath...
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The Guantanamo Docket: New York Times Journalists Carol Rosenberg and Charlie Savage on Keeping a Record of Guantanamo from 2021-09-14T10:00
Who remains at Guantanamo Bay? What’s more to be known? And can the Biden administration finally close the notorious detention center? Journalists Carol Rosenberg and Charlie Savage discuss less...
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Spencer Ackerman on the Perpetual Shadow of 9/11 from 2021-09-13T10:00
In his new book, Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump, journalist Spencer Ackerman traces America’s response to 9/11 to the violence, vitr...
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Peter Bergen on the Life and Impact of Osama Bin Laden from 2021-09-10T10:00
Journalist Peter Bergen has spent decades reflecting on the man responsible for the attacks on 9/11. Now, twenty years after that fateful day, he joins our commemoration series to provide insigh...
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Richard Clarke on the Mistakes Made Before 9/11 and the Lessons We Have Yet to Learn from 2021-09-09T10:00
What were the failures in the lead up to the attacks on 9/11? What lessons should we take from that fateful event and our response to it to better prepare for the crises of the future? Former Wh...
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Journalist Craig Unger on Spies, Lies, and the Threats to American Democracy from 2021-06-08T14:17:36
How do America’s top leaders use power to enrich themselves and further their interests? From the Bush administration to the GOP and the Trump presidency, Craig Unger has spent the last ...
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Joshua Dratel on Reforming America’s Criminal Justice System from 2021-05-25T10:00
Many Americans think that U.S. criminal justice system is unfair, ineffective, and broken. So how do we fix it? Joshua Dratel, a leading criminal defense attorney, joins this episode of Vital In...
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Ken Wainstein - Thinking about National Security Twenty Years Ago and Now from 2021-05-11T10:00
Twenty years after 9/11, Ken Wainstein, Homeland Security Advisor to George W. Bush, reflects on security and 21st century challenges.
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Clint Watts on How Social Media Changed the Internet, Distorts Reality, and Fuels Extremism from 2021-04-27T12:33:08
How can America counter group mentality? Clint Watts, a national security, counterterrorism, and cybersecurity expert, joins this episode of Vital Interests Podcast to discuss disinformation, co...
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Hina Shamsi on Protecting Human Rights in an Era of Heightened Global Security from 2021-04-13T10:00
Twenty years after 9/11, with President Biden in the White House, are we ready for a new approach to security and justice? Hina Shamsi joins this episode of Vital Interests Podcast to discuss th...
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Jessica Stern Reflects on a Career Studying Terrorism from 2021-03-30T10:00
Boston University Professor Jessica Stern joins this episode of Vital Interests Podcast to discuss how a perceived loss of status is helping to radicalize young people, and how understanding the...
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Colin Clarke on Countering Violent Extremism in the US and Abroad from 2021-03-16T13:53:25
Are we seeing something new in terrorist violence? Colin Clarke, the Director of Policy and Research at the Soufan Group, joins this episode of Vital Interests Podcast to discuss what’s changed—...
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Nick Rasmussen on How to Tackle Extremism on the Internet from 2021-03-02T15:49:57
Nick Rasmussen, the inaugural executive director of the Global Internet Forum to Counterterrorism (GIFCT) joins this episode of the Vital Interests Podcast to discuss how his organizatio...
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Sheila Foster on the City as a Commons from 2021-02-16T11:36:25
In this episode of Vital Interest Podcast, Sheila Foster, a professor of urban law and policy at Georgetown University and the co-director of LabGov, reimagines traditional structures of governa...
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Rebroadcast: Ali Soufan on January 6th and the Threat To Democracy: What Went Wrong and How Should We Respond? from 2021-02-02T08:25:20
Host Karen J. Greenberg welcomed Ali Soufan for a virtual event at the Center on National Security at Fordham Law titled "January 6th and the Threat To Democracy: What Went Wrong and How Should ...
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Matt Duss on the Insurrection at the Capitol and Rethinking American Foreign Policy from 2021-01-19T11:34:53
Matt Duss, Foreign Policy Advisor to Bernie Sanders, joins this episode of Vital Interests Podcast to discuss the Capitol Riots, Biden’s foreign policy challenges, and the legacy of 9/11. ...
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Annie Owens on Reforming the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel from 2021-01-06T11:32:10
The Justice Department’s legitimacy took a hit under the Trump administration. Can reforms within its Office of Legal Counsel—and a rule-of-law-abiding new Attorney General— help burnish its rep...
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Fionnuala D. Ní Aoláin on the Problems of Counterterrorism in the Post-9/11 World from 2020-12-15T10:15:45
Nearly 20 years after 9/11, one might ask, where do we stand now in terms of counterterrorism policies? What have we accomplished? What remains to be done? Fionnuala D. Ní Aoláin, UN Special Rap...
