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Oct 28, 2025 54 min

First Among Equals with Emma Ashford

from Security Dilemma Hosted by The John Quincy Adams Society

On this week's episode of Security Dilemma, A.J. Manuzzi and John Gay spoke with Emma Ashford, a Senior Fellow at the Stimson Center's Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy program, about her new book First Among Equals: U.S. Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World. In this episode, we discussed the new book and why realism is necessary in an era of multipolarity. LISTENER QUESTIONS: We are opening up Security Dilemma to listener-submitted questions. Submit questions you'd like us to ask future guests ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Please specify the episode pertaining to the question in your response. Upcoming episodes include: Taiwan: A Military Analysis with Lyle Goldstein The Trillion Dollar War Machine: How Runaway Military Spending Drives America into Foreign Wars and Bankrupts Us at Home with Ben Freeman and William Hartung Does Economic Interdependence Prevent War? with Mariya Grinberg AMA- John Gay and A.J. Manuzzi JQAS Discusses the Marcellus Papers

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