Published: May 20, 2024, 1:34 p.m.
Guest:
- Chris Blattman, economist, political scientist, and Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at the University of Chicago.
Sources:\xa0
- \u201cGlobal military spending surges amid war, rising tensions and insecurity,\u201d published April 2024 by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute;\xa0
- \u201cBack in Stock? The State of Russia's Defense Industry after Two Years of the War,\u201d by Maria Snegovaya, Max Bergmann, Tina Dolbaia, Nick Fenton, and Samuel Bendett, published April 2024 by the Center for Strategic and International Studies;\xa0
- \u201cKeeping Up with the Pacing Threat: Unveiling the True Size of Beijing\u2019s Military Spending,\u201d by Mackenzie Eaglen, published April 2024 by the American Enterprise Institute;\xa0
- \u201cIndo-Pacific Missile Arsenals: Avoiding Spirals and Mitigating Escalation Risks,\u201d by Ankit Panda, published October 2023 by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace;\xa0
- \u201cMissile Proliferation and Control in the Asia-Pacific Region,\u201d from Jeffrey Lewis and Kolja Brockmann, published April 2024 by the International Institute for Strategic Studies;
- And \u201cWhy We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace,\u201d from Chris Blattman, published April 2022 by Penguin Random House.