
The Golden Dome and the New Missile Age
“Back in 2015, about $12.8 billion, or about 7.6 percent of DOD’s modernization, went to missile defense of some kind. Today it’s up to $25.5 billion, and 8.2 percent of DOD’s modernization budget.” A...
15 Touko 202520min

Trump’s Middle East Minerals Deal
“The Gulf is an absolutely critical player in critical minerals, because they’re all working on their goal of diversifying away from a reliance on oil…Each of these countries has adopted critical mine...
15 Touko 202516min

Emergency Podcast: U.S.-China Tariff Pause
“The economic costs were beginning to become much more obvious—not just in terms of the market volatility, but potential shortages, inflation, the rare earths restrictions that the Chinese imposed. Th...
14 Touko 202527min

Analyzing Missile Attacks in Ukraine
“Modern war is almost a new missile age.” Missiles have played a crucial role in the Russia-Ukraine war, with Russia beginning to send mass missile salvos at command and control nodes, political cente...
9 Touko 202531min

Trump and the Australian Elections
CSIS’s Charles Edel joins the podcast to discuss the Australian elections and what it means for the Trump administration and the United States.
7 Touko 202520min

A Drone and Ground View From Ukraine
CSIS’ Emily Harding joins the podcast to discuss observations from her recent visit to Ukraine including drone warfare, the state of the battlefield, U.S. and European support as well as the mining de...
2 Touko 202519min

Debt Matters
CSIS’s Phil Luck joins the podcast to discuss the U.S. national debt, why it matters and what the Trump administration and Congress can do to address it.
1 Touko 202531min

Trump’s Panama Canal Policy
CSIS’s Ryan Berg joins the podcast to discuss the U.S. strategic interests in the Panama Canal, competition with China and potential outcomes.
29 Huhti 202518min



















