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CNA Talks: A National Security Podcast

CNA’s experts understand today’s complex and dynamic national security environment. On CNA Talks, you’ll find analysis of globe-shaping conflicts, foreign policy and shifting alliances, regional breakdowns, pandemics and other health crises, environmental disasters, homeland security concerns, and the future of strategic competition. Follow CNA Talks to go behind the headlines and learn from data-driven, objective, discussions on the factors shaping today’s national security landscape.
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Now displaying: August, 2025
Aug 27, 2025

This episode examines the political, military, and economic elements of the relationship between Russia and India.

Guest Biographies

Dmitry Gorenburg is a Senior Research Scientist in CNA’s Russia Studies Program. He is an expert on security issues in the former Soviet Union, the Russian military, Russian foreign policy, and ethnic politics and identity. 

Jeffrey Kucik is a research scientist with CNA’s Strategy and Policy Analysis Program.

Further Reading

CNA Report — Russia-India Relations: Multipolarity in Practice

Aug 13, 2025

In this episode, our experts discuss the Navy’s effort to rebuild US shipbuilding and to integrate artificial intelligence and autonomous systems.

Guest Biographies

Joshua Tallis is CNA’s Hybrid Fleet Research Coordinator and our scientific analyst to the Chief of Naval Operations, a position he has occupied since the end of 2023. 

Steven Wills is an expert in US Navy strategy and policy, and U.S. Navy surface warfare programs and platforms, and the Navalist for the Center for Maritime Strategy at the Navy League. Thank you both for being here.

Further Reading

Defense News: To bootstrap US maritime industrial base, link allies and innovators

Center for Maritime Strategy: Returning from Ebb Tide: Renewing the United States Commercial Maritime Enterprise​

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