Horns of a Dilemma

Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Ryan Vest

Booking Overview

An interview and panel-discussion podcast focused on national security, defense policy, geopolitics, and emerging military technologies, typically featuring established scholars, senior policymakers, and institutional leaders. PR agencies could credibly pitch national security researchers, former government officials, defense and technology-policy experts, and authors with substantive expertise; booking difficulty is high because guests generally have significant institutional standing or specialized scholarly credentials.

Metrics

Episodes: 306

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Instagram: 189 followers

Contact Information

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Host

Sheena Chestnut Greitens - National security scholar and University of Texas at Austin faculty member specializing in international security and geopolitics.

Ryan Vest - Host of the Texas National Security Review podcast.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Established national security scholars, defense-policy researchers, former senior government officials, commissioners, think-tank leaders, and authors with specialized expertise in international security or military technology.
Required Achievements:  
Authored influential policy research or scholarly publications, Held senior government, commission, university, or think-tank roles, Published books or major articles on national security topics, Provided expertise on U.S. foreign policy, defense, technology, or nuclear strategy

Recent Guest Discussions

Mike Kuiken - U.s.-china Competition, Taiwan, Military Coercion, Cyber Operations, Technological Innovation, And Long-term Strategic Risks.

Randall Schriver - The Evolution Of U.s.-china Strategic Competition, Taiwan, Deterrence, Semiconductor Supply Chains, And Emerging Technological Risks.

Eric Brewer - Iran’s Nuclear Latency, Deterrence, Escalation Risks, Statecraft, And Regional Stability In The Middle East.

Herbert S. Lin - Military Innovation, Cognitive Traps In Defense Planning, Artificial Intelligence, And The Systemic Effects Of Emerging Technologies.

Recent Topics

National Security, Defense, Geopolitics, Military Technology, Nuclear Policy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Horns of a Dilemma
:

25 Years of the US-China Commission: Taiwan, Tech Competition, and Over-the-Horizon Risks

July 07, 2026

Twenty-five years after its founding, how has the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission shaped American strategic policy? In this episode, we feature a panel discussion examining the evolution of major power competition. Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens sits down with Randall Schriver (Chairman of the Board, Institute for Indo-Pacific Security) and Mike Kuiken (Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution and USCC Commissioner) to assess the shifting geopolitical landscape. The gu...

Iran's Nuclear Tightrope: Between Power and Peril

June 23, 2026

As the United States and Iran negotiate an end to recent hostilities, the strategic implications of Tehran's nuclear latency are more urgent than ever. In this episode of our podcast, Eric Brewer unpacks the realities of Iran as a nuclear threshold state. He argues that maintaining a threshold capability forces Tehran to walk a dangerous tightrope, balancing the perceived deterrence of adversaries against the severe peril of military escalation. The conversation offers a rigorous assessment o...

New Tech, Old Traps: The Persistent Pitfalls in Military Innovation

June 10, 2026

National security scholar Herbert S. Lin joins us to discuss his latest TNSR article, "On Optimism About New Military Technologies." Lin argues that political incentives and cognitive traps like the "fallacy of the last move" often blind planners to the complex, systemic realities of new capabilities. He also maps out the crucial distinction between artifactual hardware and architectural technologies like AI. Hosts: Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Ryan Vest, PhD Producer: Jordan Morning

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