In this podcast, Melanie Marlowe, and Zack Cooper, and the Stimson Center’s Christopher Preble sit down to discuss Richard Fontaine’s recent Foreign Affairs article on prioritizing national security threats. Why is it so hard for those in charge of the nation’s security to pick and stick to the most important national security priorities? How should the United States determine where scarce resources are allocated? If China is the nation’s main challenge, can the United States continue to expend resources at the current rate in Ukraine?
Listen to the full episode at War on the Rocks.
Originally published by War on the Rocks.
Defense Policy & Posture, Defense Policy & Posture
In this podcast, Melanie Marlowe, and Zack Cooper, and the Stimson Center’s Christopher Preble sit down to discuss Richard Fontaine’s recent Foreign Affairs article on prioritizing national security threats. Why is it so hard for those in charge of the nation’s security to pick and stick to the most important national security priorities? How should the United States determine where scarce resources are allocated? If China is the nation’s main challenge, can the United States continue to expend resources at the current rate in Ukraine?
Listen to the full episode at War on the Rocks.
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