Defense One Radio
Defense One Radio is a show about the defense industry, covering topics related to national security, military affairs, and the business of defense. The podcast is produced by the Defense One staff, part of Government Executive. It offers interviews and analysis with experts and policymakers. The show aims to be a go-to source for defense news, drawing comparisons to becoming the Netflix of podcasts.
Episodes
New heat science and the future of soldiering
An Army researcher unpacks new initiatives to expand research into human performance. Guest: Lt. Col. David deGroot, director of the U.S. Army Heat Center at Fort Benning, Ga. See also Patrick Tucker's related recent reporting on the topic, here.
"Until the Last Gun Is Silent" by Matthew Delmont
Guest: Matthew Delmont, professor of history at Dartmouth College and an award-winning author of several books including Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad, and his latest, Until the Last Gun Is Silent: A Story of Patriotism, the Vietnam War, and the Fight to Save America's Soul.
Fictional intelligence
Guests: Peter W. Singer, strategist at New America and the author of multiple books on technology and security, including Wired for War, Ghost Fleet, Burn-In, and LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media; And August Cole, non-resident senior fellow at the Scowcroft Center on Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council, and associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute working on AI
The known perils of regime change
A scholar of civil wars warns against repeating the past mistakes from U.S. military interventions abroad. Guest: Monica Duffy Toft, director of the Center for Strategic Studies and a professor of international politics at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; her essay "Can the US 'run' Venezuela? Military force can topple a dictator, but it cannot create political authority
Conflicts to watch in 2026
CFR's Paul Stares unpacks the latest annual survey of foreign policy experts bracing for what might lie ahead. Guest: Paul Stares, General John W. Vessey senior fellow for conflict prevention and director of the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. Read the 2026 Preventive Priorities Survey results published this week at CFR here.
Paul Scharre explains the global AI arms race
The former Army Ranger explores how AI might reshape drone warfare, America's tech race with China, Russia's war in Ukraine, and much more. Guest: Paul Scharre, executive vice president at the Center for a New American Security and author of several books, including "Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence," and "Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War."
Rep. Rob Wittman
The Virginia Republican discusses the Pentagon's acquisition reforms, the defense secretary's legislative-affairs bottleneck, and his priorities for the upcoming spending bills. Guest: Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, in conversation with Defense One Executive Editor Bradley Peniston.
Jon Wolfsthal and "A House of Dynamite"
A veteran of the National Security Council shares what the movie got right and wrong on U.S. missile defense and nuclear command and control. Guest: Jon Wolfsthal, Director of Global Risk at the Federation of American Scientists.
Europe's "drone wall"
Patrick Tucker explains what he learned during a recent trip to Eastern Europe.
"The Wounded Generation" by David Nasaw
A celebrated historian shares years of research into the quiet and not-so-quiet struggles of millions of American veterans returning home from World War II. Guest: David Nasaw, historian, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and author of "The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II."
Europe's growing defense industry
The EU's ambassador to the U.S. underscores the importance of the bloc's $910 billion defense plans known as Readiness 2030. Guest: European Union Ambassador to the United States Jovita Neliupšienė.
Highlights from AFA's Air, Space & Cyber Conference
Our editors explore the vibe, the headlines, the aircraft, the drones, and the other news coming out of the Air Force Association's big annual conference at National Harbor, Maryland. Guests: Tom Novelly, Defense One senior reporter covering air and space warfare; And Lauren C. Williams, Defense One senior editor.
How drone warfare is changing
A researcher unpacks recent adaptations in drone technology after more than three years of Russia's ongoing Ukraine invasion. Guests: Sam Bendett, advisor in Russia Studies at the Virginia-based research organization CNA; And Patrick Tucker, Defense One science and technology editor.
Alpine Eagle's Jan-Hendrik Boelens
A Munich-based developer with a new air-to-air counter-drone system shares insights into Europe's growing defense industry and recent lessons from Russia's Ukraine invasion. Guest: Jan-Hendrik Boelens, co-founder and CEO of Alpine Eagle.