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Peter Beinart on Biden’s Foreign Policy Challenges from 2020-12-08T06:16:13
Journalist Peter Beinart joins this episode of Vital Interests Podcast to discuss China, multilateralism, a One-State solution for Israel – and more. Vital Interests Podcast with Karen Greenberg...
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Rebroadcast: Seamus Hughes' Homegrown: ISIS in America from 2020-12-01T08:43:21
Seamus Hughes joined host Karen J. Greenberg on November 19th to discuss his new book: Homegrown: ISIS in America. The full webinar can be watched on our website at CenterOnNationalSecurity.org/eve...
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Steve Blank on Expecting the Unexpected: Silicon Valley and 21st Century Warfare from 2020-11-25T10:49:04
Tech entrepreneur and early leader of the Lean Startup movement Steve Blank joins this episode of the Vital Interests Podcast to discuss his Stanford University course, Hacking for Defense, and ...
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Rebroadcast: John Brennan's "Undaunted" with Samantha Power from 2020-11-17T09:00
Host Karen J. Greenberg welcomed John Brennan and Samantha Power on October 15th to discuss Brennan's new book Undaunted: My Fight Against America's Enemies, At Home and Abroad. The full event c...
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Edwin Frank on Literature, the Pandemic, and our World from 2020-11-10T09:00
Edwin Frank, the editorial director for the New York Review of Books, joins the podcast to discuss his long-running collection, the NYRB Classics Series. Vital Interests Podcast with Ka...
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Webinar Rebroadcast: Echoes from the Past: Do the post WWII Japanese War Crimes Tribunals have lessons for Guantanamo? with Michel Paradis and Carol Rosenberg from 2020-11-06T09:00
Host Karen J. Greenberg welcomed journalist Carol Rosenberg and attorney Michel Paradis at CNS on October 1st for a conversation based on Paradis’ new book Last Mission to Tokyo: The Extraor...
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Senator Russell Feingold on the 25th Amendment, Court Packing, and the State of US Democracy from 2020-10-27T05:31:18
In this episode of Vital Interest Podcast, Former Democratic Senator Russell Feingold unpacks the historic challenges threatening America’s democratic system and offers four Constitutional amend...
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Webinar Rebroadcast: Chris Whipple's The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future from 2020-10-20T09:09:32
Chis Whipple joined host Karen J. Greenberg on September 29th to discuss his new book: The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future. The full webinar can be watche...
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Richard Clarke on DHS, Governance, and the 2020 Presidential Election from 2020-10-13T11:03:07
The former National Security official joins this episode of Vital Interests Podcast to discuss his time in government, the need for reforms at the Department of Homeland Security, and what’s at ...
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Webinar Rebroadcast: Ali Soufan's Declassified "The Black Banners" from 2020-10-06T11:01:59
Ali Soufan joined host Karen J. Greenberg on September 24th to discuss the new, declassified version of his book: The Black Banners (Declassified): How Torture Derailed the War on Terror aft...
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Jonathan Stevenson on US Foreign Policy, Civil Unrest at Home, and Racial Inequality from 2020-09-29T10:33:17
Jonathan Stevenson, senior fellow for US Defense at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, joins this episode of Vital Interests Podcast to discuss the future of the...
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Liam Collins on Ukraine, Syria, and the Future of Great Power Conflict from 2020-09-25T11:01:43
Liam Collins, the founding director of the Modern War Institute, joins this episode of the Vital Interests Podcast to discuss proxy wars, cyber security, and the future of global conflic...
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Robert Draper on Why We Went to War in Iraq from 2020-09-15T03:58:12
Listen to Robert Draper, writer for the New York Times Magazine & National Geographic, on his new book To Start a War, How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq. Vita...
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U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes on a Comprehensive Approach to Legislating in the COVID Era from 2020-09-01T07:11:10
Rep. Jahana Hayes, National Teacher of the Year in 2016, joins this week’s episode of Vital Interests Podcast to discuss her continued hope in American democracy, and how the COVID-19 recovery i...
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Counterterrorism From Al Qaeda and ISIS to White Supremacists, with the NYPD’s Rebecca Weiner, Assistant Commissioner for the Intelligence Bureau. from 2020-08-25T10:12:50
A conversation with Rebecca Ulam Weiner about the evolution of terrorism, and the current challenges facing law enforcement and society at large. Vital Interests Podcast with Karen Greenbe...
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Tom Parker on Terrorism, Human Rights and Tomorrow’s Challenges from 2020-08-18T14:01:58
Listen as Tom Parker discusses the value of understanding the conditions that give rise to terrorism and the need for a longer time frame for measuring counterterrorism strategies. Vital I...
