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Aug 28, ’26 Washington Roundtable
Podcast
Jim Townsend, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, joins the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast to discuss the Trump administration’s budget re...
By Jim Townsend
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Why Russia Is Threatening The UK
Video
Jim Townsend, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, joins Times News to discuss the drivers behind Russian president Vladimir Putin's threats to UK ...
By Jim Townsend
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Front Line Dynamics, Deep Strikes, and a Theory of Victory
Podcast
Brussels Sprouts is back after our summer hiatus, and we’re jumping right back into Ukraine.Over the past several weeks, the war has entered a more dynamic and dangerous phase...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Aug 21, ’26 Washington Roundtable
Podcast
On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, former DoD Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security joins Defense & Aerospa...
By Jim Townsend
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Will the U.S. Allies Be Able to Shift From Dependency to Strategic Autonomy?
Video
President Donald Trump has been pushing traditional allies to shoulder more of their own defense burden. Such directives are leaving longtime US partners seeking to shift thei...
By Jim Townsend
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Aug 07, ’26 Washington Roundtable
Podcast
On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, former DoD Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security joins Defense & Aerospa...
By Jim Townsend
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Gulf States Distance Themselves from Trump as Iran Tensions Escalate
Video
“Not only are they hardening their stance against Iran, but they also seem to be distancing themselves somewhat from the United States." Despite Saudi Arabia joining the strik...
By Jim Townsend
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Ukraine's Command Shake-Up: Fedorov Out, Drapatyi In
Podcast
On July 15th, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed now–former Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, one of the architects of Ukraine’s technological transformation o...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Jul 24, ’26 Washington Roundtable
Podcast
On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, former DoD Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security joins Defense & Aerospa...
By Jim Townsend
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Europe Stepping Up and the United States Stepping Back
Podcast
This week, the Allies met for the NATO summit in Ankara, Türkiye, in what was billed as a summit of low expectations. President Donald Trump once again created headlines with ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Would the U.S. Protect NATO Allies If They Were Attacked?
Video
Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for NATO and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security Jim Townsend says he is unsure whether the US woul...
By Jim Townsend
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Trump Won’t Humiliate Starmer At Nato Summit Over Defence Spending
Video
“He might even say something kind!” President Trump is unlikely to attack the UK or Keir Starmer over defence spending, says former Pentagon official and adjunct senior fellow...
By Jim Townsend
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Prospects for Ukraine and a Look Ahead to Ankara
Podcast
The past month has featured a series of major transatlantic gatherings that together tell an important story about where the alliance is headed. At the NATO Foreign Ministers ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Getting the Brits Ready to Fight
Podcast
On June 22, United Kingdom (UK) prime minister Keir Starmer announced that he would resign as leader of the Labour Party and leave the premiership. Starmer had faced mounting ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Jun 19, ’26 Washington Roundtable
Podcast
On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute think tank, Michael Herson of American Defense International, f...
By Jim Townsend
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Trump Confirms Helicopter Shot Down by Iran and Vows U.S. Response
Video
Joining the program are former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security Jim Townsend and Iran expert Dr. Ro...
By Jim Townsend
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U.S. Posture Changes and the Future of European Defense Planning
Podcast
Over the last several weeks, European allies have been trying to interpret a steady stream of signals from Washington about the future of the U.S. military role in Europe, dis...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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UK Could Send RAF to Romania as Russia Ramps up Attacks on NATO
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"I think we’ve got to be very deliberate. I think we have to be very strong in how we show unification behind Romania." Russia has been "ramping up" its attacks on NATO allies...
By Jim Townsend
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Window of Opportunity? Deterrence and Moscow’s Calculus
Podcast
In the last episode of Brussels Sprouts, we looked at the dizzying series of U.S. announcements about America’s military posture in Europe. Since then, new reporting has emerg...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Jeffrey Edmonds
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U.S. Military Posture and Implications for European Security
Podcast
Over the last several weeks, U.S. allies have been trying to make sense of a dizzying series of announcements about America’s military posture and broader role in Europe. Firs...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
