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The Second Battle of Fallujah, 20 years later 11/07/2024

The Second Battle of Fallujah, 20 years later A decorated Marine veteran and a video game maker revisit one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. military history. Guests: , author and contributing writer at The Atlantic; Peter Tamte, founder and CEO of ; And Defense One science and tech editor Patrick Tucker. Sources and additional reading: "," by Elliot Ackerman, writing for Esquire on March 23, 2017; The video game ""; "," a satirical video produced in January 2011 by The Onion; "," published August 2019 in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology; "," published April 2020 in the Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience; And "," published June 2023 in Healthcare. /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/33829107

Mark Montgomery’s insights from Ukraine 11/01/2024

Mark Montgomery’s insights from Ukraine A retired U.S. admiral shares what he learned from a recent trip to the wartorn country. Guest: , 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. /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/33750382

AUSA conference, in review 10/24/2024

AUSA conference, in review Defense One staff summarize the leading developments from this year's Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington. Guest: Sam Skove, staff reporter; Patrick Tucker, science and tech editor. Find Defense One's complete AUSA coverage . /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/33604947

The 2024 Air, Space & Cyber conference 09/21/2024

The 2024 Air, Space & Cyber conference Audrey Decker explains some of the top developments out of this year's AFA conference outside Washington. Guest: Audrey Decker, Defense One’s air warfare reporter. Extra reading: /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/33153532

Europe in a tight spot 09/13/2024

Europe in a tight spot Patrick Tucker unpacks findings from his recent trip to Prague for the 2024 Global Security Conference. Related reading: "," by Patrick Tucker, reporting August 30 from Prague; "," by Tucker again, reporting from Washington on September 11; And "," a report published this week by Mario Draghi, former president of the European Central Bank. /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/33040747

A trip to Louisiana with the Army’s new recon unit 08/23/2024

A trip to Louisiana with the Army’s new recon unit The Army just put a new unit loaded with cutting-edge tech to the test at Fort Johnson. Sam Skove explains what he saw during a recent week long demonstration. You can read more from Sam's coverage of this Army exercise . /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/32718492

The 2024 Farnborough airshow 08/02/2024

The 2024 Farnborough airshow We revisit some of the bigger takeaways from this year’s Farnborough International Airshow. Guest: , vice president of market insights at Forecast International, a research and consulting firm owned by Defense One's parent company. You can see all of our Farnborough Airshow coverage, . /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/32397272

Tech Summit: DARPA’s Stefanie Tompkins 07/02/2024

Tech Summit: DARPA’s Stefanie Tompkins We conclude our 2024 Tech Summit coverage with an interview featuring DARPA Director Stefanie Tompkins. Guest: , Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. You can see all of our interviews from the 2024 Tech Summit at Defense One's YouTube page, . /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/31951302

Tech Summit: The state of hypersonics 07/01/2024

Tech Summit: The state of hypersonics Our 2024 Tech Summit coverage continues with a discussion about the future of hypersonic missile research and development. Guest: , Principal Director of Directed Energy at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies; And , Senior Advisor to the Principal Director for Hypersonics for Strike Systems Strategy and Policy Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. You can see all of our interviews from the 2024 Tech Summit at Defense One's YouTube page, . /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/31951277

Tech Summit: The Pentagon’s Maynard Holiday 06/30/2024

Tech Summit: The Pentagon’s Maynard Holiday We’re sharing some of our notable exchanges from the 2024 Defense One Technology Summit, beginning with the Pentagon's Maynard Holliday. Guest: , Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies at the Defense Department. You can see all of our interviews from the 2024 Tech Summit at Defense One's YouTube page, . /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/31951262

The future of Taiwan’s security with Dmitri Alperovitch 06/13/2024

The future of Taiwan’s security with Dmitri Alperovitch What might an invasion of Taiwan look like, and how can allies help the island nation better defend itself? Guest: , chairman of the Silverado Policy Accelerator, a geopolitics think-tank in Washington. Sources: “,” by Dmitri Alperovitch, published April 2024; “,” by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, January 2024. /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/31721097