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Peter Bergen on National Security From Al Qaeda to COVID from 2020-08-11T08:27:48
Join us as Peter Bergen discusses terrorism, the Iran Deal, the Taliban, a Biden presidency and America’s ever-changing national security landscape. Vital Interests Podcast with Karen Gree...
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Jonathan Hafetz and the Politicization of Justice, American-style from 2020-08-04T15:58:13
Jonathan Hafetz talks about Adham Hassoun, Enemy Combatants and today’s Department of Justice. Vital Interests Podcast with Karen Greenberg is brought to you by the Center...
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War Crimes, Accountability, and Healing with Michel Paradis from 2020-07-28T11:34:54
Michel Paradis discusses the legacy of 9/11, war crimes, military commissions, and his new book Last Mission to Tokyo. Vital Interests Podcast with Karen Greenberg is brought to y...
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Governor Jerry Brown on COVID, Punishment, Inequality and America's Way Forward from 2020-07-21T11:00
Former California Governor Jerry Brown discusses what more states can do to respond to COVID, how we can honor the humanity in all of us, and ways to help parents in today's difficult times.&nbs...
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Leadership and Hope: A view from California with Lt Gov Eleni Kounalakis from 2020-07-14T14:36:24
California's Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis discusses immigration, trade policy, women in politics and her hopes for the future with host Karen Greenberg.
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Carol Rosenberg and the Forever Story of Guantanamo from 2020-07-07T12:00
Joining host Karen Greenberg, Carol Rosenberg discusses nearly two decades of reporting on Guantanamo’s detainees, its military commissions, and its military.
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Webinar Terrorism Series: Episode 2 with Gilles Kepel from 2020-06-30T12:15:54
Gilles Kepel joined host Karen J. Greenberg on May 20th to discuss his book: Away from Chaos: The Middle East and the Challenge to the West. The full webinar, part of our terrorism...
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Webinar Terrorism Series: Episode 1 with Thomas Hegghammer from 2020-06-30T10:00
Thomas Hegghammer joined host Karen J. Greenberg on May 6th to discuss his book: The Caravan: Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad. The full webinar, part of our terrorism s...
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John Brennan on the Arab Spring, 21st Century Democracies, and the Coming Election from 2020-06-23T12:00
Former CIA Director and Presidential Advisor talks to host Karen Greenberg about the global landscape, protecting the upcoming elections and his hopes for the future.
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The Presidency, the Media, and the Dangers of Cynicism with David Rohde from 2020-06-16T12:00
David Rohde discusses his new book In Deep: The FBI, the CIA, and the Truth about America's "Deep State."
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Edward Snowden, the Surveillance State and the Future of Privacy - with Bart Gellman from 2020-06-12T11:25:28
Bart Gellman discusses his new book “Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State”
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Jameel Jaffer on Freedom of Speech, National Security, and the Perils of Silencing Former Officials from 2020-06-09T11:00
Jameel Jaffer, Inaugural Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, joins host Karen Greenberg to discuss national security, FOIA litigation, and the dangers facing...
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Andrea Mitchell on Challenges Facing Today's Journalists from 2020-06-03T09:58:31
Andrea Mitchell, Host of MSNBC 'Andrea Mitchell Reports', talks about the challenges, past and present, of reporting on the White House, about women in journalism, and about the many pressures f...
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Peter Singer on his novel Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution from 2020-05-26T11:12:46
Peter Singer, Strategist and Senior Fellow at New America, joins host Karen Greenberg to discuss his latest book and the practical and philosophical implications of Artificial...
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David Ignatius on his spy novel The Paladin, with Richard A. Clarke from 2020-05-22T10:00
Karen J. Greenberg is joined by David Ignatius, prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post, and Richard A. Clarke, CEO of Good Harbor Security Risk Management and former National S...
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Oscar Winner Carol Dysinger on making Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If you're a Girl) from 2020-05-19T10:00
Carol Dysinger, Oscar winning filmmaker and Associate Professor at the NYU Tisch School of Arts, joins Karen J. Greenberg for a discussion focusing on challenges Dysinger faced as a female docum...
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Lawrence Wright on his novel The End of October and Today's COVID Crisis from 2020-05-15T14:22:53
Lawrence Wright, author, screenwriter, playwright, and a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, joins Karen J. Greenberg to discuss his prescient new novel The End of October Listen
Ali Soufan on Global Security and America's Leadership Role from 2020-05-06T19:02:57
CEO of The Soufan Group and founder of The Soufan Center, former FBI Supervisory Special Agent, and security expert, Ali Soufan speaks with Karen J. Greenberg on the global security landscape an...
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