How drone warfare is changing
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A researcher unpacks recent adaptations in drone technology after more than three years of Russia's ongoing Ukraine invasion. Guests: , advisor in Russia Studies at the Virginia-based research organization CNA; And Patrick Tucker, Defense One science and technology editor.
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Alpine Eagle's Jan-Hendrik Boelens
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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 .
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“Primal Intelligence” with Angus Fletcher
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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: , Professor of Story Science at Ohio State University’s Project Narrative. His latest book is called, "," from Penguin Random House.
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The Pentagon’s Golden Dome clampdown
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Guest: Patrick Tucker, Defense One science and technology editor. Read Tucker's recent reporting on the topic below: Related reading: “,” Tucker reported on August 14; "," former Naval War College professor Tom Nichols wrote for The Atlantic on August 8; “,” also via Tucker, reporting August 5; "," May 5, via the Congressional Budget Office with an estimated total price tag for Golden Dome somewhere between $831 billion to $542 billion; See also, "," via NPR's Geoff Brumfiel, reporting April 22. Watch the futuristic,...
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The U.S. military vs. drug cartels
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Guest: Journalist and writer , whose work focuses on U.S. special operations forces around the world. Read Maurer's report for Rolling Stone, “.”
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Tech Summit talks: The venture capitalists’ perspective
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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 discussions on YouTube .
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Tech Summit talks: The Space Rush
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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 .
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Tech Summit talks: Anduril's Chris Brose
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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) .
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Tech Summit talks: Golden Dome, hypersonics and missile defense
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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 (registration required) .
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Former Ukrainian defense chief Oleksii Reznikov
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Guests: Former Ukrainian Defense Minister 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 in Prague.
info_outlineWe 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 Deputy Team Lead at the Institute for the Study of War;
- Elliot Ackerman, co-author of "2054: A Novel";
- Mackenzie Eaglen, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where she works on defense strategy, defense budgets, and military readiness;
- Ankit Panda, Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace;
- Chris Blattman, economist, political scientist, and Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at the University of Chicago, and author of the 2022 book, "Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace";
- Mick Ryan, retired Australian Army major general, strategist, and author of “White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan";
- Dmitri Alperovitch, chairman of the Silverado Policy Accelerator, a geopolitics think-tank in Washington, and author of “World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century";
- Sam Skove, former Defense One staff writer;
- 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;
- Peter Tamte, founder and CEO of Victura;
- And Brent Sadler, retired Navy captain and senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation.