At The Boundary

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! What do behavioral health, social isolation, stalking, extremism, and national security have in common? In this episode of At the Boundary , Jim Cardoso sits down with psychiatrist and national security researcher Dr. Jacob Holzer to explore an important but not often discussed aspect of national security. Dr. Holzer hosted a GNSI Policy Dialogue...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! In this episode of At the Boundary, Todd Schmidt, PhD, speaks with Richard Harrison and Peter Garretson, PhD, about their new report, Space Nuclear Weapons Analysis. The conversation covers the growing commercialization and militarization of space, as well as the importance of adopting a more proactive approach to space security by investing in sp...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! How did Iran's nuclear program evolve from a U.S.-supported initiative during the Cold War into one of the world's most contentious national security challenges? In this episode of At the Boundary , GNSI Non-Resident Senior Fellow Manolis Priniotakis sits down with Dr. Seena Azodi, Director of the Middle East Studies MA Program at George...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! What does it take to build a national security institute from the ground up? Retired Marine Corps General Frank McKenzie joins Jim Cardoso on “At the Boundary” one last time, before moving on to lead the Citadel. As the founding executive director of the Global and National Security Institute (GNSI) and executive director of Cyber Florida, General...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! What happens when people are financially incentivized not just to predict events but to shape them? On this episode of At the Boundary , GNSI Senior Director Jim Cardoso sits down with authors of a recent guest essay on prediction markets for the New York Times, Dr. Amy Nelson, senior fellow at the Future Security Program at New America and Dr. Se...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! Corruption, dysfunction, and the hidden weaknesses behind Putin’s security state. What happens when an intelligence system becomes consumed by corruption, fear, and loyalty to the regime instead of truth? In this episode of At the Boundary , former CIA operations officer Sean Wiswesser argues that the dysfunction inside Russia’s intelligence servi...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! In this episode of At The Boundary , GNSI Senior Director Jim Cardoso sits down with former USAID Senior Foreign Service Officer Greg Howell to discuss the Global Fragility Act (GFA), its bipartisan origins, and what the proposed Global Fragility Reauthorization Act could mean for the future of U.S. engagement abroad. Drawing on more than two deca...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! In this episode of At the Boundary , the Global and National Security Institute (GNSI) at the University of South Florida takes you inside the GNSI DC Experience . A program designed to give USF students interested in national security careers a chance to tour capitol hill and meet professional mentors in policy and defense.   Host Jim Cardoso is...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! What happens when a military power relies on troops made of coerced recruits and convicts? In this episode of GNSI At the Boundary podcast , Drs. Guido Rossi and Tad Schnaufer join the show to unpack their latest research paper on Russia’s flawed mobilization strategy in the Ukraine war. Drawing from their article in the Journal of Strategic Secur...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! In the beginning of this episode of “ At the Boundary” , host Jim Cardoso shares some highlights of the first ever GNSI International Security Experience Strategy Competition. This includes a short interview with a member of the winning team, UCF’s Canon Wesley, about the experience. This competition is the first of its kind at USF, and is a uniqu...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! What does it take to solve real-world national security challenges under pressure? In this episode of GNSI’s “ At the Boundary” podcast , the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida takes you inside the high-stakes world of strategy competitions , where graduate students prepare to compete in the US Army War Colle...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! What does it take to become a national security strategist in today’s complex global environment? In this episode of the GNSI “ At the Boundary” podcast , we spotlight the next generation of leaders shaping the future of national security, intelligence, and global strategy . The episode features guest host May Birch of the USF Future Strategist Pr...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! What is the Golden Dome , and could it redefine the future of nuclear deterrence ? In this episode of the “ At the Boundary” podcast , GNSI’s Dr. Tad Schnaufer sit down with GNSI Non resident Senior Fellow and CEO of Intelligence and National Security Directions, Manolis Priniotakis to break down one of the most ambitious, and controversial, defen...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! What is deep-sea mining, and why are countries and companies racing to the ocean floor for critical minerals? In this episode of GNSI’s “ At the Boundary” podcast, host Jim Cardoso speaks with Dr. Linda Nhon about the growing global debate over deep-sea mining and what it could mean for national security, critical minerals, and environmental risk...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! The last major nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia has ended. What happens next? In this episode of “ At the Boundary ,” host Jim Cardoso speaks with nuclear policy expert Heather Williams , director of the Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) and a senior fellow in the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Str...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! In this episode of At the Boundary, GNSI’s Strategy and Research Manager, Dr. Tad Schnaufer II, is joined by Dr. Louise Tumchewics, a professor at the Center for War Studies at the University of Southern Denmark. They discuss Tumchewics’ upcoming project with the Center that focuses on the nexus of cybersecurity, geopolitics, and supply chain resi...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! In this episode of GNSI’s At the Boundary podcast, GNSI’s Academic Director, Dr. David Oakley, is joined by the U.S. Army War College’s Chair of Executive and Strategic Leadership, Dr. Celestino Perez, to discuss GNSI’s upcoming undergraduate strategy competition during April’s International Security Experience. Perez, who developed the Army War C...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! In this episode of the “ At the Boundary” podcast , host Jim Cardoso speaks with strategy expert Tad Schnaufer, PhD about the launch of his GNSI Research Initiative titled: “Path to Durable Peace in the Ukraine War.” The series will feature scholars and experts analyzing the question: What would a durable peace in the Ukraine war actually look lik...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! How can the U.S. government balance public safety and privacy in a world with AI? In this episode of GNSI’s At the Boundary , host Jim Cardoso is joined by GNSI Senior Research Fellow Jeff Rogg to discuss the latest GNSI Decision Brief “Intelligence, Technology, and the Future of the American Republic.” Having written extensively on the history of...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! In this episode of At The Boundary , Dr. Andrew Whiskeyman, a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at GNSI, speaks with Ryan Gutwein, a data security and compliance expert, to explain how rapid advances in artificial intelligence are reshaping national security. The conversation breaks down what technological layers AI actually depends on and why each of th...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! How is space is shaping our future, and are we ready for it? In this episode of GNSI’s At the Boundary , host Jim Cardoso is joined by NASA astronaut Nicole Stott and space industry leader Chris Stott for a conversation that redefines what space really means for life on Earth, and why it matters now more than ever. From GPS and global communicatio...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! In this episode of At the Boundary , retired U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Mark Fedor joins GNSI’s Dr. Tad Schnaufer for a wide-ranging conversation on how space is rapidly emerging as a critical domain for national security, commercial innovation, and operational risk. What does a retired Coast Guard Rear Admiral know about space? As it turns out...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! Field Historian Daniel Armes explains the deep historical ties between Russia and the Ukraine, and how that context is significant to the current conflict on GNSI’s “At the Boundary” podcast. Along with Tad Schnaufer, PhD, Armes breaks down his “Journal of Strategic Security” article which broadens the perspective of the region’s tension. The stru...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! In this episode of "At the Boundary," GNSI's Jim Cardoso and guests Dr. Rob Burrell and Dr. Homer Harkins discuss the complex history and current state of Venezuela. They delve into the country's socio-economic evolution, from oil exploitation to democratic transition, and the rise and fall of political leaders like Hugo Chavez...

Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! In this episode of the “ At the Boundary” podcast, GNSI’s Jim Cardoso and retired Lieutenant General Michael Plehn break down the newly released 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) from the Trump administration, and why it places unprecedented focus on the Western Hemisphere . They explore why this NSS dedicates four full pages to the region, fa...