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Vandenberg Flash Focus

The Vandenberg Coalition

Move beyond the headlines with fast & focused expert analysis on breaking news and big stories in foreign policy & national security. We help you understand the context and policy implications of the stories you see every day from around the world. In each episode, we sit down with an expert to break down a developing global news story—what's happening, why it matters, and how the United States should respond. For more information on the Vandenberg Coalition, visit our website: www.vandenbergcoalition.org.

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Episodes

84 episodes

  1. Ep. 75 | Farm Security is National Security 25:26
  2. Ep. 74 | Shedding Light on Russia's Biowarfare Program 21:15
  3. Ep. 73 | Antisemitism and National Security 39:27
  4. Ep. 72 | A Look Back at UNGA Week 23:05
  5. Ep. 71 | Axis of Aggressors 43:31
  6. Ep. 70 | Chairman Xi in DC 31:13
  7. Ep. 69 | Dragon in the Americas 39:36
  8. Ep. 68 | Getting the U.S. Alliance System Right 38:07
  9. Ep. 67 | Reconnaissance on Communist Cuba 42:17
  10. Ep. 66 | Can We Make AI Safer? 46:27
  11. Ep. 65 | Ukraine Can Stand Up 36:23
  12. Ep. 64 | Mr. Trump Goes to China 36:39
  13. Ep. 63 | Energy (Dominance) is Power 43:55
  14. Ep. 62 | Cash for Gold, for Delcy 29:33
  15. Special Episode: The Vandenberg Coalition at Five Years 52:01
  16. Ep. 61 | “Seeing My Father Again”: The Story of Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri 26:23
  17. Ep. 60 | A Return to the Stars 36:14
  18. Ep. 59 | China's Weaponization of Trade 38:41
  19. Ep. 58 | Tumult Surrounding Tehran 46:38
  20. Ep. 57 | Takaichi’s Triumph 35:31
  21. Ep. 56 | The PLA Purge 33:35
  22. Ep. 55 | China's Great Heist 38:17
  23. Ep. 54 | Leveraging “The American Edge” for the Defense Industrial Base 28:29
  24. Ep. 53 | Time to Go, Maduro 34:00
  25. Ep. 52 | A Playbook for Winning the Cyber War 30:09
  26. Ep. 51 | Gaza Ceasefire and Palestinian Statehood 28:04
  27. Ep. 50 | Strikes in the Caribbean 37:32
  28. Ep. 49 | The Soft Power Battleground 30:59
  29. Special Episode: The Future of Conservative Foreign Policy Feat. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) 30:02
  30. Ep. 48 | The Super Bowl of Foreign Policy Speeches 21:52
  31. Ep. 47 | The Report of the Commission on Unalienable Rights at Five Years 37:50
  32. Ep. 46 | TikTok: China’s Digital Fentanyl 30:18
  33. Ep. 45 | Global Swing States and the New Great Power Competition 35:30
  34. Ep. 44 | The Right’s 1939 Project 33:37
  35. Ep. 43 | A United Nations for the United States 38:41
  36. Ep. 42 | After Rising Lion and Spiderweb: U.S. Vulnerabilities and CCP Sabotage 50:23
  37. Ep. 41 | Trump’s Magical Mystery Middle East Tour 27:08
  38. Special Episode: 80 Years Since V-E Day 28:09
  39. Ep. 40 | Taiwan on the Line 32:18
  40. Ep. 39 | Iran’s Puppets Playing Pirates 22:50
  41. Ep. 38 | Americans Reject The TikTok Trojan Horse and Big Brother ByteDance 25:50
  42. A Conservative Strategy for Countering Russia 1:08:45
  43. Ep. 37 | Solving the Middle East: Policy Recommendations for the New Administration 34:16
  44. Ep. 36 | The Unholy Alliance Between UNRWA, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad 41:01
  45. Ep. 35 | Adiós, Assad: The U.S. Reaction to Events in Syria 57:13
  46. Ep. 34 | The Financial Fight: An Economic Strategy to Defeat the CCP 23:25
  47. Ep. 33 | Picking Putin's Pockets: How to Fix America's Sanctions Towards Russia 28:25
  48. Ep. 32 | What to Expect When You’re Expecting Trump: Foreign Policy in the 119th Congress 25:28
  49. Ep. 31 | Anatomy of a Hurricane Response 34:49
  50. Ep. 30 | One Year Since October 7th: Antisemitism in America 31:08