Latest Nationalsecurity Podcast Episodes
The Evolution of China's Navy
Horns of a Dilemma - May 03, 2024 06:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 127 ratingsThe Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program hosted Xiaobing Li, professor of history and the Don Betz endowed chair in international studies at the University of Central Oklahoma, for a book talk on China’s New Navy: The Evolution of PLAN from the People’s Revolution to a 21st Century Cold War.
Rational Security: The “RatSecapella” Edition
Rational Security - May 02, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsThis week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined by Lawfare Contributing Editor Eric Ciaramella to talk through the week’s big natsec stories, including: “Not Done Nyet.” U.S. foreign assistance is finally on its way to Ukraine, along with additional support from European allies. But will it be e...
The state of the Air Force
Defense One Radio - April 26, 2024 22:03 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 128 ratingsDefense 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 Multiple Collisions Involved in the War in Ukraine
Horns of a Dilemma - April 26, 2024 06:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 127 ratingsThe Clements Center for National Security, the Center for European Studies and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies hosted Michael Kimmage, Professor of History at Catholic University, for a book talk on his upcoming release Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine an...
The “Don’t Call It a Comeback (Because I’m Technically Still on Leave)” Edition
Rational Security - April 25, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsThis week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were finally reunited to talk through the week’s big natsec stories, including: “First is the Worst.” The historic first criminal trial of a former president has commenced in New York state courts. Both sides have sketched out their cases in opening arguments....
Episode 39: Space Sector Capture: How to Make Allies and Influence States
War in Space - April 25, 2024 15:58 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDoes a state's power on Earth translates into influence in orbit – and vice versa? Dr Jana Robinson, Managing Director of the Prague Security Studies Institute, presents her research on what she calls the ‘ground-based space race’, where authoritarian states fund parts of the space economy in th...
The Impact of Extreme Weather on Vulnerable Population
CNA Talks: A National Security Podcast - April 24, 2024 11:50 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsClimate change increases the frequency, severity, and cost of extreme weather events. However, these events are not felt by everyone equally. Existing inequalities in our society exasperate the risks for vulnerable populations. In this episode, Leola Abrahams and Mark Roberts discuss how extre...
The Impact of Extreme Weather on Vulnerable Populations
CNA Talks: A National Security Podcast - April 24, 2024 11:50 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsClimate change increases the frequency, severity, and cost of extreme weather events. However, these events are not felt by everyone equally. Existing inequalities in our society exasperate the risks for vulnerable populations. In this episode, Leola Abrahams and Mark Roberts discuss how extre...
Leadership Lessons From Our Top Presidents
Horns of a Dilemma - April 19, 2024 06:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 127 ratingsThe Clements Center for National Security, the LBJ Presidential Library and the UT-Austin History Department hosted Talmage Boston, historian and partner at the Dallas law firm Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, LLP, for a book talk on How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons From Our Top Pre...
The “Trump and Elon Both Love Lawfare” Edition
Rational Security - April 18, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsThis week, Alan and Quinta sat down with Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes to talk through the week’s big national security news, including: “Ayatollahs and Airstrikes.” In retaliation for an Israeli strike that killed several high-ranking Iranian military officers in Syria, over the week...
The state of the Navy
Defense One Radio - April 17, 2024 21:49 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 128 ratingsDefense 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 Radio - April 12, 2024 20:09 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 128 ratingsDefense 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.
South Korea's Grand Strategy
Horns of a Dilemma - April 12, 2024 10:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 127 ratingsOn Wednesday, April 10, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program hosted Ramon Pacheco Pardo, Professor of International Relations at King’s College London and the KF-VUB Korea Chair at the Brussels School of Governance of Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Pardo discussed his book, South Korea’s Grand ...
The "Eldritch Portents" Edition
Rational Security - April 11, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsThis week, Alan and Quinta were joined again by Brookings Senior Fellow and Lawfare Senior Editor Molly Reynolds to talk over the week’s national security news, including: “The 702nd Time’s the Charm?” Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was originally set to expire on Dece...
Conventional Missiles in the Ukraine War
CNA Talks: A National Security Podcast - April 10, 2024 19:16 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsThe Russia‑Ukraine war marks the first large‑scale deployment and use of conventional ballistic and cruise missile technology. Because of this, the theater has become a test bed for missile technology and strategy and has revealed the strengths and weaknesses of contemporary missile forces and d...
