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Defense One Radio
A show about the technology, strategy, media and business trends defining the future of national security.
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The known perils of regime change
A scholar of civil wars warns against repeating the past mistakes from U.S. military interventions abroad.
Guest: Monica Duffy Toft, director...
Introducing: The D Brief Weekly
A new audio round-up of leading developments national security news for the week ending January 23, 2026.
If you'd like to read our daily newsl...
Conflicts to watch in 2026
CFR's Paul Stares unpacks the latest annual survey of foreign policy experts bracing for what might lie ahead.
Guest:
Read the 2026 Prev...
Paul Scharre explains the global AI arms race
The former Army Ranger explores how AI might reshape drone warfare, America's tech race with China, Russia's war in Ukraine, and much more.
Gue...
Rep. Rob Wittman
The Virginia Republican discusses the Pentagon's acquisition reforms, the defense secretary's legislative-affairs bottleneck, and his priorities for t...
Jon Wolfsthal and "A House of Dynamite"
A veteran of the National Security Council shares what the movie got right and wrong on U.S. missile defense and nuclear command and control.
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Europe's "drone wall"
Patrick Tucker explains what he learned during a recent trip to Eastern Europe.
“The Wounded Generation” by David Nasaw
A celebrated historian shares years of research into the quiet and not-so-quiet struggles of millions of American veterans returning home from World W...
Europe's growing defense industry
The EU's ambassador to the U.S. underscores the importance of the bloc's $910 billion defense plans known as Readiness 2030.
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Highlights from AFA's Air, Space & Cyber Conference
Our editors explore the vibe, the headlines, the aircraft, the drones, and the other news coming out of the Air Force Association's big annual confere...
How drone warfare is changing
A researcher unpacks recent adaptations in drone technology after more than three years of Russia's ongoing Ukraine invasion.
Guests:
Alpine Eagle's Jan-Hendrik Boelens
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 Rus...
“Primal Intelligence” with Angus Fletcher
A researcher uses his work with U.S. special operations forces to explain a new neuroscientific approach to intuition, imagination, emotion, and commo...
The Pentagon’s Golden Dome clampdown
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Read Tucker's recent reporting on the topic below:
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Watch the futuristic, satirical news clips from 1987's...
The U.S. military vs. drug cartels
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Read Maurer's report for Rolling Stone, "Here's What Trump's Mexico Invasion Plan Could Look Like."
Tech Summit talks: The venture capitalists’ perspective
Panelists:
View more of this year's Tech Summit discussions on YouTube here.
Tech Summit talks: The Space Rush
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View more of this year's Tech Summit discussions on YouTube here.
Tech Summit talks: Anduril's Chris Brose
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View more of this year's Tech Summit discussions (registration required) here.
Tech Summit talks: Golden Dome, hypersonics and missile defense
Panelists:
View any of this year's Tech Summit discussions (registration required) here.
Former Ukrainian defense chief Oleksii Reznikov
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Defense One is media partner for this year's 20th edition of the GLOBSEC Forum in Prague.
The future of NATO, with retired French Gen. Philippe Lavigne
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As media partner for this year's 20th edition of the GLOBSEC Forum in Prague, Defense One is sharing a series of special pre-conference...
Defense innovation with Shield AI’s Brandon Tseng
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As media partner for this year's 20th edition of the GLOBSEC Forum in Prague, Defense One is sharing a series of special pre-conference...
What the Army is learning about FPV drones
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Learn more about exercises Swift Response and African Lion 2025 here and here, respectively.
The Marine Corps in the Pacific littorals
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You can view our other 2025 State of Defense interviews here.
Army chief Gen. Randy George
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Catch our full State of Defense agenda and future events, here.
Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman
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Catch our full State of Defense agenda and future events, running through the end of March, here.
Air Force chief Gen. David Allvin
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Catch our full State of Defense agenda and future events, running through the end of March, here.
Marine Corps. Gen. Eric Smith
Our annual State of Defense interview series begins with a commandant working to balance crisis response and modernization. Learn more about that seri...
The Air Force's force-design leader
Maj. Gen. Joseph Kunkel discusses his how his service's modernization strategy will shape the future of air combat in an increasingly complex security...
SecDef Austin’s last trip to Europe
Patrick Tucker describes a Defense Department in transition as Russia's Ukraine invasion approaches the four-year mark.
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Year in review
We listen back on more than a dozen guests from conversations across 2024.
Guests (in order):
The decline of America’s commercial shipbuilding industry
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And don't miss our complementary podcast episode, "How U.S. Navy shipbuilding sank so low."
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:
Sources and add...
Mark Montgomery’s insights from Ukraine
A retired U.S. admiral shares what he learned from a recent trip to the wartorn country.
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AUSA conference, in review
Defense One staff summarize the leading developments from this year's Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington.
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