Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss Gavin Wilde’s recent article in the Texas National Security Review on foreign media manipulation. How vulnerable are citizens of democracies to manipulation through social media? Is a more open and less hierarchical media space a national security threat? And what, if anything, should policymakers in democracies do about this issue? Grievances for China blocking popular apps, Marjorie Taylor Green for her shenanigans surrounding the foreign aid vote, and to the F-35, the gift that keeps on giving (to the tune of $2 trillion); Attas for Samuel Charap and Sergey Radchenko for an important article on Ukraine, to Mike Johnson for taking a principled stand on the foreign aid bill, and to the first Australian officers to participate in AUKUS nuclear submarine training.
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Debating Sweden and Finland’s Entry into NATO
Threats From Out of This World
A Strategy-Budget Mismatch?
Keeping the Right Secrets Secret
Russia’s War in Ukraine: How Does this End?
Putin’s Taunt: What Are You Going To Do About It?
The Pacific is Not So Pacific
The Biden Doctrine: Muddling Through?
Grading the Biden Team’s Foreign Policy
A Heavy Price to Pay?
A Slavish Devotion to Presence?
Talent Management for a Modern Military
America and the Arctic: A Song of Fire and Ice
Richard Haass Is Here!
Should Biden Be Pro-Democracy or Anti-Autocracy?
Richard Haass Is Unhappy
Much Ado About AUKUS
A Tale of Two Biden Doctrines
Did Anyone Win the ‘Global War on Terror’?
Afghanistan Debacle
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