Ideas
Ep. 22: China in the US; Iran in Syria; Ukraine's navy + Q&A w/ Brig. Gen. Jackson in Afghanistan
Welcome to our podcast about the news, strategy, tech, and business trends defining the future of national security.
Ideas
In Cyberspace, Governments Don’t Know How to Count
NATO’s governments can’t agree on what constitutes a cyber attack, and that’s a big problem.
Ideas
The World According to Trump
At the end of a contentious visit to the United Nations, the American president delivered a globe-spanning seminar on his worldview.
Ideas
What Trump's UN Speech Says About What Comes Next
His General Assembly speech laid out his worldview—and offered some clues about what could lie ahead.
Ideas
Moon’s Praise-and-Pressure Plan to Get Trump to Help End Korean War
“You are, indeed, the only person who can solve this problem,” Moon said of Trump—just before he amped up the pressure.
Ideas
Two Reasons Not to Build Fort Trump in Today’s Poland
Even as it exacerbated Russian fears, a permanent U.S. force would burnish Warsaw’s dangerous turn.
Ideas
The UAE Will Shape the Future of Yemen
As the United Arab Emirates’ bloody war against the Houthis drags on, it’s also playing a key role in the fight against al-Qaeda.
Ideas
America Needs a Non-Unipolar Foreign Policy
Trump’s election should remind Congress and policymakers that the U.S. cannot do it all.
Ideas
Ep. 21: How to kill a drone; Toward a smarter, cheaper US presence in the Middle East and more.
Welcome to our podcast about the news, strategy, tech, and business trends defining the future of national security.
Ideas
Fort Trump: A Silly Name Masks a Good Idea
A permanent U.S. presence in Poland makes sense for several reasons.
Ideas
Build Small Nuclear Reactors for Battlefield Power
Los Alamos engineers are working on a tiny, steel-encased core regulated by physics, not pumps.
Ideas
The US-China Trade War is Steering the World into the Unknown
A new Cold War is a possibility — but not the most likely one.
Ideas
If Trump’s Message to the Palestinians is 'You Lost, Get Over It,' He Will Fail
Instead of acknowledging the political and national aspirations of the Palestinians, negotiators are focusing on material and economic concerns.
Ideas
Moon Brings Korean Peninsula One Step Closer to Peace
As talks with Washington seemed to stall, Seoul created its own path with Pyongyang.
Ideas
America's Latest About-Face: Refugee Resettlement
Where past administrations have treated resettlement caps as a goal, Pompeo has set strict limits.
Ideas
Cognitive Science Helps Explain How We Blunder Into War
A new book explores how common flaws in human reasoning drew the U.S. into Vietnam — and how tomorrow’s leaders can avoid them.
Ideas
ISIS Sees Opportunity as Syria’s Rebellion Falls
Religious extremists will try to inherit the energy of the all-but-defeated rebellion, just as they did in Iraq after the surge.
Ideas
Trump Is Repeating Soviet Leaders’ Intel Mistakes
Stalin ignored his spies when their findings contradicted his assumptions. Now the U.S. president is doing the same.
Ideas
The World Waits for Putin to Stop Assad. He Won't
As Assad begins an assault on Idlib, the last rebel stronghold, the world has fooled itself into thinking Russia will intervene.
Ideas