"Primal Intelligence" with Angus Fletcher
A researcher uses his work with U.S. special operations forces to explain a new neuroscientific approach to intuition, imagination, emotion, and common sense. Guest: Angus Fletcher, Professor of Story Science at Ohio State University's Project Narrative. His latest book is called, "Primal Intelligence: You Are Smarter Than You Know," from Penguin Random House.
The Pentagon's Golden Dome clampdown
Guest: Patrick Tucker, Defense One science and technology editor. Read Tucker's recent reporting on the topic below: Related reading: "New Golden Dome details emerge from industry day," Tucker reported on August 14; "Pete Hegseth Doesn't Want to Talk About Golden Dome," former Naval War College professor Tom Nichols wrote for The Atlantic on August 8; "Lockheed Martin aims to test a missi
The U.S. military vs. drug cartels
Guest: Journalist and writer Kevin Maurer, whose work focuses on U.S. special operations forces around the world. Read Maurer's report for Rolling Stone, "Here's What Trump's Mexico Invasion Plan Could Look Like."
Tech Summit talks: The venture capitalists' perspective
Panelists: Susanne Hake, General Manager of U.S. Government Business for Maxar Intelligence; Greg Little, Senior Counselor at Palantir Technologies; Sarah Pearson, Director of Commercial Engagement at the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU); David Rothzeid, Principal Investor at Shield Capital; And moderator Lauren Williams, Senior Editor at Defense One. View more of this year's Tech Summit discu
Tech Summit talks: The Space Rush
Panelists: Derek M. Tournear, Ph.D., Director, Space Development Agency; Bill Vass, CTO, Booz Allen; And Frank Konkel, Editor-in-Chief, Government Executive. View more of this year's Tech Summit discussions on YouTube here.
Tech Summit talks: Anduril's Chris Brose
Speakers: Christian Brose, President and Chief Strategy Officer, Anduril Industries; And Patrick Tucker, Defense One's science and technology editor. View more of this year's Tech Summit discussions (registration required) here.
Tech Summit talks: Golden Dome, hypersonics and missile defense
Panelists: Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark Piper, Deputy Director of Operations at North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD); Masao Dahlgren, fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Missile Defense Project; Doug Loverro, president of Loverro Consulting; And Patrick Tucker, Defense One's science and technology editor. View any of this year's Tech Summit discussions (regist
Former Ukrainian defense chief Oleksii Reznikov
Guests: Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov in conversation with Defense One's Patrick Tucker on the sidelines of the GLOBSEC 2025 conference in Prague. Defense One is media partner for this year's 20th edition of the GLOBSEC Forum in Prague.
The future of NATO, with retired French Gen. Philippe Lavigne
Guests: Philippe Lavigne, a retired French general, was Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force from 2018 to 2021, then NATO's transformation chief for three years. As media partner for this year's 20th edition of the GLOBSEC Forum in Prague, Defense One is sharing a series of special pre-conference interviews exploring the future of defense, technological innovation, the changing bat
Defense innovation with Shield AI's Brandon Tseng
Guests: Brandon Tseng, co-founder and president of Shield AI, in conversation with Defense One's Patrick Tucker. As media partner for this year's 20th edition of the GLOBSEC Forum in Prague, Defense One is sharing a series of special pre-conference interviews exploring the future of defense, technological innovation, the changing battlefield and geopolitical upheaval.
What the Army is learning about FPV drones
Guests: Col. Joshua Gaspard, commander of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, based in Vicenza, Italy. Learn more about exercises Swift Response and African Lion 2025 here and here, respectively.
The Marine Corps in the Pacific littorals
Guests: Marine Lt. Gen. Roger B. Turner of the III Marine Expeditionary Force, and the 3D Marine Division's Maj. Gen. Christian F. Wortman, in conversation with Defense One's Jennifer Hlad. You can view our other 2025 State of Defense interviews here.
