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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.
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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.
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Ep. 35: After Mattis + Shutdown’s effect on national security
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Policy
Goodbye, Mattis. Goodbye, Syria. Hello, 2019
Dramatic shifts abound as Trump puts US military’s war plans in doubt, Democrats resurge in Congress, and the Pentagon gets a new boss.
Ideas
What we learned in 2018: Averting war with North Korea
Welcome to our podcast about the news, strategy, tech, and business trends defining the future of national security.
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What we learned in 2018: What's ahead for Syria + why ISIS is not defeated yet
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Ep. 32: The $750 billion military; USAF’s Kessel Run; Happy Birthday to the Guard, and more.
Welcome to our podcast about the news, strategy, tech, and business trends defining the future of national security.
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Ep. 31: The true origins of ISIS and the future of counterterrorism with Hassan Hassan
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Ep. 30: Crisis in the Sea of Azov; Space Force!?; Nuclear anthropology and American folklore
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