In the Interest of National Security

Listen as Mary Kent, Director of UVU's own Open-Source Intelligence Center, explains how she uses open-source intelligence in support of law enforcement and national security. What is unique about open-source intelligence and how it is collected? In what ways has open-source changed the national security playbook? And how does open-source empower analysts to use criminals' own methods against them...

Listen as Professor Eric Talbot Jensen discusses how international law applies to cyber conflicts and cyber warfare, speaking from his experience writing international cyber policy. What role does law play in the world of cyber warfare? How do nations regulate cyber warfare and cyber crime? And does international law hold cyber actors accountable for their actions? Learn all th...

Listen as Professor Mike Smidt shares his experience serving as a Judge Advocate in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. What kind of work do military attorneys do, both in the courtroom and on the battlefield? From what source does the United States Armed Forces derive legal authority to conduct war? What makes the U.S. military unique in how it is constructed and how it operates within...

Listen as our hosts, Director Ryan Vogel and Professor Jonathan Rudd, discuss their careers in national security and the National Security Studies (NSS) program at Utah Valley University (UVU). How did a Pentagon Policy Analyst end up starting the NSS program at UVU after his time in Washington D.C.? What is the FBI’s Hogan's Alley and what lessons can it teach UVU students in the classroom? And h...

Listen as Scott DeAngelo shares insights and experiences from his career as a CIA Intelligence Analyst. What role does leadership analysis play in assisting policymakers when dealing with their foreign counterparts? What forecasts can be made about the future of Afghanistan, especially now that the US has withdrawn? And how did a self-described "vagabond undergraduate" end up at the CIA, and how c...

Listen as Dr. Frederick White draws upon his experience as a Russia Area Specialist to share his insights into Russian language and culture. What does the word "democracy" mean to Russia? What is the shared history between Russia and Ukraine? And why did the Soviet Union like Ernest Hemingway so much? Learn all this and more in this episode of In the Interest of National Security .

A brief introduction to In the Interest of National Security from our hosts Professor Ryan Vogel, Director of the Center for National Security Studies at Utah Valley University, and Professor Jonathan Rudd, Associate Director of the Center.