The Global Cable, Power & Security The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Nat-Sec Officials

Loren DeJonge Schulman and Bob Scher sit down with Perry World House's Michael Horowitz to discuss careers in national security, global threats, and the blue whale.

Ms. Schulman is the Deputy Director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security. Before that, she served as Senior Advisor to National Security Advisor Susan Rice. Mr. Scher is the head of International Affairs, BP America. Prior to that, Scher served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities in the Department of Defense. 

• (0:50) – How did you get interested in international affairs?
• (5:00) – Transitioning from government service to the private sector.
• (5:50) – What is the role of academics and academic institutions in the policy world?  
• (8:50) – What skill or trait has made you successful in the policy world?
• (12:50) – What are the two biggest challenges that the world will face over the next year?
• (15:20) – What are the two biggest challenges that the world will face over the next 20 years?
• (17:10) – Mike forecasts the implications of weaponized AI through the prism of Wall-E getting a gun.
• (20:50) – Interesting global facts segment
• (22:25) – Advice for college students interested in engaging the policy world

Episode Readings:

• Bombshell (Podcast), Loren DeJonge Schulman, Radha Iyengar, & Erin Simpson, War on the Rocks,(https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bombshell/id1195698408?mt=2)
• Washington Is Never Quite Sure Where It Is at War, Loren DeJonge Schulman, The Atlantic,(https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/11/niger-aumf-war-terrorism/544652/)
• The Necessity of Questioning the Military, Loren DeJonge Schulman, The Atlantic, (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/10/necessity-of-questioning-military/543576/)
• The Winds of War, Herman Wouk, (https://www.amazon.com/Winds-War-Herman-Wouk/dp/0316952664)

Music and Produced by Tre Hester.