New Books in National Security

Eleonora Mattiacci

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Booking Overview

An academic interview podcast focused on national security, defense, intelligence, and international relations, typically featuring scholars discussing recently published books and research. Credible pitches include university researchers, think-tank fellows, and established authors with expertise in military policy, civil-military relations, intelligence, geopolitics, or security strategy; booking difficulty is high because guests generally need substantial scholarly credentials and a timely publication.

Metrics

Episodes: 787

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.3/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

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Host

Eleonora Mattiacci - Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College and author of Volatile States in International Politics.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
University scholars, senior research fellows, think-tank experts, and authors with specialized expertise in national security, defense, intelligence, international relations, or military policy, typically connected to a recently published research-based book.
Required Achievements:  
Published a research-based book with an academic or major university press, Held a faculty or senior research position at a recognized university or think tank, Produced substantial original research in national security, defense, intelligence, or international relations

Recent Guest Discussions

Rory Cormac - Cold War Propaganda, Intelligence Operations, Disinformation, Strategic Forgery, And Covert Influence.

Kirill Shamiev - Russian Military Reform, Civilian Control Of The Armed Forces, Defense Policymaking, Institutional Learning, And Military Effectiveness.

Alexander Noyes - Military Assistance, Partner Militaries, Institutional Capacity, Security Cooperation, And U.s. National Security Strategy.

Richard Bennet - Military Assistance, Partner Militaries, Arms Transfers, Security Cooperation, And U.s. National Security Strategy.

Recent Topics

National Security, Military Policy, Intelligence, International Relations, Geopolitics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
New Books in National Security
:

Rory Cormac, "Fakers: A Top-Secret Tale of Phantoms and Forgeries on the Disinformation Front Line" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 17, 2026

Fakers: A Top-Secret Tale of Phantoms and Forgeries on the Disinformation Front Line (Oxford UP, 2026) reveals the rise and fall of the mavericks running Britain's Cold War forgery empire. Their secret mission was audacious: to disrupt and discredit adversaries across the world using phantom groups, fake sources, and counterfeit documents. The leader was a remarkable character, wrestling with personal and professional dilemmas: Hans Welser. An Austrian refugee and one-time MI5 susp...

Kirill Shamiev, "Imperfect Equilibrium: Civil-Military Relations in Russian Defense Policymaking" (Oxford UP, 2026)

June 26, 2026

Why has Russia's military struggled to adapt to the challenges of contemporary warfare? Despite years of attempts to improve its military capabilities, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 revealed a crippling lack of skill, discipline and equipment. Non-material factors, in particular the power struggle between military and civilian leaderships, have hindered reform of its armed forces: with officers dominating defence policy, the Kremlin has struggled to implement the necessary c...

Richard Bennet and Alexander Noyes, "War at Arm's Length: How America Can Build Effective Partners Through Military Assistance" (Yale UP, 2026)

June 12, 2026

An in-depth examination of how the United States can build more effective partner militaries. Military assistance has a bad reputation. Large-scale attempts to build partner militaries in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Vietnam cost the United States billions of dollars and ended ignominiously, with the collapse of local forces as American troops withdrew. Arms transfers of sophisticated, American-made weapons often appear to do more harm than good. Yet military assistance and support—operating indir...

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