{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e3db1b9659d595770f8b9b0/64bf4af88577ee0011dda737?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Social Science, Think Tanks, & National Security Policy","description":"<p>Michael C. Desch, professor of international relations at&nbsp;University of Notre Dame,&nbsp;discusses the disconnect between political science scholarship and policymaking and offers solutions for how to bridge the gap.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Show Notes</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://politicalscience.nd.edu/people/michael-c-desch/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Michael C. Desch bio</a></li><li>Michael C. Desch,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Cult-Irrelevant-Influence-Princeton-International/dp/0691181217\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Cult of the Irrelevant: The Waning Influence of Social Science on National Security</em></a><em>&nbsp;(Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2019).</em></li><li>Paul C. Avey, Michael C. Desch, Eric Parajon, Susan Peterson, Ryan Powers, and Michael J. Tierney, “<a href=\"https://academic.oup.com/isq/article-abstract/66/1/sqab057/6321904?redirectedFrom=fulltext\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Does Social Science Inform Foreign Policy? Evidence from a Survey of US National Security, Trade, and Development Officials</a>,”&nbsp;<em>International Studies Quarterly</em>&nbsp;66, no. 1 (March 2022).</li><li>Benjamin H. Friedman and Justin Logan, “<a href=\"https://www.jstor.org/stable/26271528\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Why Washington Doesn’t Debate Grand Strategy</a>,”&nbsp;<em>Strategic Studies Quarterly</em>&nbsp;10, no. 4 (Winter 2016): pp. 14-45.</li></ul>","author_name":"Cato Institute"}