Innovation and National Security, With Admiral William H. McRaven

Admiral William H. McRaven, professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, discusses the CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force report, Innovation and National Security: Keeping Our Edge, with James M. Lindsay. The report outlines a strategy to ensure the United States remains the predominant power in a range of emerging technologies, and the national security implications if it fails to do so.

Play Button Pause Button
0:00 0:00
x
Host
  • James M. Lindsay
    Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
Episode Guests
  • William H. McRaven
    Professor of National Security, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin

Show Notes

Admiral William H. McRaven, professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, discusses the CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force report, Innovation and National Security: Keeping Our Edge, with James M. Lindsay. The report outlines a strategy to ensure the United States remains the predominant power in a range of emerging technologies, and the national security implications if it fails to do so.

China

Sir Robin Niblett, distinguished fellow at Chatham House, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss a potential second Cold War between the United States and China.

Nuclear Weapons

Stephen Flynn, chair of the Committee on Assessing WMD Nuclear Terrorism at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and a political science professor at Northeastern University, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the steps the U.S. government should take to prevent and respond to nuclear terrorism.

France

Matthias Matthijs, senior fellow for Europe at CFR and associate professor of international political economy at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, and Daniela Schwarzer, a member of the executive board of the Bertelsmann Stiftung, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the results and consequences of the snap elections in France and the United Kingdom. 

Top Stories on CFR

United States

President Joe Biden ends his bid for reelection having revived American leadership in Asia and Europe and secured significant investments in the domestic economy, but his achievements will only last if his successor picks up where he leaves off.

Sudan

As diplomacy ramps up, so too must humanitarian innovation.

Bangladesh

Student-led protests in Dhaka demonstrate popular discontent toward Sheikh Hasina’s repressive governance.