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February 25, 2020 · 31 min

From serving as a counterterrorism analyst for the Pentagon in Afghanistan to working on security issues at Facebook, Kara Frederick has spent her entire career confronting America's most dangerous national security challenges. Now a…
A Front Row Seat to China's Rise

February 18, 2020 · 31 min

How have China's global ambitions sharpened under President Xi Jinping, and how should the United States respond? Dr. Kurt M. Campbell served in the Obama administration as the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific…
Grappling With the Costs of Combat

February 11, 2020 · 29 min

As a woman serving on the front lines in Iraq, Kayla Williams faced not only the perils of combat, but the ordeals of sexism and harassment. Some of her greatest challenges, however, lay at home—learning to care for a spouse with a…
Working Advance for the U.S. State Department

February 4, 2020 · 33 min

When American diplomats travel abroad and meet with foreign leaders, who works behind the scenes to make sure everything runs smoothly? What negotiations go into preparing for a state dinner with Kim Jong-il, and how is the pageantry of a…
Building the World’s Biggest Budget

January 28, 2020 · 31 min

What do the Pentagon's decisions about military spending say about our priorities as a nation? What goes into the DoD's $700 billion budget each year? Former Pentagon official Susanna V. Blume, now Director of the CNAS Defense Program…

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Working National Security on John McCain’s Presidential Campaign

January 21, 2020 · 31 min

Richard Fontaine spent years advising leading figures in American foreign policy, but working for the late Sen. John McCain was unlike anything he had experienced before. Now Chief Executive Officer of the Center for a New American…
Preview: Stories from the Backchannel: Season Two

January 17, 2020 · 2 min

Now more than ever, Americans are interested in the people working behind the scenes on consequential national security decisions. In Season Two of Stories from the Backchannel, host Ilan Goldenberg sits down with experts from across the…
Women in National Security: Emma Moore

August 27, 2019 · 19 min

Emma Moore joins the CNAS Women in National Security podcast mini-series on human capital to discuss changing the requirements for national service.
Women in National Security: Maggie Feldman-Piltch

August 13, 2019 · 22 min

Maggie Feldman-Piltch joins the CNAS Women in National Security podcast mini-series on human capital to discuss the gaps she sees in launching and advancing careers in national security. Maggie is the Managing Director of Unicorn…
Women in National Security: Sina Beaghley

July 30, 2019 · 24 min

Sina Beaghley joins the CNAS Women in National Security podcast mini-series on human capital to discuss security clearance reform. Sina is a senior international/defense policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. She focuses her research…
Women in National Security: Laura Junor

July 16, 2019 · 27 min

Dr. Laura Junor joins the CNAS Women in National Security podcast mini-series on human capital to discuss how the government must change its personnel systems to bring in the right talent at the right time. She is Director, Research and…
CNAS Tech: Discussing a Long-Awaited Executive Order on 5G Security

June 5, 2019 · 18 min

On May 15, President Trump issued an executive order designed to protect the United States from security vulnerabilities in the global communications technology supply chain. What took so long? Does the order go too far—or not far…