Senior Fellow Luke Coffey joins the show to break down Ukraine funding, the state of the counter-offensive and how politics plays out in great power conflicts. Additionally, Coffey illustrates why the outcome in Ukraine is directly related to America's role and reputation around the globe.

Bryan Clark and Dan Patt discuss the impact of unmanned vehicles on military approaches, the role of information technologies in warfare, the shift to an integration pipeline for emerging technologies, concerns for the defense industrial base, and the lessons from Ukraine's defense strategies.

Rebeccah Heinrichs, senior fellow at Hudson Institute, discusses strategic deterrence, US-China-Russia relations, and the importance of defense industrial base. Topics include victory conditions in Ukraine, nuclear threats, and countering Chinese influence. The speaker also cautions against oversimplifying important topics like nuclear conflict and the Indo-Pacific region.

Nadia Schadlow, principal author of the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy, discusses national security, supply chains, and critical technologies. She highlights the US' technological competition with China, solutions for operational challenges, creating favorable conditions like those of the 1950s, munitions campuses, industrial policy, and the importance of metrics for success in national security and critical technologies.

What does success in the struggle against the People's Republic of China look like? Senior Fellow John Lee joins Arsenal of Democracy to deep dive on his report on the topic, co-authored with Lavina Lee, available here: https://www.hudson.org/foreign-policy/success-struggle-against-people-republic-china-john-lavina-leeJohn Lee is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute. He is also a senior fellow (non-resident) at the United States Studies Centre and adjunct professor at the University of Sydney.

Former US Attorney General Bill Barr discusses the drug crisis in the United States and the role of Mexico's drug cartels. He highlights the need for action to address the high number of deaths and economic costs associated with drug overdose and addiction. Barr explores strategies to combat drug cartels, including targeting production sourcing, border security, and law enforcement operations. He also draws lessons from the United States' partnership with Colombia in combating cartels and emphasizes the importance of international cooperation.

Peter Rough, Senior fellow and director, previews key foreign policy issues for the 2024 GOP primary debate, discussing the evolution of Republican foreign policy, decline in support for US engagement in Ukraine, nuclear saber rattling, GOP opinion on NATO, and other foreign policy issues in the 2024 election.

Walter Russell Mead talks about the meaning of an American 'arsenal of democracy' and the challenges of building one for the twenty-first century. They discuss the shifting world order, the war in Ukraine, and the China challenge. They emphasize the need for American leadership against influential great power rivals. They also explore the debate on America's economic potential, misconceptions about American decline, the shift to a work-from-home economy, and the current situation in Ukraine after Russia's invasion. They compare modern warfare to World War I and discuss concerns about production capacity in the United States.

A weekly podcast hosted by Marshall Kosloff, and produced by Hudson Institute, that believes that the “Arsenal of Democracy” is not merely a state of military, industrial, and societal readiness, but a conception of America’s role as the world reckons with a shifting geopolitical order, revanchist Great Power rivals, and global debates about the prospects for liberal democracy.Join us each week by listening wherever you find podcasts or watching our video version of the show by subscribing to Hudson Institute on YouTube. See you soon.