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Janice Stein, PhD, Belzberg professor of conflict management at and founding director of the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, discusses deterring the North Korean nuclear threat, what the the international community’s role in pressuring the nation should be, and emerging threats to global security during a November 2017 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2017 Halifax International Security Forum.

Frank Kendall, former US under secretary for defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, discusses how even short-term government shutdowns and continuing resolutions can negatively impact defense, how the Budget Control Act shaped the US defense-industrial base during his time at the Pentagon, the Pentagon’s acquisition reorganization and more in a Jan. 22, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. 

Vice Adm. Clive Johnstone, RN, commander of NATO’s Allied Maritime Force, discusses its renewed focus on “operations and operational behavior,” its to-do list (including boosting fleet and force readiness, and increasing allied naval forces more flexibility), his priorities as commander, the influence of Russia’s Kalibr cruise missile on future force planning, hybrid warfare at sea and more during a Jan. 17, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at Atlantic Council headquarters in Washington following its “NATO’s Maritime Frontier: A View from NATO’s Maritime Command” event.

Gen. Kevin “Chili” Chilton, USAF Ret., former commander, US Strategic Command and US Air Force Space Command, and a former NASA astronaut, discusses why nuclear deterrence and readiness are vital to US national security interests, the risk posed by Russia’s first use policy, the North Korean threat and much more in his Jan. 18, 2018, keynote at the Colonel James D. McGinley Lecture, hosted by the Heritage Foundation and the Marine Corps University Foundation in Washington.

Bob Work, former US deputy defense secretary, and current president and owner of TeamWork, LLC, says the US Defense Department’s modest funding growth outlook means the military should prioritize acquiring new capabilities over expanding capacity and readiness over presence, discusses how technological superiority can give the US an advantage in great power competition with Russia and China, analyzes the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy, and much more during an exclusive, wide-ranging Jan. 17, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian, filmed at our Washington studio.

Gen. Kevin “Chili” Chilton, USAF Ret., former commander, US Strategic Command and US Air Force Space Command, and a former NASA astronaut, makes recommendations for the nation’s nuclear posture, discusses capabilities needed to deter Russia, Apollo 16 astronaut John Young’s legacy and more during a Jan. 18, 2018, interview following his keynote at the Annual Colonel James D. McGinley Lecture, hosted by the Heritage Foundation and the Marine Corps University Foundation in Washington.

Eric Chewning, deputy US assistant defense secretary for manufacturing and industrial base policy, identifies “five systemic causes of risk” in the US defense-industrial base (including the Budget Control Act and “the general decline of the US manufacturing base”), ways to strengthen it, America First trade policy, innovation and more during an exclusive, wide-ranging Jan. 22, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington following its “Charting a New Course for the Industrial Base” event.