On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Strategy Series, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Dr. Andrew Krepinevich, one of America’s foremost strategists who is now affiliated with the Center for a New American Security and the Hudson Institute, discusses his new book — The Origins of Victory: How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers — that dissects lessons from four critical inflection points in the development of breakthrough military capabilities shaped by singular leaders who harnessed technological change to craft forces able to prevail over adversaries to shape the future of their nations, China’s long head start on building forces able to systemically undermine US military advantages, what the United States has to do to regain the upper hand in the competition, vital role of leadership and tenure in driving change, and Ukraine war lessons with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.