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An Army researcher unpacks new initiatives to expand research into human performance. Guest: Lt. Col. David deGroot, director of the U.S. Army Heat Center at Fort Benning, Ga. See also Patrick Tucker's related recent reporting on the topic, here .

Guest: Matthew Delmont , professor of history at Dartmouth College and an award-winning author of several books including Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad , and his latest, Until the Last Gun Is Silent: A Story of Patriotism, the Vietnam War, and the Fight to Save America's Soul .

Guests: Peter W. Singer , strategist at New America and the author of multiple books on technology and security, including Wired for War , Ghost Fleet , Burn-In , and LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media ; And August Cole , non-resident senior fellow at the Scowcroft Center on Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council, and associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute working o...

A scholar of civil wars warns against repeating the past mistakes from U.S. military interventions abroad.  Guest:  Monica Duffy Toft , director of the Center for Strategic Studies and a professor of international politics at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; her essay "Can the US 'run' Venezuela? Military force can topple a dictator, but it cannot create political authority...

CFR's Paul Stares unpacks the latest annual survey of foreign policy experts bracing for what might lie ahead.  Guest: Paul Stares , General John W. Vessey senior fellow for conflict prevention and director of the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. Read the 2026 Preventive Priorities Survey results published this week at CFR here .

The former Army Ranger explores how AI might reshape drone warfare, America's tech race with China, Russia's war in Ukraine, and much more. Guest: Paul Scharre , executive vice president at the Center for a New American Security and author of several books, including " Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence ," and " Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War ."

The Virginia Republican discusses the Pentagon's acquisition reforms, the defense secretary's legislative-affairs bottleneck, and his priorities for the upcoming spending bills. Guest: Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, in conversation with Defense One Executive Editor Bradley Peniston. 

A veteran of the National Security Council shares what the movie got right and wrong on U.S. missile defense and nuclear command and control.  Guest:  Jon Wolfsthal , Director of Global Risk at the Federation of American Scientists.

Patrick Tucker explains what he learned during a recent trip to Eastern Europe.

A celebrated historian shares years of research into the quiet and not-so-quiet struggles of millions of American veterans returning home from World War II.  Guest: David Nasaw , historian, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and author of " The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II ." 

The EU's ambassador to the U.S. underscores the importance of the bloc's $910 billion defense plans known as Readiness 2030.  Guest: European Union Ambassador to the United States Jovita Neliupšienė .

Our editors explore the vibe, the headlines, the aircraft, the drones, and the other news coming out of the Air Force Association's big annual conference at National Harbor, Maryland. Guests: Tom Novelly,  Defense One  senior reporter covering air and space warfare; And Lauren C. Williams,  Defense One senior editor.

A researcher unpacks recent adaptations in drone technology after more than three years of Russia's ongoing Ukraine invasion.  Guests: Sam Bendett , advisor in Russia Studies at the Virginia-based research organization CNA; And Patrick Tucker,  Defense One science and technology editor.

A Munich-based developer with a new air-to-air counter-drone system shares insights into Europe's growing defense industry and recent lessons from Russia's Ukraine invasion.  Guest: Jan-Hendrik Boelens, co-founder and CEO of Alpine Eagle . 

A researcher uses his work with U.S. special operations forces to explain a new neuroscientific approach to intuition, imagination, emotion, and common sense. Guest: Angus Fletcher , Professor of Story Science at Ohio State University's Project Narrative. His latest book is called, " Primal Intelligence: You Are Smarter Than You Know ," from Penguin Random House. 

Guest: Patrick Tucker,  Defense One  science and technology editor.  Read Tucker's recent reporting on the topic below:  Related reading: " New Golden Dome details emerge from industry day ," Tucker reported on August 14;  " Pete Hegseth Doesn't Want to Talk About Golden Dome ," former Naval War College professor Tom Nichols wrote for  The Atlantic  on August 8; " Lockheed Martin aims to test a mi...

Guest: Journalist and writer Kevin Maurer , whose work focuses on U.S. special operations forces around the world. Read Maurer's report for Rolling Stone , " Here's What Trump's Mexico Invasion Plan Could Look Like ."

Panelists: Susanne Hake, General Manager of U.S. Government Business for Maxar Intelligence;  Greg Little, Senior Counselor at Palantir Technologies;  Sarah Pearson, Director of Commercial Engagement at the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU);  David Rothzeid, Principal Investor at Shield Capital; And moderator Lauren Williams, Senior Editor at Defense One . View more of this year's Tech Summit discussi...

Panelists: Derek M. Tournear, Ph. D., Director, Space Development Agency; Bill Vass, CTO, Booz Allen; And Frank Konkel, Editor-in-Chief, Government Executive . View more of this year's Tech Summit discussions on YouTube  here . 

Speakers: Christian Brose, President and Chief Strategy Officer, Anduril Industries; And Patrick Tucker, Defense One 's science and technology editor. View more of this year's Tech Summit discussions (registration required) here . 

Panelists: Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark Piper, Deputy Director of Operations at North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD); Masao Dahlgren, fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Missile Defense Project; Doug Loverro, president of Loverro Consulting; And Patrick Tucker, Defense One 's science and technology editor. View any of this year's Tech Summit discussions (registrat...

Guests: Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov in conversation with Defense One 's Patrick Tucker on the sidelines of the GLOBSEC 2025 conference in Prague. Defense One  is media partner for this year's 20th edition of the GLOBSEC Forum in Prague.

Guests: Philippe Lavigne, a retired French general, was Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force from 2018 to 2021, then NATO's transformation chief for three years. As media partner for this year's 20th edition of the GLOBSEC Forum in Prague, Defense One is sharing a series of special pre-conference interviews exploring the future of defense, technological innovation, the changing battlef...

Guests: Brandon Tseng , co-founder and president of Shield AI, in conversation with Defense One 's Patrick Tucker. As media partner for this year's 20th edition of the GLOBSEC Forum in Prague, Defense One is sharing a series of special pre-conference interviews exploring the future of defense, technological innovation, the changing battlefield and geopolitical upheaval.

Guests: Col. Joshua Gaspard, commander of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, based in Vicenza, Italy. Learn more about exercises Swift Response and African Lion 2025 here and here , respectively.