Small World, Big Problems

Small World, Big Problems A SAIS student podcast supported by the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies It’s a small world, and it’s only getting smaller.

A SAIS student podcast supported by the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies. In Small World, Big Problems, we ask the experts about the biggest challenges in the world of strategy and national security. But it seems like every day, there is a new problem on the horizon: great power conflict, political extremism, climate change – the list goes on and on. In this student podcast sponsored by

the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, we ask leading experts in the fields of national security, strategy, and statecraft about what problems the world is facing and, more importantly, how to solve them.

New episode alert! Riley Bryant sits down with Dr. Deborah Wituski, former Vice President of Global Engagement at Google...
02/24/2026

New episode alert! Riley Bryant sits down with Dr. Deborah Wituski, former Vice President of Global Engagement at Google's Global Intelligence team, on the rise of private sector intelligence services, their intersection with traditional public sector intelligence, and the future of geopolitical market analysis.

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🎙️ Democracy in Decline: What a More Authoritarian World Means for Global Security and World OrderIn this episode of Sma...
02/17/2026

🎙️ Democracy in Decline: What a More Authoritarian World Means for Global Security and World Order

In this episode of Small World, Big Problems, Krithiga Narayanan speaks with Michael Coppedge, co-founder of the V-Dem Project, about the global rise of autocratization and what it means for democratic legitimacy and security strategy.

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New episode alert! Wasay Mir talks with Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute and leading expert...
02/06/2026

New episode alert! Wasay Mir talks with Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute and leading expert on US-Iran relations, on Iran's unfolding domestic crisis, whether this uprising differs from past movements, and what the regime's crackdown means for regional stability. https://linktr.ee/saisstrategypodcast

Don’t miss episode two of our new season! Sanjana Polapragada talks with Robert Miller, national security startup adviso...
12/01/2025

Don’t miss episode two of our new season!

Sanjana Polapragada talks with Robert Miller, national security startup advisor and author of Startup Statesmanship, and Emma Bates, CEO and founder of CacheAI, on how founders can break into the government innovation ecosystem and learn what it actually takes to sell to government and win federal contracts.

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New episode alert – episode two is here!Today, Sanjana Polapragada talks with Robert Miller, national security startup a...
11/21/2025

New episode alert – episode two is here!

Today, Sanjana Polapragada talks with Robert Miller, national security startup advisor and author of Startup Statesmanship, and Emma Bates, CEO and founder of Cachai, on how founders can break into the government innovation ecosystem, work with public-sector partners, and turn cutting-edge tech into real-world government solutions.

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Don't miss the first episode of our new season! Leila Olukoga talks with Amb. Juan José Gómez-Camacho on diplomacy and t...
11/12/2025

Don't miss the first episode of our new season! Leila Olukoga talks with Amb. Juan José Gómez-Camacho on diplomacy and the future of global governance.

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New episode alert – it's the start of a new season!Today, Leila Olukoga talks with Ambassador Juan José Gómez-Camacho on...
11/06/2025

New episode alert – it's the start of a new season!

Today, Leila Olukoga talks with Ambassador Juan José Gómez-Camacho on international negotiations, international human rights law, and the impacts of domestic issues on multilateral diplomacy.

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New episode! Connor Hall talks with US Air Force Brigadier General Geoffrey Weiss on the evolution of modern airpower th...
04/25/2025

New episode! Connor Hall talks with US Air Force Brigadier General Geoffrey Weiss on the evolution of modern airpower theory and the future of air warfare. https://linktr.ee/saisstrategypodcast

New episode! Erik Schuh talks with Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro about how China became a great power and the effects on U.S....
03/03/2025

New episode! Erik Schuh talks with Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro about how China became a great power and the effects on U.S.-China relations
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New episode! Luke Litle talks with Dr. Ursula Wilder about the importance of understanding the psychology of foreign lea...
12/06/2024

New episode! Luke Litle talks with Dr. Ursula Wilder about the importance of understanding the psychology of foreign leaders and of ourselves, the psychology of historical figures, and the psychology of deterrence. Dr. Wilder is a senior psychologist at CIA and specializes in assessing foreign leaders from a psychological perspective. https://linktr.ee/saisstrategypodcast

New episode! Luke Litle talks with Dr. Mara Karlin about the development of the 2022 National Defense Strategy, various ...
12/06/2024

New episode! Luke Litle talks with Dr. Mara Karlin about the development of the 2022 National Defense Strategy, various practical approaches to deterring adversaries, recent US security challenges, and potential future global security threats. Dr. Karlin is a professor of security and policy at JHU SAIS and recently served as the Pentagon's chief strategist under SECDEF Lloyd Austin. https://linktr.ee/saisstrategypodcast

In 2022, Germany made an ambitious commitment to the defense of Ukraine. After two years of war, has Germany lived up to...
07/07/2024

In 2022, Germany made an ambitious commitment to the defense of Ukraine. After two years of war, has Germany lived up to this commitment? The answer, as always, is complicated. Luckily, Jeff Rathke of the American-German Institute joined us in our most recent episode to tackle this exact question. Listen anywhere you get podcasts!

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