2026-10-22 · For the curious
Tehran is a Different Beast Now
by Cole Bucy
How do you end a war when the surviving leaders assume they're already dead?
0:00 / 27:46 · Narrator Charon
2026-10-13 · Behind the news
How Taiwan Activates Beijing’s Chosen Fear
by Charles Edward Gehrke
Why would a nuclear superpower risk a war over a three-thousand-year-old story?
0:00 / 29:14 · Narrator Charon
2026-10-05 · Future-gazing
The AI-Assisted Strategic Own Goal in the Kill Chain
by Dan Summers
If a machine picks a target in seconds, who decides if the strike is actually wise?
0:00 / 17:02 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
2026-09-30 · For the curious
The Discipline of Refusal: Constitutional Concerns About Lawful Orders in the U.S. Military
by Kurt Shulkitas
0:00 / 29:59 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-09-28 · Behind the news
The Gulf Arab States Need a Shield Built for Limited Trust
by Mohammed Alotaibi
How do you build a shared military shield with neighbors you don't actually trust?
0:00 / 24:25 · Narrator Charon
2026-09-24 · For the curious
Power, Prudence, and Restraint in Fénelon’s Telemachus
by Iskander Rehman
0:00 / 1:04:18 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-09-07 · Behind the news
The Fruit of Patience: How Regional Shifts Ripened Turkey’s Path to Kurdish Reconciliation
by Samuele C. A. Abrami
What happens when an armed movement trades its weapons for promises that aren't written in law?
0:00 / 22:25 · Narrator Charon
2026-09-05 · Future-gazing
A Rulebook for Surprises: Commanding Autonomous Aircraft
by Greg Search
How do you command an autonomous aircraft that is built to surprise you?
0:00 / 14:22 · Narrator Charon
2026-08-30 · Behind the news
Wrong Audience, Wrong Ask: Why Trump’s Abraham Accords Gambit Falls on Deaf Ears
by H. A. Hellyer
Why does Washington keep treating the Middle East as if it has no memory of its own?
0:00 / 11:37 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-08-24 · Future-gazing
Managed Instability: Why the Wars Against Iran and Ukraine Can Go on and on and On…
by Alex Kolbin
How do you end a war when the fighting itself has become too useful to give up?
0:00 / 24:23 · Narrator Rasalgethi
2026-08-17 · Future-gazing
How America Lost Its Most Important Defense Tech Habit
by Jack Barry
If a computer chip can shift global power, what does its maker owe the country?
0:00 / 18:33 · Narrator Algieba
2026-08-16 · Future-gazing
A Sea Control Revolution?
by Richard Dunley
How do you guard the open ocean when countries start treating the water like solid ground?
0:00 / 13:32 · Narrator Charon
2026-08-10 · Future-gazing
The U.S. Navy’s Subsea Rare Earth Vulnerability
by Ryan Musto
How do you build a stealth submarine when a rival controls the metals that keep it quiet?
0:00 / 16:36 · Narrator Charon
2026-08-04 · Future-gazing
Fences Not F-35s: Drone Attacks and the Illogic of Gulf Procurement
by David B. Roberts
When does a chain-link fence become a better air defense system than a fighter jet?
0:00 / 27:25 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
2026-07-25 · For the curious
The King of Cool: Mobile Refrigeration and the Remaking of Global Logistics
by Caitlan Fealing
How did a self-taught mechanic’s cooling box for the front lines end up filling the local supermarket?
0:00 / 13:15 · Narrator Gacrux
2026-07-19 · Future-gazing
Forged in a Knife Fight: China’s Brutal Domestic AI Competition
by David Lin
What happens when China’s AI plan meets a brutal domestic knife fight?
0:00 / 18:24 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
2026-07-18 · For the curious
How Revolutions Break Their Believers
by Matt Gallagher
0:00 / 23:52 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-07-15 · Future-gazing
The Road to Space Runs Through the Poles
by David Marsh
Why are there more satellite antennas on a frozen island with more polar bears than people?
0:00 / 17:36 · Narrator Rasalgethi
2026-07-10 · For the curious
The Davis Wing, the B-24 Liberator, and the Self-Made Bet That Paid Off
by Mike Benitez
Why would a major manufacturer trust the shape of a raindrop over the advice of the experts?
0:00 / 13:28 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
2026-07-06 · Behind the news
A Catholic Security Scholar’s Case for Responsible Military AI
by Craig Douglas Albert
Can a person of faith argue for military AI while still defending the sanctity of life?
0:00 / 19:25 · Narrator Charon
2026-07-03 · Behind the news
Contriving Imaginary Gaps in Nuclear Deterrence
by Jay Tilden
Could the hunt for imaginary gaps in nuclear deterrence invite the very aggression it fears?
0:00 / 17:04 · Narrator Charon
2026-07-02 · Behind the news
Why India Will Stick with America
by Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
0:00 / 42:25 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-06-27 · Future-gazing
Glass Jaw? The New Economic Fragility Recasting American Power
by Andy Polk
What happens to a nation’s freedom to act when its economy can no longer absorb global shocks?
0:00 / 17:59 · Narrator Charon
2026-06-22 · Future-gazing
Inside Ukraine’s Battlefield Innovation Loop
by Viktoriia Honcharuk
Can a traditional defense industry learn to move at the speed of a soldier’s Signal message?
0:00 / 14:31 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-06-18 · Future-gazing
From Pyongyang to Primorsk: When Sanctions Evasion Becomes System Design
by Olivia Vassalotti
How did North Korea’s playbook for hiding ships become a scalable blueprint for the Russian economy?
0:00 / 18:20 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-06-05 · Behind the news
What Everyone is Missing About North Korea’s Reunification Strategy
by Hyunseung Lee
When Kim Jong-un rewrites reunification, what kind of future is he actually building?
0:00 / 16:14 · Narrator Gacrux
2026-06-03 · Behind the news
Between Beijing and the Budget: the Domestic Realities of Taiwan’s Defense Spending Drama
by Kyle Marcrum
What unseen domestic battles lie behind Taiwan's defense spending decisions?
0:00 / 19:02 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
2026-06-01 · Future-gazing
Control Without Ownership: How China’s Party-Business Networks Dominate Indonesia’s Mineral Supply Chains
by Ahmad Syarif
What does it mean when a nation's party and businesses deeply entwine for global resources?
0:00 / 19:19 · Narrator Sulafat
2026-05-29 · Future-gazing
Leading in the Dark: How Submarine Commanders Think Under Uncertainty
by Paulo Frade
Can the silence of the deep ocean teach us how to lead in a noisy, uncertain world?
0:00 / 14:29 · Narrator Algieba
2026-05-26 · For the curious
The Lessons of Sacrifice
by Adam A. Scher
If remembrance is not passive, what does it ask of us today?
0:00 / 12:17 · Narrator male