How to Win

In our final episode of "How to Win," we discuss the next National Security Strategy and the critical role it will play as the United States maneuvers an increasingly chaotic threat landscape. We are joined by former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy and architect of the 2017 National Security Strategy,  Dr. Nadia Schadlow . Dr. Schadlow is currently a senior fellow at Hudson...

In this episode of “How to Win,” we are joined by  Dr. Matthew Kroenig , vice president and senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and Vandenberg Coalition Advisory Board member. Dr. Kroenig discusses the critical role allies and partners play in the United States’ national security strategy. Dr. Kroenig also out...

In this installment of “How to Win,” we are joined by  Mackenzie Eaglen  to discuss the defense budget and investing in the U.S. military. A Vandenberg Coalition Advisory Board member, Mackenzie is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where she works on defense strategy, defense budgets, and military readiness. Mackenzie explains how a future U.S. administration ca...

In this installment of “How to Win,” we are joined by  Dr. Seth Jones  to discuss revitalizing our defense industrial base. A Vandenberg Coalition Advisory Board member, Seth is senior vice president, Harold Brown Chair, director of the International Security Program, and director of the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). This epis...

In this episode of “How to Win,” we are joined by Vandenberg Advisory Board member  David Rader  to discuss the Department of Defense’s non-military service departments known as the “fourth estate” and their role in the Pentagon’s overall mission. As a former Deputy Director of the Global Investment and Economic Security Directorate at the Department of Defense, David...

In this installment of “How to Win,” we are joined by Marshall Billingslea to discuss recapitalizing America’s nuclear arsenal. A Vandenberg Coalition Advisory Board member, Marshall is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute focusing on illicit finance and arms control with the Kleptocracy Initiative. He also served as a member of the 2023 Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the Unit...

In this episode of “How to Win,” we are joined by Senior Research Fellow with the Heritage Foundation,  Brent Sadler , and Senior Fellow with the Sagamore Institute,  Dr. Jerry Hendrix , to discuss how to craft a maritime strategy for an era of great power competition. This episode discusses how naval power is indispensable to America’s national security and how a how...

In this installment of “How to Win,” we are joined by   Jamil Jaffer  to discuss technology and acquisition reform. A Vandenberg Coalition Advisory Board member, Jamil is also a Venture Partner with Paladin Capital Group and the Executive Director of the National Security Institute at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. This episode explains the steps necessary to f...

For our first installment of “How to Win,” we are joined by tenth U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs  Robert Wilkie  of the America First Policy Institute and retired U.S. Army Lt. General  Thomas Spoehr  of the Center for Strategic and International Studies to discuss the cornerstone of America’s military strength: its people. Both are also distinguished members of the Vandenb...