On this special episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, sponsored by Bell, we discuss the consent decree regarding the recently approved merger of Northrop Grumman and Orbital ATK. Our guests include Ron Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Steven Grundman of the Atlantic Council think tank.
Bonnie Glaser, senior adviser for Asia and China Project director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, analyzes President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 11, criticizes their joint statement for (among other factors) not defining denuclearization, establishing a timeline or mentioning a verification process, discusses next steps for denuclearizing North Korea (including a declaration of its nuclear-weapon and fissile-material inventories, as well as nuclear-site details), and much more during a wide-ranging, June 12, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at CSIS’ headquarters in Washington.
Bruce Klingner, senior research fellow for Northeast Asia at the Heritage Foundation think tank’s Asian Studies Center, shares his takeaways from President Donald Trump’s historic, June 11, 2018, summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, calls Trump’s concession of US-South Korea military exercises during their exchange a mistake, and discusses who’s actually driving the talks, the outlook for future US-North Korea diplomacy, the impact of strategic surprise, how China factors in and more during a wide-ranging, June 12, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the think tank’s offices in Washington.
Capt. Fred Turner, USN, military professor in the US Naval War College’s Joint Military Operations Department, discusses integrating cyber operations and the ethics of cyber warfare — from determining red lines to evolving offensive authorities — during a May 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Newport, R.I.
Capt. Albert Shimkus, USN Ret., associate professor of national security affairs at the US Naval War College, discusses irregular warfare, the possibility of chemical and biological warfare being carried out at sea, the ethics of military medical staff treating non-uniformed combatants and more during a May 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Newport, R.I.
On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast, sponsored by Bell, we discuss the defense and foreign policy implications of President Donald Trump’s remarks at last week’s G-7 meeting (including his condemnation of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau), preview his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore and much more. This week’s guests include Gordon Adams, PhD, American University professor emeritus and Stimson Center distinguished fellow, Byron Callan of Capital Alpha Partners, Evelyn Farkas, PhD, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia in the Obama administration who is now with the Atlantic Council, and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.
Jacquelyn Schneider, PhD, an assistant professor in the US Naval War College’s Strategic and Operational Research Department, as well as a US Air Force reservist, discusses the cyber challenge faced by the US Navy, the question of when to respond kinetically to cyber attacks, how the Navy can better harness technical talent and much more during a wide-ranging, May 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Newport, R.I.
Capt. Richard LaBranche, PhD, USN Ret., chair of the US Naval War College’s wargaming department, discusses improving wargaming, taking phase zero (or pre-hostility) considerations into account, integrating other military services’ capabilities — including air, space and cyber — into war games, and much more during a wide-ranging, May 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Newport, R.I.
Col. Tim Schultz, PhD, USAF Ret., associate dean of academics for electives and research at the US Naval War College, discusses the ethics of military technology, the school’s Graduate Certificate in Ethics and Emerging Military Technology (or EEMT) program and more during a wide-ranging, May 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Newport, R.I.
Lewis Duncan, PhD, provost of the US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, discusses US military-space challenges, how the institution teaches technology, and much more in a wide-ranging, May 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian in Newport, R.I.