Podcast appearances and mentions of Susanna V Blume

On today's Global Exchange Podcast, we are broadcasting an armchair discussion with Richard Fontaine on “Modernizing American Homeland Defence” from our 29 Jan. 2019 Modernizing North American Defence conference. The Global Exchange is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. This conference was made possible by the MINDS program from the Department of National Defence. Subscribe to the CGAI Podcast Network on SoundCloud, iTunes, or wherever else you can find Podcasts! Bios: - Colin Robertson (host) - A former Canadian diplomat, Colin Robertson is Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. - Richard Fontaine: Chief Executive Officer of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). He served as President of CNAS from 2012-19 and as Senior Advisor and Senior Fellow from 2009-12. Prior to CNAS, he Fontaine served as foreign policy advisor to the McCain 2008 presidential campaign and subsequently as the minority deputy staff director on the Senate Armed Services Committee. RECOMMENDED READINGS: - “Rising to the China Challenge: Renewing American Competitiveness in the Indo-Pacific” by Ely Ratner, Daniel Kliman, Susanna V. Blume, Rush Doshi, Chris Dougherty, Richard Fontaine, Peter Harrell, Martijn Rasser, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Eric Sayers, Daleep Singh, Paul Scharre, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Neil Bhatiya, Ashley Feng, Joshua Fitt, Megan Lamberth, Kristine Lee and Ainikki Riikonen [CNAS Publication] (https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/rising-to-the-china-challenge) - “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus” by Charles C. Mann (https://www.amazon.ca/1491-Second-Revelations-Americas-Columbus/dp/1400032059) - “1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created” by Charles C. Mann (https://www.amazon.ca/1493-Uncovering-World-Columbus-Created/dp/0307278247/) - “The Cremation of Sam McGee” By Robert Service [Author], Ted Harrison [Illustrator] (https://www.amazon.ca/Cremation-Sam-McGee-Robert-Service/dp/1554532728) Related Links: - “Modernizing North American Defence” [Conference Program] (www.cgai.ca/modernization_of_no…th_american_defence) - “Centre for a New American Security” (https://www.cnas.org/) Recording Date: January 29, 2020 Give 'The Global Exchange' a review on iTunes! Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on Linkedin. Head over to our website www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Jay Rankin. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

What do the Pentagon's decisions about military spending say about our priorities as a nation? What goes into the DoD's $700 billion budget each year? Former Pentagon official Susanna V. Blume, now Director of the CNAS Defense Program, joins Ilan Goldenberg to discuss what the composition and size of the defense budget reveals about America’s national security priorities.

What do the Pentagon's decisions about military spending say about our priorities as a nation? What goes into the DoD's $700 billion budget each year? Former Pentagon official Susanna V. Blume, now Director of the CNAS Defense Program, joins Ilan Goldenberg to discuss what the composition and size of the defense budget reveals about America’s national security priorities.

This week Susanna Blume joins to tell us how the sausage is made on Capitol Hill - the defense budget, continuing resolutions, and other congressional hijinks. And Radha returns from maternity leave! Then we wade through the president's Jerusalem announcement and recent Brexit breakthroughs, before dissecting the new National Security Strategy. And of course we discuss Season 2 of "The Crown" - and our new gift guide!   Episode Reading: Susanna V. Blume and Lauren Fish, “A Brief History of Defense Budget Instability,” CNAS Susanna V. Blume and Lauren Fish, “Congress, cut the continuing resolutions so Defense can do its job,” CNAS Max Fisher, “The Jerusalem Issue, Explained,” New York Times Ishaan Tharoor, “The many casualties of Trump’s Jerusalem move,” Washington Post Tony Connelly, “Brexit and the Irish Border: How the deal was salvaged,” RTE BBC, “Theresa May says Brexit deal ‘good news’ for all voters,” BBC Alex Hunt and Brian Wheeler, “Brexit: All you need to know about the UK leaving the EU,” BBC Kate Brannen, "Trump's National Security Strategy is Decidedly Non-Trumpian," The Atlantic Salman Ahmed and Alexander Bick, “Trump’s National Security Strategy: A New Brand of Mercantilism?,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Ilan Goldenberg, “The Selfish Motive Behind Trump’s Jerusalem Decision,” Slate Kori Schake, “The North Korea Debate Sounds Eerily Familiar,” Atlantic Mira Rapp-Hooper, “America Is Not Going to Denuclearize North Korea,” Atlantic

This week Susanna Blume joins to tell us how the sausage is made on Capitol Hill - the defense budget, continuing resolutions, and other congressional hijinks. And Radha returns from maternity leave! Then we wade through the president's Jerusalem announcement and recent Brexit breakthroughs, before dissecting the new National Security Strategy. And of course we discuss Season 2 of "The Crown" - and our new gift guide!   Episode Reading: Susanna V. Blume and Lauren Fish, “A Brief History of Defense Budget Instability,” CNAS Susanna V. Blume and Lauren Fish, “Congress, cut the continuing resolutions so Defense can do its job,” CNAS Max Fisher, “The Jerusalem Issue, Explained,” New York Times Ishaan Tharoor, “The many casualties of Trump’s Jerusalem move,” Washington Post Tony Connelly, “Brexit and the Irish Border: How the deal was salvaged,” RTE BBC, “Theresa May says Brexit deal ‘good news’ for all voters,” BBC Alex Hunt and Brian Wheeler, “Brexit: All you need to know about the UK leaving the EU,” BBC Kate Brannen, "Trump's National Security Strategy is Decidedly Non-Trumpian," The Atlantic Salman Ahmed and Alexander Bick, “Trump’s National Security Strategy: A New Brand of Mercantilism?,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Ilan Goldenberg, “The Selfish Motive Behind Trump’s Jerusalem Decision,” Slate Kori Schake, “The North Korea Debate Sounds Eerily Familiar,” Atlantic Mira Rapp-Hooper, “America Is Not Going to Denuclearize North Korea,” Atlantic