Ideas

Defense One Radio, Ep. 204: “Until the Last Gun Is Silent” by Matthew Delmont

A historian explores patriotism, U.S. foreign policy, and the anti-war movement during the Vietnam era.

Ideas

Defense One Radio, Ep. 203: Fictional intelligence

The authors of a new series discuss how they're exploring the future of conflict through short stories.

Ideas

Defense One Radio, Ep. 202: The known perils of regime change

A scholar of civil wars warns against repeating the past mistakes from U.S. military interventions abroad.

Threats

Defense One Radio, Ep. 201: Conflicts to watch in 2026

CFR's Paul Stares unpacks the latest annual survey of foreign policy experts bracing for what might lie ahead.

Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 200: 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.

Business

Defense One Radio, Ep. 199: Rep. Rob Wittman

The Virginia Republican discusses the Pentagon’s acquisition reforms, the SecDef’s legislative-affairs bottleneck, and his priorities for the upcoming spending bills.

Threats

Defense One Radio, Ep. 198: 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.

Threats

Defense One Radio, Ep. 197: Europe’s “drone wall”

Patrick Tucker explains what he learned during a recent trip to Eastern Europe.

Ideas

Defense One Radio, Ep. 196: “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.

Business

Defense One Radio, Ep. 195: 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.

Threats

Defense One Radio, Ep. 193: How drone warfare is changing

A researcher unpacks recent adaptations in drone technology after more than three years of Russia's ongoing Ukraine invasion.

Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 192: 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.

Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 191: “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.

Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 190: The Pentagon’s Golden Dome clampdown

Six months into President Trump's return to the White House, here's what we know about the Pentagon's ambitious and controversial missile defense program.

Threats

Defense One Radio, Ep. 189: The U.S. military vs. drug cartels

A seasoned special operations reporter shares what some troops think about the Trump administration's plans to use the military against Latin American drug cartels.