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National Security & Insecurity
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Episode 10
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National Security and Insecurity
Read any newspaper or look at any website, and it’s clear that things are tense across the world. And national security is on the top of many people’s minds. But what is this concept of national security, and does it actually keep us safe? In this episode, our experts weigh in on the history of national security, where it’s going, and what we can all do to feel safer.
College of Arts and Sciences
Christopher McKnight Nichols PhD
McKnight Nichols is the Wayne Woodrow Hayes Chair in National Security Studies and professor of history at The Ohio State University. An expert in isolationism, internationalism and globalization, he came to Ohio State in 2022 after 10 years at Oregon State University. He is the co-editor of Ideology in U.S. Foreign Relations: New Histories, which won the 2023 International Studies Association Joseph Fletcher Prize for Best Edited Book in Historical International Relations.
College of Arts and Sciences
Jennifer Mitzen PhD
Mitzen is a professor in the Department of Political Science at The Ohio State University. She is an expert in international relations theory, ontological security, global governance and international history. She also serves as the North America Regional Editor for the European Journal of International Security.
