'Leapfrogging' Diplomacy: Dr. Nadia Schadlow

About this episode

Michael discusses U.S. global power and diplomacy with Dr. Nadia Schadlow amid various international crises.

Michael is joined by Dr. Nadia Schadlow, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and former Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy, to discuss the architecture of U.S. global power amid fast-moving crises in the Mideast, China, and Ukraine. Dr. Schadlow provides a compelling assessment of how the administration is utilizing a disruptive, iconoclastic approach to confront years of slow, multilateral processing and force rapid diplomatic end states.

People in this episode

Host: Michael

Guest: Dr. Nadia Schadlow

Topics covered

• U.S. global power
• diplomacy
• national security
• Mideast crises
• China relations
• Ukraine conflict

Keywords

• diplomacy
• national security
• U.S. power
• Mideast
• China
• Ukraine
• strategy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hudson Institute, U.S.

Places: Mideast, China, Ukraine

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