Episode S1 | E6
American Military Power: Too Much? Too Little? What Missions?
Air Date: Aug 14, 2016
About the guests
Dr. Nora Bensahel
Distinguished Scholar in Residence School of International Service, American University
Dr. Nora Bensahel is a widely published expert on U.S. defense policy, military operations and force structure. She is also a Contributing Editor and Columnist for War on the Rocks. She has held senior positions at the Center for a New American Security and RAND Corporation. She taught in the Security Studies Program at the Edmund A. Walsh School...
General Wesley Clark
Former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO in Europe
In 38 years of service in the United States Army, Wesley K. Clark rose to the rank of four-star general as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. Since retiring from the military in 2000, he has become an investment banker, businessman, commentator, author and teacher. The author of three books, “Waging Modern War: Bosnia, Kosovo and the Future...
Justin Johnson
Defense Budget Analyst, The Heritage Foundation
Justin T. Johnson specializes in defense budgets and policies for The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center for National Security and Foreign Policy. Prior to joining The Heritage Foundation, Johnson spent over a decade working on defense and foreign policy issues on Capitol Hill. His last position on Capitol Hill was as Deputy Chief of Staff and...
Christopher Preble
Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, The Cato Institute
Christopher Preble is the vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. He is the author of The Power Problem: How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free (Cornell University Press, 2009) and John F. Kennedy and the Missile Gap(Northern Illinois University Press, 2004). He...
