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Threat Status Podcast

LISTEN: Is China dominating the AI race?

Booz Allen Hamilton President and CEO Horacio Rozanski joins the show from the 2025 Reagan National Defense Forum for an exclusive interview on U.S.-China competition for AI dominance and a range of other advanced-tech issues intersecting with national security.

LISTEN: Inside Ukraine’s major corruption scandal

Washington Times Correspondent Guillaume Ptak joins the show from Ukraine to discuss the country's ongoing negotiations with the U.S. and the major corruption scandal gripping President Zelenskyy's government.

LISTEN: A new era of great power nuclear weapons tests

Bill Wright, the head of global government affairs at the company Elastic, joins the show to talk about cyber threats facing America and how vital it is for private companies to share threat information with the federal government.

LISTEN: Are Trump’s drug boat strikes legal?

Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, executive director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke University Law School, joins the show to talk about the legal questions swirling around the Trump administration's targeting of alleged drug boats.

LISTEN: Inside NATO’s planning for future war

French Adm. Pierre Vandier, the head of NATO's Allied Command Transformation, joins the show to discuss the alliance's preparations for future conflict, the role of human beings in 21st-century battles, and much more.

LISTEN: Why it’s so hard to go after Russia’s oil revenue

Emily Kilcrease, senior fellow and director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, joins the show to talk about secondary tariffs on Russia's oil sector and why it's so difficult -- and geopolitically complex -- for the U.S. to target Russian energy revenue.

LISTEN: Is the Pentagon too focused on drones?

Retired Air Force Gen. David Deptula, dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, joins the show to talk about the future of American air power, whether the Pentagon is focused too heavily on drones, and why the Space Force needs a bigger budget.

LISTEN: How drones could threaten World Cup, Olympics

Rep. Michael McCaul, chair of the House Task Force on Enhancing Security for Special Events in the United States, joins the show to talk about potential terrorist threats to the World Cup, Olympics and other major events.