UKRAINE’S BRIGHT HOPE TO BUILD BACK STRONGER
State Secrets - April 09, 2024 12:43 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsThe Cipher Brief made its first reporting trip to Ukraine in February of 2022. That’s when we first met Tymofiy Mylovanov, the President of the Kyiv School of Economics. When we sat down with him then, Ukraine was preparing to mark one year since Russia’s brutal invasion. Mylovanov was sober ...
The state of the Marine Corps
Defense One Radio - April 05, 2024 16:19 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 128 ratingsDefense 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.
Fighting in Iraq's Triangle of Death
Horns of a Dilemma - April 05, 2024 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 127 ratingsOn Tuesday, March 26, the Clements Center for National Security, the Army ROTC and the UT-Austin History Department hosted Kelly Eads and Dan Morgan for a book talk on their recent release: Black Hearts and Painted Guns: A Battalion’s Journey into Iraq’s Triangle of Death.
The “Going Once, Going Twice” Edition
Rational Security - April 04, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsThis week, Alan and Quinta were joined by Lawfare Executive Editor Natalie Orpett to talk through the week's big national security news, including: “A Gag Order Prevents Me From Telling You What This Segment Is Called.” After former President Donald Trump attacked the daughter of Justice Juan M...
A Terrorism Briefing from a Goldendoodle
Rational Security - March 28, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsThis week, Alan and Quinta were joined again by Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien and Lawfare Foreign Policy Editor Daniel Byman—also of Georgetown University and the Center for Strategic and International Studies— to talk over the week’s national security news, including: “Terror in Moscow...
The state of the Space Force
Defense One Radio - March 27, 2024 20:28 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratingsDefense 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.
Department of the Navy Deputy Principal Cyber Advisor Joshua Reiter on the Department's Cyber Strategy
CNA Talks: A National Security Podcast - March 27, 2024 14:49 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsMilitary operations in the physical domains all depend on the cyber domain. To ensure the success of traditional naval capabilities, the Navy and Marine Corps must project power in and through cyberspace while defending their systems and assets from adversary cyber capabilities. The side that mo...
From Special Operations to the CIA: Assessing the Complexity of the Global Environment
State Secrets - March 25, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsDave Pitts was the CIA’s last man on the ground in Afghanistan as U.S. troops pulled out of the country in 2021. Even though he began his career as a humble private in the U.S. military, he quickly moved into special operations and eventually, to the CIA where he retired last October as the Assi...
Understanding the Defense Department's Industrial Base Problems
Horns of a Dilemma - March 23, 2024 16:52 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 127 ratingsMarshall Kosloff, the Clements Center National Security media and journalism fellow, moderated a discussion with Jeff Decker, the managing director of Tech Transfer for Defense at Stanford University’s Doerr School of Sustainability, and Noah Sheinbaum, the founder of Frontdoor Defense, about th...
The “Tyler’s Grandma’s Matzah Ball Soup” Edition
Rational Security - March 21, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsThis week, Alan and Quinta were joined by Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien and Lawfare Legal Fellow and Courts Correspondent Anna Bower to talk through the week's big national security news, including: “No v. Wade.” The long saga of the personal relationship between Fani Willis, the Fulton...
Investing in Veterans w/ Craig Cummings
Accelerate Defense - March 19, 2024 08:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsCraig Cummings, co-founder of Moonshots Capital, joins ACME General Corp to talk about investing in tech start-ups founded by military veteran entrepreneurs. In addition to his work at Moonshots Capital, Craig is the Director of Military and Veteran Affairs for Capital Factory, Austin’s center of...
Live from Taiwan :A Debrief with RADM Mike Studeman (Ret)
State Secrets - March 17, 2024 18:33 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsRetired Rear Admiral Mike Studeman is the former Commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence. He has extensive experience in intelligence, foreign policy, defense and China. So, it wasn’t a surprise when Taiwan’s Vice President-Elect Hsiao – someone he had briefed along with President Tsai wh...
George Shultz and the End of the Cold War
Horns of a Dilemma - March 15, 2024 06:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 127 ratingsPhilip Taubman, a lecturer at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, discussed his latest book, In the Nation’s Service: The Life and Times of George P. Shultz. The conversation touched on the legacy of Secretary Shultz, his approach to the Soviet Union, and is ...
The “Sociopathic Nose Wrinkle” Edition
Rational Security - March 14, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsThis week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott got together for the last time before Scott’s paternity leave to talk over the week’s big national security news, including: “Kitchen Table Issues.” President Biden delivered a feisty State of the Union last week, one that took aim at both those worrying about...
Elliot Ackerman on ‘2054: A Novel’
Defense One Radio - March 13, 2024 22:11 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 128 ratingsThe 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 di...
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