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Ep. 46: Mosul, revisited (part one) with Omar Mohammed of Mosul Eye

This episode we travel to Paris to meet the Iraqi historian behind secretive dispatches during the Islamic State group's occupation of Mosul.

Threats

Brussels Forum, Live

Watch the livestream from the German Marshall Fund's annual Brussels Forum.

Science & Tech

It's Today! Our 4th Annual Tech Summit. Watch Live!

Join us at the Newseum for our annual look at the technology that is shaping the future of national security.

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Ep. 45: Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter

Carter sat down with Defense One to talk about China, what it takes to succeed in the Pentagon, how not to waste a $750 billion-dollar defense budget — and much more.

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Ep. 44: Under Secretary Andrea Thompson and Kori Schake, live from the Shangri-La Defense Dialogue

Welcome to our podcast about the news, strategy, tech, and business trends defining the future of national security.

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News from Shangri-La 2019: Shanahan's test; DOD's INDOPAC report; UAE's tanker request

A special edition of D Brief brings news and notes from the 2019 IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

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Ep. 43: Nuclear weapons awareness in the 20th and 21st centuries

We explore the public’s changing awareness of nuclear weapons, and efforts to get young people to engage.

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Watch: Future Security Forum

Defense One partners with New America to bring you the Future Security Forum in Washington, D.C.

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Ep. 42: Escalating in Somalia

We look into why the U.S. military is escalating its air campaign against al-Shabaab, and what sort of challenges stand in the way of building up a Somali army that can fight Shabaab on its own.

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Livestream: 'NATO Engages: The Alliance at 70'

Watch the 2019 ‘NATO Engages’ summit, with VP Mike Pence, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, and more, live from Washington, D.C.

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Ep. 41: Climate Change vs. the US Military

In this episode, we investigate matters of resilience and base design as part of a broader look at how climate change will likely affect the U.S. military in the years ahead.

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Ep. 40: Cruise Missiles, Missile Defense and 21st-Century Hybrid War

Welcome to our podcast about the news, strategy, tech, and business trends defining the future of national security.

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Ep. 39: What comes after Putin? Assessing the future of US-Russian relations

This week we take a look at Russia and the future of the U.S.-Russian relationship.

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Ep. 38: Beyond South China Sea tensions, part two: The CCP vision and the future of Chinese history

How the world's greatest 15th-century navy is linked to the game-playing robot that put Beijing's AI visions into overdrive.

Threats

State of Defense 2019: Special Report

Our annual service-by-service look at the U.S. military finds the shift to great-power competition dogged by some old problems and some very new ones.

Ideas

Ep. 37: Beyond South China Sea tensions, part one: The Tinderbox

The episode is broken up into three parts: how did it all begin?; what's in it for Beijing?; and where to go and what to know from here.

Business

Global Business Briefing with SAIC CEO Tony Moraco

On Jan. 23, 2019, Moraco talked about the federal budget, research-and-development spending and the proposed Space Force.

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Ep. 36: British defense strategy with UK MoD’s Will Jessett

Welcome to our podcast about the news, strategy, tech, and business trends defining the future of national security.