Navy and Marine Corps officials disagree about whether the San Antonio-class Flight II amphibious ship is getting too pricey. Defense One's Caitlin Kenney asked Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger about the future of the amphibious fleet, what he'd do differently as commandant if he had it to do over again, and much more.

Guest: 

• Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger interviewed by Defense One's Caitlin Kenney.

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The 18th Airborne Corps commander talks about drones, recruiting, the Pacific theater, challenges posed by China, and more.

We review the latest ups and downs in the U.S.-China relationship, which has been shaken by allegations of spying via aerostat.

Guest:

• Patrick Tucker, Defense One technology editor.

Two researchers compiled data on U.S. military interventions from 1776 to 2019. Here's what they learned.

Guests: 

• Monica Toft, professor of international politics and the director of the Center for Strategic Studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; 
• And Sidita Kushi, assistant professor of political science at Bridgewater State University.

Their Foreign Affairs essay, “The Roots of Washington’s Addiction to Military Force: And How China’s Rise Could Constrain American Interventionism,” was published in January. 

An Army two-star general explains his proposal to send a multi-domain task force to the region.

Guests: 

• U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joel "JB" Vowell, Commanding General of the United States Army Japan;
• Maj. Kevin Joyce is an Army Strategist and the strategy branch chief at U.S. Army Japan.

You can find their essay, here.

And you can read a transcript of this conversation on Defense One, here.

We review the year that was and preview what might lie ahead for the U.S., Europe, and the wider global defense industry.

Guests include:

• Former German Ambassador the United Nations and current Chairman of the Munich Security Conference Christoph Heusgen, in conversation with Defense One Executive Editor Kevin Baron.
• BAE Systems CEO Tom Arseneault speaks with Defense One Global Business Editor Marcus Weisgerber (that begins at the 26:08 mark).

Defense One staff help unpack the hype and lingering mysteries surrounding America's newly-unveiled bomber plane, and we check in on the annual Reagan National Defense Forum.

Guests include:

• Lauren Williams, senior editor at Defense One;
• And Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One's Global Business Editor.

Guests include:

• Matthew Delmont is a Guggenheim Fellow and the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History at Dartmouth College; his book, “Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad,” was just published in October; interview begins at the 0:47 mark;
• And Holly Pinheiro, Jr., is an assistant professor of history at Furman University; his research focuses on the intersections of race, gender, and class in the U.S. military from 1850 through the 1930s. His latest book, “The Families’ Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice,” was published in June. That interview begins at the 21:04 mark.

We focus on the latest developments in unmanned aerial systems, from the war in Ukraine to a conference in Washington.

Guests include:

• Faine Greenwood researches and writes about drones and emerging technologies; and Sam Bendett is in the Russia Studies Program at CNA, based in Washington (at the 7:58 mark);
• And Marcus Weisgerber is Defense One’s Global Business Editor (at 23:05).

Guests include:

• Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger (at the 1:19 mark); 
• Marine Brig. Gen. Joseph Clearfield, Deputy Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific (at 6:58);
• Air Force chief Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. (at 10:54);
• Air Force’s deputy chief of staff for strategy, Lt. Gen. Clinton Hinote (12:52);
• Chris Dougherty, senior fellow at CNAS (17:36);
• Vice Chief of Space Operations, Gen. David Thompson (21:04);
• Colorado Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn (23:42);
• And Steven Butow, Director of the Space Portfolio at the U.S. military's Defense Innovation Unit (26:21).