Amb. Derek Mitchell, former US ambassador to Myanmar and current senior advisor at the US Institute of Peace and the Albright Stonebridge Group, discusses renewed relations between Washington and Naypyidaw, the Obama administration’s Pacific pivot and US relations in Asia with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Mitchell is also a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, where the interview was taped.

Adm. Gary Roughead, USN Ret., former chief of US naval operations and current Robert and Marion Oster Distinguished Military Fellow at the Hoover Institution, discusses US Arctic strategy and future US Navy capabilities with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Jan. 23, 2017, following a panel discussion on US arctic strategy.

James Townsend, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Europe and NATO, discusses DoD’s soon-to-be-released Arctic strategy, the importance of the NATO alliance and the European Union with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Jan. 23, 2017, following a panel discussion on US Arctic strategy.

Patrick Cronin, senior director of the Asia-Pacific program at the Center for a New American Security, discusses the major challenges facing the Trump administration in Asia with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

Julie Smith, former national security adviser to former Vice President Joe Biden who is now the director of the strategy and statecraft program at the Center for a New American Security, discusses the future of US-Russia relations with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Smith and CNAS intern Adam Twardowski co-authored a Jan. 11, 2017, report — “The Future of US-Russia Relations.”

Andrew Krepinevich, distinguished senior fellow and former president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, discusses his new report — Preserving the Balance – A US Eurasia Defense Strategy — with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.