The Army's updated fitness test
Guests: Command Sergeant Major JoAnn Nauman, Command Senior Enlisted Leader of Army Special Operations Command, in conversation with Defense One's Meghann Myers and Ben Watson. Related reading: "Army establishes new fitness test of record to strengthen readiness and lethality," published April 21, 2025; "Setting Higher Close Combat Standards for the Army Combat Fitness Test," via RAND researc
Sea-Air-Space 2025, in review
Guests: Defense One's Meghann Myers and Lauren C. Williams.
Army chief Gen. Randy George
Guest: U.S. Army chief of staff Gen. Randy George, interviewed by Defense One's Patrick Tucker. Catch our full State of Defense agenda and future events, here.
Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman
Guest: U.S. Space Force commander Gen. Chance Saltzman, interviewed by Defense One's Audrey Decker. Catch our full State of Defense agenda and future events, running through the end of March, here.
Air Force chief Gen. David Allvin
Guest: U.S. Air Force commander Gen. David Allvin, interviewed by Defense One's Audrey Decker. Catch our full State of Defense agenda and future events, running through the end of March, here.
Marine Corps. Gen. Eric Smith
Our annual State of Defense interview series begins with a commandant working to balance crisis response and modernization. Learn more about that series here.
Testing the Army's new fighting strategy on Ukraine's doorstep
Guest: U.S. Army Col. Joshua Glonek, commander 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. Related reading: "How two units are learning from each other as the Army moves to modernize," from Sam Skove reporting in October; "Army embraces Ukraine-style warfare with new all-drone unit," also via Skove, reporting from Louisiana's Fort Johnson in September; And in reruns there is "Defense On
The Air Force's force-design leader
Maj. Gen. Joseph Kunkel discusses his how his service's modernization strategy will shape the future of air combat in an increasingly complex security landscape. Guest: Air Force Maj. Gen. Joseph Kunkel, director of Force Design, Integration and Wargaming at Air Force Futures; he's interviewed by Defense One air warfare reporter Audrey Decker. Related viewing: "AI in the Skies," January 28,
SecDef Austin's last trip to Europe
Patrick Tucker describes a Defense Department in transition as Russia's Ukraine invasion approaches the four-year mark. Related reading: "Ukraine military-aid donors aim to set Kyiv up through 2027, Pentagon says," Tucker reported on January 7; And "Kyiv's donors set production goals to regularize arms donations to Ukraine," he reported two days later.
Year in review
We listen back on more than a dozen guests from conversations across 2024. Guests (in order): Fabian Hinz, research fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies; Bruce Hoffman, senior fellow for counterterrorism and homeland security at the Council on Foreign Relations, and co-author of "God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America"; Karolina Hird, analyst and Russia
The Reagan National Defense Forum
Guests: Audrey Decker, aerospace reporter for Defense One; Patrick Tucker, science and technology editor at Defense One. Related reading: Some Republicans remain unsold on Hegseth Russia in talks to send fighter jets to North Korea, INDOPACOM says 'Multi-headed monster': Biden, Trump officials address China-Russia-Iran coordination 'Shock the system': Startups and DOGE take over Reagan fo
The decline of America's commercial shipbuilding industry
Guests: Brian Potter, Senior Infrastructure Fellow at the Institute for Progress and author of "Why Can't the U.S. Build Ships?" from September 2024; And Nicole Foy, ProPublica's Ancil Payne Fellow, writing on immigration and labor; her report "An Immigrant Died Building a Ship for the U.S. Government. His Family Got Nothing" was published in October 2024. And don't miss our complementary podc
How U.S. Navy shipbuilding sank so low
Guests: Matthew Paxton, president of the Shipbuilders Council of America; Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va.; Ret. Navy Capt. Brent Sadler, senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation; And Ret. Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Sources and additional reading: Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress (PDF);
The Second Battle of Fallujah, 20 years later
A decorated Marine veteran and a video game maker revisit one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. military history. Guests: Elliot Ackerman, author and contributing writer at The Atlantic; Peter Tamte, founder and CEO of Victura; And Defense One science and tech editor Patrick Tucker. Sources and additional reading: "Goodbye, My Brother," by Elliot Ackerman, writing for Esquire on March 23, 20
Mark Montgomery's insights from Ukraine
A retired U.S. admiral shares what he learned from a recent trip to the wartorn country. Guest: Mark Montgomery, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington and senior director of FDD's Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation.
