Chain Reaction

Welcome back to the Ties That Bind. This season, we are looking at NATO from a bit of a different vantage point, specifically that of the frontline states. How are frontline states investing in and planning for their defense?...

Aaron sat down with Scott “FUG” Gilloon, who currently serves as the Sector Vice President of Air Force Strategic Development and Capability Assessments at GA-ASI. The two talked about General Atomics’ CCA, its origin story, how these aircraft may...

    Are drones the future of war? What lessons can be learned from Ukraine for the Taiwan contingency? To discuss these topics and more, FPRI President Aaron Stein sat down with Lorenz Meier, CEO of Auterion, to discuss...

Why does Russia play such an important role in geopolitics? If it’s because of ‘strength’… what does strength even mean? And why do conceptions of Russia’s strength vary so extremely? Seva Gunitsky joins Aaron Schwartzbaum on this week’s Bear...

How might combat collaborative aircraft be used to fight a war in Europe? Or the Indo-Pacific? To discuss these questions, and the latest from the YFQ-44A, President Aaron Stein sat down with Andrew Van Timmeren, the director of air...

Here on the Bear Market Brief, a lot of what we focus on is, simply put, risk: what might happen, and what might it mean? On this episode, geoeconomic and country risk expert Rachel Ziemba joins Aaron Schwartzbaum to delve in the discipline...

In this special two part episode of Chain Reaction, Senior Fellow Rob Lee interviews Yevgeniy Malik, a squad leader in Ukraine’s 36th Marine Brigade. Malik fought in Mariupol during the beginning of the war and defended the Illich Iron...

In this special two part episode of Chain Reaction, Senior Fellow Rob Lee interviews Yevgeniy Malik, a squad leader in Ukraine’s 36th Marine Brigade. Malik fought in Mariupol during the beginning of the war and defended the Illich Iron...

 Technologist Joel Burke is the author of the recently published Rebooting a Nation: The Incredible Rise of Estonia, E-Government and the Startup Revolution. He shares his insight into the country’s rise as a leader in e-government, technological exports in...

  Since November of last year, the small country of Georgia has seen daily protests against its increasingly authoritarian government. For over 150 straight days Georgians have been in the streets demanding that their country return to the path...