The future of Taiwan's security with Mick Ryan 06/12/2024

The future of Taiwan's security with Mick Ryan The author of “White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan" discusses shoring up defenses against a blockade or invasion. Guest: , retired Australian Army major general, strategist, and author. Sources: “,” by Mick Ryan, published May 2023; "," by Si-Fu Ou, director of the Division of Chinese Politics, Military and Warfighting Concepts at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research in Taiwan; “,” by the Institute for the Study of War, May 2024. /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/31721067

Behind the rise in global defense spending, Part 3: The wider world 05/20/2024

Behind the rise in global defense spending, Part 3: The wider world Guest: , economist, political scientist, and Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at the University of Chicago. Sources: “,” published April 2024 by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute; “,” by Maria Snegovaya, Max Bergmann, Tina Dolbaia, Nick Fenton, and Samuel Bendett, published April 2024 by the Center for Strategic and International Studies; “,” by Mackenzie Eaglen, published April 2024 by the American Enterprise Institute; “,” by Ankit Panda, published October 2023 by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; “,” from Jeffrey Lewis and Kolja Brockmann, published April 2024 by the International Institute for Strategic Studies; And “,” from Chris Blattman, published April 2022 by Penguin Random House. /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/31381777

Behind the rise in global defense spending, Part 2: China and the Indo-Pacific 05/17/2024

Behind the rise in global defense spending, Part 2: China and the Indo-Pacific Guests: , senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where she works on defense strategy, defense budgets, and military readiness; And , Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Sources: “,” published April 2024 by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute; “,” by Maria Snegovaya, Max Bergmann, Tina Dolbaia, Nick Fenton, and Samuel Bendett, published April 2024 by the Center for Strategic and International Studies; “,” by Mackenzie Eaglen, published April 2024 by the American Enterprise Institute; “,” by Ankit Panda, published October 2023 by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; “,” from Jeffrey Lewis and Kolja Brockmann, published April 2024 by the International Institute for Strategic Studies; And “,” from Chris Blattman, published April 2022 by Penguin Random House. /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/31360407

Behind the rise in global defense spending, Part 1: Russia 05/17/2024

Behind the rise in global defense spending, Part 1: Russia Guest: , senior fellow for Russia and Eurasia with the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a postdoctoral fellow in Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service. Source material: “,” published April 2024 by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute; “,” by Maria Snegovaya, Max Bergmann, Tina Dolbaia, Nick Fenton, and Samuel Bendett, published April 2024 by the Center for Strategic and International Studies; “,” by Mackenzie Eaglen, published April 2024 by the American Enterprise Institute; “,” by Ankit Panda, published October 2023 by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; “,” from Jeffrey Lewis and Kolja Brockmann, published April 2024 by the International Institute for Strategic Studies; And “,” from Chris Blattman, published April 2022 by Penguin Random House. /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/31359922

The state of the Air Force 04/26/2024

The state of the Air Force Defense 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, . /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/31007268

The state of the Navy 04/17/2024

The state of the Navy Defense 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, . /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/30875823

The state of the Army 04/12/2024

The state of the Army Defense 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, . /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/30802493

The state of the Marine Corps 04/05/2024

The state of the Marine Corps Defense 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, . /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/30697288

The state of the Space Force 03/27/2024

The state of the Space Force Defense 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, . /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/30570508

Elliot Ackerman on ‘2054: A Novel’ 03/13/2024

Elliot Ackerman on ‘2054: A Novel’ The 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: , co-author of "," which was published on March 12. Find our previous discussions with Ackerman here: ; And . /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/30364278

The U.S. Air Force's big reorganization 02/21/2024

The U.S. Air Force's big reorganization Audrey Decker unpacks the top news from this year's Air & Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium. Here's a roll-up of her reporting from the AFA symposium: ; ; ; And . /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/30056118

