Episodes: 312
Frequency: Every two weeks
Rating: 4.6/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000
Gender skew: Male
Listener location: USA
Instagram: 246 followers
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Sheena Chestnut Greitens - Associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin whose research focuses on East Asian security, authoritarian politics, and international relations.
Ryan Vest - Executive editor of the Texas National Security Review.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya - Belarus's Contested 2020 Election, Democratic Opposition, Political Prisoners, Belarus-russia Integration, And European Security.
Dayana Alagirova - China's Space Diplomacy Across The Middle East And North Africa And The Strategic Choices Of Regional States.
Lincoln Hines - China's Space Partnerships With Egypt, The United Arab Emirates, And Iran, And Their Domestic, Economic, And Security Objectives.
Lawrence Rubin - China's Space Diplomacy In The Middle East And North Africa, Regional Strategic Agency, And Hybrid Alignment.
Daniel R. Post - Military Decision-making, Nuclear Escalation, Safeguards, Structured Dissent, And Deliberation.
Taiwan and North Korea as Linked Flashpoints in US-China Relations
September 29, 2026
As high-level meetings between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping keep regional security front and center, how do Taiwan and North Korea connect within China's broader strategic calculus? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Shuxian Luo to examine the concept of "issue linkage" connecting two of East Asia's most sensitive security flashpoints. Drawing from primary Chinese-language sources, authoritative government reports, and high-level interviews, Dr. Luo breaks down her article featured in Vol...
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's Battle for Belarus
September 15, 2026
Recorded at the Aspen Security Forum, TNSR Executive Editor Dr. Ryan Vest and Kennan Institute Director Dr. Michael Kimmage sit down with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, President-elect of Belarus and head of the United Transitional Cabinet. Tsikhanouskaya details her transformation from a political outsider into the leader of the country's democratic forces following the contested 2020 presidential election. The conversation examines the distinction between the Lukashenko regime and the anti-war s...
China's Bid for Space Supremacy in the Middle East
September 01, 2026
We examine China's space diplomacy across the Middle East and North Africa with the authors of their recent Texas National Security Review article, "Choosing Orbits: China's Space Diplomacy in the Middle East." The discussion analyzes how regional states—specifically Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Iran—utilize space partnerships with Beijing to serve distinct domestic, economic, and security imperatives . Our guests challenge assumptions that smaller powers are passive subjects in grea...
ChinaTalk · High booking difficulty · 1,000 - 10,000 listeners
Horns of a Dilemma is hosted by Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Ryan Vest. Its publicly listed emails are submissions@tnsr.org and accounts@tnsr.org. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.
The publicly listed emails for Horns of a Dilemma: submissions@tnsr.org and accounts@tnsr.org.
Podseeker estimates Horns of a Dilemma reaches 1,000 to 10,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
Horns of a Dilemma typically books well-known public figures. Typical guest background: Established national-security scholars, foreign-policy researchers, intelligence and military professionals, policy authors, senior practitioners, and political leaders with specialized expertise or firsthand experience in international security. Common among recent guests: Published national-security or foreign-policy research; Authored relevant policy or academic articles; Held senior academic, military, government, or political leadership roles. Recent guests include Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Dayana Alagirova, and Lincoln Hines.
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