Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Vincent Chao, a Taiwanese politician and former diplomat and national security strategist, about why Taiwan is moving so slowly to modernize its military and increase deterrence of an existential threat of Chinese invasion. They discuss Taiwan's messy identity politics, whether Taiwanese will fight to defend their freedoms, Chinese misinformation efforts to drive wedges in Taiwan's political system and alliances, whether Silicon Shield can protect Taiwan and why a Chinese blockade is not the major threat to the island.

Dmitri Alperovitch talks to David Bramlette, a former U.S. Ranger and Green Beret combat veteran, who has recently returned from fighting with the Ukrainian Foreign Legion in the Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. David shares his experiences of the war, why he went over to risk his life for a foreign country, his impressions of the Russian and Ukrainian forces, and what happens when Americans get wounded in Ukraine.

Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Russian military expert Michael Kofman about:

- Why this war may be decided by which side can stretch their ammunition supplies the longest

- Putin's visit to Belarus and whether a new Russian offensive may be coming soon

- 3 areas in which Russian military has been outclassed by Ukrainian forces

- How Russian Military Intelligence (GRU) has performed in this conflict

- Whether Surovikin is the best military commander Russia has had thus far in this war

- What impact the delivery of Patriots batteries might have on Ukrainian air defense

- The importance of the partisan warfare Ukrainians are conducting against Russian logistics in the south

Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Michael Kofman

- The strategic impact of Russian terror strike campaign against Ukrainian critical infrastructure

- Likelihood of a near-term Ukrainian offensive to retake the South

- Is Ukraine trying to retake Kinburn Spit to control the Dniepier river?

- Would tanks help Ukraine break through the Russian trenches in the Donbas?

- Will we see significant offensive action this winter?

- Why the war will not stop at February 24 lines