Power Problems

About Power Problems

Power Problems is a bi-weekly podcast from the Cato Institute. Host John Glaser offers a skeptical take on U.S. foreign policy, and discusses today’s big questions in international security with distinguished guests from across the political spectrum. Podcast Hashtag: #FPPowerProblems. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Cato Institute

Category

government · news · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Sept 2017

Latest episode

22 Jul 2025

Latest episodes

41 of 211 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   22 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Embracing Multipolarity

   Emma Ashford analyzes her book, which examines U.S. foreign policy within an emerging multipolar world, offering insights into navigating international relations; this is an interview.

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   8 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Modeling War on the Korean Peninsula

   Daryl Press and Nicholas Anderson analyze war outbreak modeling on the Korean Peninsula, evaluating the power balance and implications for the US-South Korea alliance in this interview.

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   24 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT

   A Regime Change War in Iran?

   Rosemary Kelanic, Director at Defense Priorities, analyzes the potential for regime change as a U.S. objective in the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, highlighting the dangers of further involvement in this interview.

Inside a recent episode

Embracing Multipolarity

Published 22 Jul 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] When I say that realism is a nationalist philosophy, what I mean is that it is primarily concerned with the national interest. And would agree that it's about serving the interests of the state and in particular, the people that live within it, right? So I believe that US foreign policy should be about protecting the security and prosperity of Americans, right? Not necessarily trying to solve every problem in the world. The strategy that the back third of the book covers, I've labeled it realist internationalism, not because it is a global or internationalist philosophy, but because I see it as describing the way the US engages with the world, right? […]

Who has been a guest on Power Problems

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Emma Ashford
• Daryl Press
• Nicholas Anderson
• Rosemary Kelanic
• Samuel Seitz

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.4 / 5

91 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

23 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

63

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

98

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Books guests

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