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A Rearmed Germany's Place in Europe
Today we are taking a closer look at Germany as it returns to military power. As the United States pulls back from Europe and threats of Russian aggression are heightened, Ger...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Russia Provokes NATO ‘Grey Zone’ with ‘Clever Bullying’ Tactic, but It Will Escalate
“Eventually something's going to happen in the escalation. I mean, maybe it's a mass casualty event or something that really gets us out of that grey zone into a real provocat...
By Jim Townsend
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Domestic Russia: Security Services, the Economy, and Elections
Today we are turning to domestic Russian politics, with Russia’s State Duma elections coming up September 18th through the 20th. The elections are taking place in a more uncer...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Sep 11, ’26 Washington Roundtable
Jim Townsend, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, joins the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast to discuss the latest on the war in Ukraine,...
By Jim Townsend
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A Report Card for Europe’s Defense Industry
As the war in Ukraine rages on, Ukraine has struggled this summer with a munitions shortage. With U.S. supplies strained by the war with Iran, European governments are having ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Sep 04, ’26 Washington Roundtable
Jim Townsend, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, joins the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast to discuss the latest on the Iran War, Russi...
By Jim Townsend
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Putin Says Ukraine Peace Deal Is Possible: Is This a New Path to Peace?
Jim Townsend, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, joins Al Arabiya English to discuss Russian president Vladimir Putin's comments on reaching a...
By Jim Townsend
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A Surprise Moscow Visit and Russia vs. the West with Hanna Notte
Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe made a highly unusual visit to Moscow this week. Although we don’t know with certainty everything that was discussed, multi...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Aug 28, ’26 Washington Roundtable
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
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
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
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?
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
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
“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
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
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
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?
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
“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