AUSA conference, in review
Defense One staff summarize the leading developments from this year's Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington. Guest: Sam Skove, staff reporter; Patrick Tucker, science and tech editor. Find Defense One's complete AUSA coverage here.
The 2024 Air, Space & Cyber conference
Audrey Decker explains some of the top developments out of this year's AFA conference outside Washington. Guest: Audrey Decker, Defense One's air warfare reporter. Extra reading: China's aggressive regional moves open doors for the US, PACAF chief says Air Force wants NGAD to cost no more than an F-35. Is that even possible? Lessons from Ukrainian F-16 crash will shape US training: Air Fo
Europe in a tight spot
Patrick Tucker unpacks findings from his recent trip to Prague for the 2024 Global Security Conference. Related reading: "European officials vow to boost defense production, but some worry it won't be enough," by Patrick Tucker, reporting August 30 from Prague; "The big loophole allowing Russia to access US chips? China," by Tucker again, reporting from Washington on September 11; And "EU comp
A trip to Louisiana with the Army's new recon unit
The Army just put a new unit loaded with cutting-edge tech to the test at Fort Johnson. Sam Skove explains what he saw during a recent week long demonstration. You can read more from Sam's coverage of this Army exercise here.
The 2024 Farnborough airshow
We revisit some of the bigger takeaways from this year's Farnborough International Airshow. Guest: Dan Darling, vice president of market insights at Forecast International, a research and consulting firm owned by Defense One's parent company. You can see all of our Farnborough Airshow coverage, here.
Tech Summit: DARPA's Stefanie Tompkins
We conclude our 2024 Tech Summit coverage with an interview featuring DARPA Director Stefanie Tompkins. Guest: Stefanie Tompkins, Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. You can see all of our interviews from the 2024 Tech Summit at Defense One's YouTube page, here.
Tech Summit: The state of hypersonics
Our 2024 Tech Summit coverage continues with a discussion about the future of hypersonic missile research and development. Guest: Frank Peterkin, Principal Director of Directed Energy at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies; And Jarret Lafleur, Senior Advisor to the Principal Director for Hypersonics for Strike Systems Strategy and Policy Office of the Unde
Tech Summit: The Pentagon's Maynard Holiday
We're sharing some of our notable exchanges from the 2024 Defense One Technology Summit, beginning with the Pentagon's Maynard Holliday. Guest: Maynard Holliday, Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies at the Defense Department. You can see all of our interviews from the 2024 Tech Summit at Defense One's YouTube page, here.
The future of Taiwan's security with Dmitri Alperovitch
What might an invasion of Taiwan look like, and how can allies help the island nation better defend itself? Guest: Dmitri Alperovitch, chairman of the Silverado Policy Accelerator, a geopolitics think-tank in Washington. Sources: "World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century," by Dmitri Alperovitch, published April 2024; "Surveying the Experts U.S.
The future of Taiwan's security with Mick Ryan
The author of "White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan" discusses shoring up defenses against a blockade or invasion. Guest: Mick Ryan, retired Australian Army major general, strategist, and author. Sources: "White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan," by Mick Ryan, published May 2023; "Chinese Warship Activities around Taiwan," by Si-Fu Ou, director of the Division of Chinese Politics, Military
Behind the rise in global defense spending, Part 3: The wider world
Guest: Chris Blattman, economist, political scientist, and Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at the University of Chicago. Sources: "Global military spending surges amid war, rising tensions and insecurity," published April 2024 by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute; "Back in Stock? The State of Russia's Defense Industry after Two Years of the War," b
Behind the rise in global defense spending, Part 2: China and the Indo-Pacific
Guests: Mackenzie Eaglen, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where she works on defense strategy, defense budgets, and military readiness; And Ankit Panda, Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Sources: "Global military spending surges amid war, rising tensions and insecurity," published April 2024 by the Stoc
Behind the rise in global defense spending, Part 1: Russia
Guest: Maria Snegovaya, senior fellow for Russia and Eurasia with the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a postdoctoral fellow in Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service. Source material: "Global military spending surges amid war, rising tensions and insecurity," published April 2024 by the Stockholm International Pea
The state of the Air Force
Defense One's Audrey Decker interviews Gen. David Allvin and Air Mobility Command's Gen. Mike Minihan (at the 32:42 mark). You can also catch all of our 2024 State of Defense interviews on Defense One's YouTube page, here.
