Are We Ready? | America's Next Battlefield, With Thomas Shugart

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Thomas Shugart, founder of Archer Strategic Consulting and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the tools and tactics of warfare have changed in the past decade and whether the U.S. military is adapting fast enough to deter a great power war. This is the second episode in a special series from The President’s Inbox, bringing you conversations with Washington insiders to assess whether the United States is ready for a new, more dangerous world. Find us Are We Ready? | America's Next Battlefield, With Thomas Shugart - https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/tpi/are-we-ready-americas-next-battlefield-thomas-shugart The President’s Inbox - https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/presidents-inbox Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-presidents-inbox/id1172546141 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/65u6jcFyV5BnlVhhzSi7UJ Host Jim Lindsay Mary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy, CFR Episode Guest Thomas Shugart Founder, Archer Strategic Consulting; Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security Related Content Blue Planet, Red Planet: A New World of Contested Maritime Power - https://substack.com/inbox/post/161300794?r=1uot3p&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false&triedRedirect=true Concrete Dome: It's Past Time for an Emergency Anti-Drone Hardening Program - https://substack.com/inbox/post/166232936?r=1uot3p&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false&triedRedirect=true Forging Ahead: The PLA Shows Us What It Wants Us to See - https://substack.com/inbox/post/171586972?r=1uot3p&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false&triedRedirect=true Has China Been Practicing Preemptive Missile Strikes Against U.S. Bases? - https://warontherocks.com/2017/02/has-china-been-practicing-preemptive-missile-strikes-against-u-s-bases/ Mind the Gap, Part 2: The Cross-Strait Potential of China’s Civilian Shipping Has Grown - https://warontherocks.com/2022/10/mind-the-gap-part-2-the-cross-strait-potential-of-chinas-civilian-shipping-has-grown/ There Are No Magic Beans: Easy Options to Deter China Militarily Do Not Exist - https://warontherocks.com/2024/08/there-are-no-magic-beans-easy-options-to-deter-china-militarily-do-not-exist/ The United States Can’t Afford to Not Harden Its Air Bases - https://warontherocks.com/2025/01/the-united-states-cant-afford-to-not-harden-its-air-bases/ Trends, Timelines, and Uncertainty: An Assessment of the Military Balance in the Indo-Pacific - https://www.cnas.org/publications/congressional-testimony/trends-timelines-and-uncertainty-an-assessment-of-the-military-balance-in-the-indo-pacific Concrete Sky: Air Base Hardening in the Western Pacific - https://www.hudson.org/arms-control-nonproliferation/concrete-sky-air-base-hardening-western-pacific-timothy-walton-thomas-shugart Forging Ahead - Episode 1: Orders Are Sacred 第一集《军令如山》- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVLxSS-Fh0I Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/cfr The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher. Visit the CFR website: http://www.cfr.org Follow CFR on X: https://x.com/cfr_org Follow CFR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/councilonforeignrelations Follow CFR on Instagram: @CFR_org