October 30, 2025
Are We Ready? | America’s Next Battlefield, with Thomas Shugart
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 U.S. military is adapting fast enough to deter a great power war.
Listen to the full interview on The President's Inbox.
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