The state of the Navy
Defense One Executive Editor Bradley Peniston speaks with Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti; and Defense One's Patrick Tucker sat down with Fourth Fleet commander Rear Adm. James Aiken (at the 28:09 mark). You can watch both of these interviews on Defense One's YouTube page, here.
The state of the Army
Defense One's Sam Skove speaks to Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George; and Defense One's Jennifer Hlad speaks with Gen. Charles Flynn, commander of U.S. Army Pacific. You can watch both of these interviews on Defense One's YouTube page, here.
The state of the Marine Corps
Defense One's Sam Skove speaks to Assistant Commandant Gen. Christopher Mahoney; and Defense One's Jennifer Hlad interviews Marine Corps Combat Development Command's Lt. Gen. Karsten Heckl. You can also watch either of these interviews on Defense One's events page, here.
The state of the Space Force
Defense One's Audrey Decker speaks to Chief of the Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman; and Defense One's Lauren Williams interviews Air Force Col. Michelle Idle, deputy commander of Space Systems Command. You can also watch either of these interviews on Defense One's events page, here.
Elliot Ackerman on '2054: A Novel'
The author and Marine veteran discusses the future of technology, the promise of AI, the perils of toxic politics, and other themes packed into his latest work of speculative fiction. Guest: Elliot Ackerman, co-author of "2054: A Novel," which was published on March 12. Find our previous discussions with Ackerman here: Ep. 107: The legacy of America's Afghan war; And Ep. 79: "2034: A Novel of
The U.S. Air Force's big reorganization
Audrey Decker unpacks the top news from this year's Air & Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium. Here's a roll-up of her reporting from the AFA symposium: Air Force announces major shakeup to prep for war with China; Air Force will narrow its pool of robot wingman vendors within 'next few months'; 'Unexpected' engineering slows price negotiations on USAF radar plane USAF plans stealthy t
How Russia cements control
How does the Kremlin force an entirely new reality on an occupied city? And how do Europeans feel about the invasion and U.S. hesitation to rearm Ukraine? Guests: Karolina Hird, analyst and Russia Deputy Team Lead at the Institute for the Study of War; Karin von Hippel is Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute. You can find Hird's recent report, "The Kremlin's Occ
Today's far-right terrorism in America
Guests: Bruce Hoffman, senior fellow for counterterrorism and homeland security at the Council on Foreign Relations; Jacob Ware, research fellow also at the Council on Foreign Relations. Their book "God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-right Terrorism in America" was published in January.
Trouble on the Red Sea
We review how the Iran-backed Houthis are disrupting global shipping in the Red Sea, and we look back at similar dynamics near the end of the so-called tanker wars of the late 1980s. Guests: Fabian Hinz, research fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies; Patrick Tucker, science and technology editor at Defense One; And Bradley Peniston, Defense One executive editor.
Year in review
We take stock of our last 12 months of interviews, featuring conversations with generals, White House officials, researchers, authors, our own reporters, and many more. Guests include: U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joel "JB" Vowell, who at the time commanded the United States Army Japan; he is now commander of the ISIS-focused Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (from episode 115); Monica
The future of defense acquisition
The Army's top buyer and the Pentagon's integration chief talk Ukraine, non-traditional suppliers, and more. Guests: Army Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Doug Bush sat down with Defense One Global Business Editor Marcus Weisgerber. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Integration, and Interoperability Dave Tremper spoke with Defense One Technolog
What we learned from a Middle Eastern airshow
We take a look at how officials around the region are carrying on with business as usual despite Israel's war with Hamas. Guest: Audrey Decker is a Defense One staff reporter, where she writes about air and space.