How Russia cements control 02/16/2024

How Russia cements control How does the Kremlin force an entirely new reality on an occupied city? And how do Europeans feel about the invasion and U.S. hesitation to rearm Ukraine? Guests: , analyst and Russia Deputy Team Lead at the Institute for the Study of War; is Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute. You can find Hird's recent report, "The Kremlin's Occupation Playbook: Coerced Russification and Ethnic Cleansing in Occupied Ukraine," . /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/29989213

Today's far-right terrorism in America 02/02/2024

Today's far-right terrorism in America Guests: , senior fellow for counterterrorism and homeland security at the Council on Foreign Relations; , research fellow also at the Council on Foreign Relations. Their book “" was published in January. /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/29774038

Trouble on the Red Sea 01/18/2024

Trouble on the Red Sea We review how the Iran-backed Houthis are disrupting global shipping in the Red Sea, and we look back at similar dynamics near the end of the so-called tanker wars of the late 1980s. Guests: , research fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies; , science and technology editor at Defense One; And , Defense One executive editor. /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/29552498

Year in review 12/21/2023

Year in review We take stock of our last 12 months of interviews, featuring conversations with generals, White House officials, researchers, authors, our own reporters, and many more. Guests include: U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joel “JB” Vowell, who at the time commanded the United States Army Japan; he is now commander of the ISIS-focused Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (from episode ); Monica Toft, professor of international politics and the director of the Center for Strategic Studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; and Sidita Kushi, assistant professor of political science at Bridgewater State University (from episode ); Michael Knights, security analyst with the Washington Institute (from episode ); Defense One's Sam Skove (from episode ); Sam Bendett, advisor in Russian studies at CNA (from episode ); Defense One's Patrick Tucker (from episode ); Decker Eveleth, graduate research assistant at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, California (from episode ); Martin Pfeiffer, a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of New Mexico (from episode ); Patrick Tucker again (from episode ); Sam Skove again (from episode ); Cindy Cohn, Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation; and Joshua Geltzer is Deputy Assistant to President Joe Biden and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor at the National Security Council (from episode ); And Barak Mendelsohn, Professor of Political Science at Haverford College in Philadelphia (from episode ). /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/29191313

The future of defense acquisition 12/11/2023

The future of defense acquisition The Army's top buyer and the Pentagon's integration chief talk Ukraine, non-traditional suppliers, and more. Guests: Army Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Doug Bush sat down with Defense One Global Business Editor Marcus Weisgerber. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Integration, and Interoperability Dave Tremper spoke with Defense One Technology editor Patrick Tucker. /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/29025328

What we learned from a Middle Eastern airshow 11/21/2023

What we learned from a Middle Eastern airshow We take a look at how officials around the region are carrying on with business as usual despite Israel's war with Hamas. Guest: is a Defense One staff reporter, where she writes about air and space. /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/28745468

Is this the beginning of the end for Hamas? 11/10/2023

Is this the beginning of the end for Hamas? This episode, we discuss the daunting task of clearing Gaza City of Hamas as well as Israel's goal of crushing the group once and for all. Guests: Ret. Army Gen. , distinguished senior fellow on national security at the Middle East Institute (beginning at the 2:15 mark); And , Professor of Political Science at Haverford College in Philadelphia (at 15:52). /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/28583063

AUSA extras 10/19/2023

AUSA extras Guests: Mark Kitz, program executive officer for command, control and communications-tactical (interviewed by Defense One's Lauren Williams, beginning at the 1:10 mark); And Army Brig. Gen. Guillaume Beaurpere of the Army’s John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, as well as Maj. Gen. Christopher Eubank of Network Enterprise Technology Command (with Defense One's Patrick Tucker) at the 9:38 mark). /episode/index/show/defenseoneradio/id/28370198

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