The Realignment

368 | Thom Shanker: Welcome to the Age of Danger - New Superpowers, New Weapons, and New Threats

May 11, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Importance of Mission-Oriented Defense Policy
01:43 • 3min
3
The Pentagon Adopts a Gen Z Perspective on World Threats
04:26 • 2min
4
The Lessons of Vietnam
06:28 • 3min
5
The Military's Response to the Polarization of American Politics
09:38 • 2min
6
The Military's Focus on Old Systems That Aren't Relevant
11:47 • 3min
7
The Importance of Leadership in the National Security Machine
14:38 • 2min
8
The Donald Rumsfeld of September 10, 2001
16:24 • 4min
9
The Unpopularity of George W. Bush
20:47 • 3min
10
How to Be an Effective Transformational Leader
23:50 • 2min
11
The Importance of Outsiders in the Defense Department
26:13 • 2min
12
The Warning Machine and the Action Machine
27:45 • 2min
13
The Importance of Stewardship in the War on Terror
29:44 • 3min
14
The Warning Machine
32:59 • 4min
15
The Military's Role in National Security
37:04 • 2min
16
The War on Terror: A Warning Machine
38:55 • 4min
17
The Importance of Leadership Decisions
42:59 • 4min
18
The Existential Crisis in American Politics
47:14 • 3min
19
The Third Offset: How to Leverage Technology to Offset Strengths
50:27 • 2min
20
The Dangers of AI Run Amok
52:51 • 2min