Is this the beginning of the end for Hamas?
This episode, we discuss the daunting task of clearing Gaza City of Hamas as well as Israel's goal of crushing the group once and for all. Guests: Ret. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, distinguished senior fellow on national security at the Middle East Institute (beginning at the 2:15 mark); And Barak Mendelsohn, Professor of Political Science at Haverford College in Philadelphia (at 15:52).
AUSA extras
Guests: Mark Kitz, program executive officer for command, control and communications-tactical (interviewed by Defense One's Lauren Williams, beginning at the 1:10 mark); And Army Brig. Gen. Guillaume Beaurpere of the Army's John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, as well as Maj. Gen. Christopher Eubank of Network Enterprise Technology Command (with Defense One's Patrick Tucker) at the
AUSA highlights
Defense One staff explain some of the major themes from this year's annual Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington. Guest: Sam Skove, Defense One staff reporter; Patrick Tucker, Defense One science and tech editor. Read more from our AUSA coverage at any of the links below: Army eyes munitions stockpiles amid focus on longer wars Army orders loitering munition for testing as so
The uncertain future of an eavesdropping law
We review the history of FISA Section 702 ahead of its possible expiration at the end of the year. Guests: Cindy Cohn is the Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation; And Joshua Geltzer is Deputy Assistant to President Joe Biden and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor at the National Security Council. Read over a copy of the recent Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board repor
What 'national security' means for eastern Europe
Staff reporter Sam Skove shares some of the highlights from his recent trip to Poland, Estonia, and the UK. Read more from Sam's European trip at any of the links below: How a tiny Polish airport became a key node for Western aid to Ukraine Polish support for Ukraine brings lessons, but also risks EU plans to arm Ukraine bearing fruit, but more is needed, Estonia says Estonia plans loitering
Unpacking the 2023 Air, Space and Cyber conference
This episode we review several things we learned at the Air & Space Forces Association's annual Air, Space & Cyber conference. Guests: Audrey Decker, Defense One's air and space reporter (beginning at the 0:46 mark); Lauren Williams, senior editor at Defense One (at 7:48); And Marcus Weisgerber, global business editor at Defense One (at 14:26). Read more of our coverage from this year's AFA con
The Pentagon's new drone fixation
We dig into the U.S. military's new Replicator initiative, and explore Anduril's recent UAV-firm acquisition. Guests: Patrick Tucker,science and technology editor at Defense One; Chris Brose, chief strategy officer for Anduril Industries. Related reading: "'Hellscape': DOD launches massive drone swarm program to counter China," by Patrick Tucker, reporting August 28, 2023; Deputy Secretary
"Oppenheimer," explored
How much of America's nuclear history does the three-hour film pack in and how much did it leave out? Guest: Martin Pfeiffer, a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of New Mexico.
A brief history of China's nuclear forces
From Cold War-era distrust of the Soviets to Beijing's recent silo buildup, we review some of the ideas and methods that have helped China become the nuclear power it is today. Guests: Decker Eveleth, graduate research assistant at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, California (beginning at the 1:47 mark); And Joseph Cirincione, a member of the Council on Foreign R
After the NATO summit + a trip to the Pacific
Guest: Patrick Tucker, Defense One science and technology editor. Find his related reporting from Hawaii here.
Behind the 2023 Paris Air Show
Guests: Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One global business editor; Roman Schweizer, policy analyst focusing on defense issues; Cai von Rumohr, equity analyst with an emphasis on defense issues.
Tech Summit, in review
We hear from U.S. generals, ambassadors from Europe, tech reps from Ukraine, officials from Congress, China wonks, space nerds, and more. Guests (and links to the full interviews on YouTube): Dr. Timothy Bunning, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Chief Technology Officer (at the 1:54 mark); Schuyler Moore, U.S Central Command's Chief Technology Officer (at 6:48); Polish NATO Amb. Tomasz
Why Ukraine's drone war is more complex than you think
Guest: Sam Bendett, advisor in Russian studies at CNA. You can read over his latest report on drone use in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, here.
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