November 08, 2019

Friday Roundtable

On the Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Podcast, Robert F. Hale joins Todd Harrison, the director of defense budget analysis and the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Mathew J. Burrows, director, Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative at The Atlantic Council.

  • Commentary

    Defense

    Manufacturing a New National Security

    Introduction The United States sits atop the world’s pedestal of military superpowers—particularly when it comes to developing and employing the most sophisticated technology—...

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  • Commentary

    Defense

    The Impossible Middle East

    The Middle East today has some thinking to do. It will need to draw up new ways to preserve its wealth, to pursue greater self-sufficiency, and to diversify—and even own—its s...

    By Becca Wasser

    • Foreign Affairs
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  • Commentary

    Defense

    The Risks of Downplaying China’s Military

    Deterrence can succeed, and continued U.S., Taiwanese, and allied investment can matter a great deal — if undertaken with the urgency the situation demands....

    By Tom Shugart

    • War on the Rocks
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  • Podcast

    Defense

    Why Does the U.S. Military Seem Stymied in the War With Iran?

    Defense analyst Stacie Pettyjohn, a senior fellow and program director at the Center for a New American Security, says while the U.S. military is facing long-range missile sho...

    By Stacie Pettyjohn

    • August 19, 2026

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