Episode 1: NATO, Nukes, and Nerdiness

In the first official pilot episode of the Precision-Guided Podcast, host Josh Chang interviews Sam Seitz (SSP ’20), former editor-in-chief of the Georgetown Security Studies Review and a doctoral candidate at the University of Oxford. Josh and Sam discuss a wide array of topics ranging from the NATO alliance, European policy towards China, US-European friction over Iran policy, and nuclear diplomacy. 

About the Guest

Sam Seitz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford with a variety of substantive and methodological interests. His dissertation examines the effects of security – and status-pressures on great powers’ military procurement decisions and force structure. In addition to the dissertation, he is also conducting research on alliance politics and the manner in which alliance pressures shape military force design. Before coming to Oxford, he did his undergraduate and master’s work at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. His time in DC imbued him with an appreciation for the importance of combining IR theory with issues of practical policy importance, and this desire to combine theory and practice drives much of his work.

Views expressed are personal and do not represent the views of GSSR or any other entity.