World Class

Colin Kahl

Booking Overview

This is a university-affiliated international affairs interview and panel podcast featuring senior academics, government officials, and policy leaders discussing national security, geopolitics, foreign policy, and emerging technology. Credible pitches include distinguished scholars, former senior policymakers, diplomats, defense and technology executives, and authors with substantive expertise; booking is likely difficult because the show is associated with Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute and routinely features highly accomplished guests.

Metrics

Episodes: 173

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 9.1k subscribers

Instagram: 5.5k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

fsi-communications@stanford.edu

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Host

Colin Kahl - Director of Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Steven C. Hazy Senior Fellow. He previously served as under secretary of defense for policy and as a sen...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Senior academics, national security scholars, former senior government and defense officials, diplomats, and technology policy executives with authoritative expertise in international affairs.

Required Achievements:

Senior government or national security service, Tenured professorship or leadership at a major university or policy institution, Leadership of a prominent technology or policy program, Published books or substantial scholarly research, Membership in major national academic institutions

Recent Guest Discussions

James Fearon - Causes And Prevention Of War, Civil And Interstate Conflict, Ukraine, Iran, China, Nuclear Weapons, And U.s. Foreign Policy.

Tarun Chhabra - Artificial Intelligence And National Security, Technology Competition With China, AI Safety, And Technology Partnerships With U.s. Allies.

Sasha Baker - Artificial Intelligence And National Security, The U.s.-china AI Competition, AI Safety Policy, And Technology Risks And Advantages.

Jennifer Pan - Political Communication, Authoritarian Governance, China, Propaganda, And The Use Of Technology In Politics.

Jeff Hancock - Behavioral Science, Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, Online Interaction, And Online Trust And Safety.

Recent Topics

Politics, International Relations, National Security, Geopolitics, Foreign Policy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

World Class

Why Do Nations Go to War? Jim Fearon on Ukraine, Iran, and His Pentagon Years

September 08, 2026

James Fearon, one of the preeminent thinkers in international relations, joins Colin Kahl to talk about why conflicts around the world are roaring back, and how more might be prevented. Fearon shares his perspectives from academia and government on why and how the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran are unfolding, and how an active conflict could be avoided with China in the Indo-Pacific.James Fearon is the Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences and a profes...

Policy Leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic on AI in National Security

August 04, 2026

The heads of national security policy at OpenAI and Anthropic join World Class to discuss how artificial intelligence is intersecting with national security, the U.S.-China AI race, and how the risks and advantages of AI are resonating in the national security space. Together with host Colin Kahl, Sasha Baker (OpenAI) and Tarun Chabra (Anthropic) dive into the Hugging Face server breach, AI safety proposals on Capitol Hill, and new models like Kimi K3 coming online. Sasha Baker is the head of...

The Technology Reshaping Our World

May 21, 2026

Artificial intelligence, social media, biotechnology, energy systems, propaganda, and geopolitics — each is transformative on its own, but together they're converging in unprecedented ways that are rapidly reshaping our world. On this episode of World Class, Colin Kahl shares expertise and insights from a panel of scholars on how emerging technologies are impacting society, politics, and global security. Drew Endy is a bioengineer at Stanford University who studies and teaches synthetic biolo...

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