Chris, Zack, and Melanie sat down to talk about the new National Defense Industrial Strategy. Is this document really a strategy? What are the biggest problems we need to fix with respect to our defense industrial base? Considering the state of where we are now, is it even possible to get our industrial house in order in the near term to deter or prevail in a conflict with an adversary?
Chris has a grievance for those who couldn’t believe Donald Trump’s recent NATO comments (where have they been for the last eight years?), Zack thanks Rep. Mike Gallagher for his service, and Melanie is unhappy with the response to legislators trying to come to an agreement on the difficult issue of immigration reform.
This episode's reading.
To Infinity and Beyond: Battle Force 2045
We Need to Talk About Nukes
Understanding America’s Declining Global Influence
The Revenge of Ideology
The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be
Time to Rethink U.S. Policy Toward Putin’s Russia?
Deterring by Denial in Asia
Money and Might
COVID-19 and U.S. Global Leadership
America's Foreign Policy Consensus: Blob's Your Uncle?
Sources of American Power
Big Trouble in a Little China Strategy?
The End of the World as We Know It?
Pathogen to War
COVID-19 and the Future of Global Trade
The Meaning of Public Service
Defending U.S. Interests in Cyberspace
Why Is America Leaving Afghanistan Now?
Show Me the Money
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