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Transatlantic Tensions in the New National Security Strategy
Podcast
On December 4th, the Trump administration released its long-awaited national security strategy, sending another round of shock waves through the transatlantic community. The n...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Rational Security: The “Adverse Possession” Edition
Podcast
This week, Scott sat down with Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien and Contributing Editor and CNAS adjunct senior fellow Alex Zerden to talk through a few of the week’s big...
By Alex Zerden
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Podcast
Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
The Russia-Iran Partnership: A Geopolitical Balancing ActIt has been almost a year since Russia and Iran signed their comprehensive strategic partnership. That deal established a 20-year partnership between the two countries coverin...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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What if 'America First' Appears to Work? With Tom Wright
Podcast
Tom Wright joins to talk about his recent article, “What if 'America First' Appears to Work?" about the Trump administration’s “might makes right” approach to foreign policy, ...
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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NATO Foreign Ministers to Meet in Brussels Without the U.S. In Attendance
Podcast
NATO foreign ministers will meet in Brussels Wednesday, and the ongoing negotiations to end the war in Ukraine will be top of mind. But there will be a notable absence: The U....
By Jim Townsend
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Podcast
Technology & National Security
Caleb Withers on the Cybersecurity Frontier in the Age of AICaleb Withers, research associate at the Center for a New American Security, joins Kevin Frazier, the AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the University of Texas School of Law and...
By Caleb Withers
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Ukraine Peace Negotiations, Trump's Ukraine Motivations, Holiday Travel
Podcast
Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for a New American Security, spoke to NPR about President Trump's 28-point peace proposal for Ukraine and Russia, the President's motivatio...
By Richard Fontaine
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Credibility and Capability: The Future of Nuclear Stability
Podcast
Over the last month, nuclear tensions have been heating up. In late October, Vladimir Putin claimed two achievements: the successful test of a nuclear-powered missile known as...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Jon B. Wolfsthal
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Australia Bows Out of COP31 Bid
Podcast
Tensions are growing in Europe as Russia continues to strike an aggressive stance over the war in Ukraine. In the latest provocation, the UK says a Russian spy ship operating ...
By Jim Townsend
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Podcast
Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Why the U.S. Should Unlock Allied CooperationAmerica’s allies are cooperating in a growing variety of domains. In their recent Foreign Affairs piece, former NATO Ambassador Julie Smith and former National Security Counci...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Drones: Who Is Making the New Weapons of War?
Podcast
From Ukraine and Russia to Gaza and Sudan, drones have become a key weapon of war. Which companies are making them, and profiting from this rapidly expanding but controversial...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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The Real Impact of SCOTUS's Tariff Hearing with Kathleen Claussen
Podcast
Kathleen Claussen, Professor of Law at Georgetown University, joins Emily and Geoff to discuss the SCOTUS case on Trump's tariffs. They share their insights from the recent SC...
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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The Future of IEEPA Tariffs with Geoffrey Gertz
Podcast
On November 5, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument on the use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) by President Donald Trump to im...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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Trump's Trade Talks and Europe with Liz Economy and Mikko Huotari
Podcast
President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping on October 30, 2025, ended with a temporary truce between the two leaders. While thi...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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What Trump Really Wants with Venezuela
Podcast
The Trump administration says it’s targeting narco-traffickers. But critics at home and abroad have decried the attacks and challenged their legal basis. Meanwhile, President ...
By Becca Wasser
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How Sanctions Became a Way to Wage War and When They Actually Work, with Eddie Fishman
Podcast
In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,“ Kieran Beer talks with Eddie Fishman, CNAS adjunct senior fellow and author of “Chokepoints: How the Global Economy Became a Weap...
By Edward Fishman
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Mike McFaul on Autocrats vs Democrats
Podcast
Are we in a new Cold War? That is the question Mike McFaul takes on in his new book, Autocrats versus Democrats: Russia, China, America, and the New Global Disorder. McFaul ar...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Are We Ready? | America’s Next Battlefield, with Thomas Shugart
Podcast
Thomas Shugart, adjunct senior fellow at CNAS, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the tools and tactics of warfare have changed in the past decade and whether the ...
By Tom Shugart
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What's an Economic Security Agreement and Why Does the U.S. Need Them? With Peter Harrell
Podcast
Derisky Business is returning for season 2! After a brief hiatus in which obviously nothing (nothing!) notable happened in the world of trade and economic security, Emily and ...
By Geoffrey Gertz & Emily Kilcrease
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Did Europe Change Trump's Mind on Ukraine?
Podcast
The Trump administration made a major move this week in its announcement of sanctions on major Russian oil companies Rosneft and Luke Oil, along with 31 subsidiaries. This fol...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
