Fault Lines welcomes Dan Currell, NSI Visiting Fellow and former Deputy Under Secretary and Senior Advisor at the Department of Education. Dan recently wrote a backgrounder for NSI titled&nbsp;<a href="https://nationalsecurity.gmu.edu/china_higher_ed/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">China’s Influence in U.S. Higher Education</a>&nbsp;as well as a number of opinion pieces for NSI’s blog&nbsp;<a href="https://thescif.org/certain-contracts-strategic-competition-and-higher-education-44faedd2a3b6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The SCIF</a>. How is China censoring speech in the United States? How big is China's influence in U.S. Higher Education? What even is a Confucius Institute? &nbsp; Dan and host Lester Munson, answer these questions and many more on this week’s episode of Fault Lines! <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Episode 88: Assassination, Afghanistan, and the Atmosphere

Fault Lines, the National Security Institute’s flagship podcast, gets you quickly up to speed, three-times-a-week, on the national security and foreign policy debates shaking up America.Our regular cast of foreign policy experts includes NSI Executive Director Jamil Jaffer, NSI Senior Fellow Lester Munson, and NSI Deputy Executive Director Jessica Jones.&nbsp;Tune in to learn more about the issues dominating headlines and the news stories you may have missed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.