The Global Leadership Reset: AI, Allies, and a Transforming World
Mishal Husain is known as one of Britain’s best interviewers who commands the attention of powerhouse figures. SWSP guest host, Emily Hardin...
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Smart Women, Smart Power
CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power is a speaker series on women in international business and global affairs. The weekly podcast features leading women from the corporate, government, and nationa...
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20 of 247 episodesHumans in Low Orbit: A Conversation with Astronaut Dr. Peggy Whitson
Dr. Peggy Whitson holds the record for the longest cumulative time in space by an American astronaut and any woman astronaut in the world. I...
A Fresh Perspective on National Security Policy
Dr. Kathleen McInnis joins Nina Easton, Co-CEO of SellersEaston Media and Co-Founder of Journey to Lead, for a thoughtful discussion reflect...
Inside the CIA: Confronting China’s Digital Strategy
When Jennifer Ewbank was chosen to lead the CIA’s digital innovation team, she quickly made the strategic decision to center its digital mis...
An Icelandic Perspective Inside NATO
Iceland has no standing military—so how did Brynja Huld Óskarsdóttir, an Icelandic civilian, find herself working for NATO in Afghanistan an...
Inside Modern Defense Tech
Vannevar Labs at its core has a bold mission: bring the best technology American innovation can offer into close partnership with the U.S. g...
Putin's Next Soldiers: Ukrainian Children
In this episode, host Kathleen McInnis speaks with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Head of the Center for Civil Liberties, Oleksandra Matviic...
Why We Need Women in Special Forces
A newly released documentary, Guerrera, tells the stories of trailblazing women who served in U.S. Special Operations in Afghanistan. Dr. Ka...
Trust the Work, Trust Yourself
The Gates Foundation has become synonymous with leading global change on some of the world’s hardest issues – like advancing global health t...
Whole of Society Resilience Lessons from Russia-Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has demonstrated the importance of resiliency and using the total strength of society to ensure the survival of a state....
The Weaponization of Data
On this episode, host Kathleen McInnis spoke with Pavlina Pavlova, a #ShareTheMicInCyber Fellow at New America and Cybercrime Expert at the...
To Infinity and Beyond: Open AI to the New Space Race
Before OpenAI was the household name it is today, the leading artificial intelligence company began as a non-profit organization with an unc...
Beyond the Spin: Truth, Media, and Democracy
Nina Jankowicz knows what it’s like to be attacked for defending the truth, and she is now on a mission to increase the cost of lies that un...
Countering China and Russia: The Hidden Advantages of Women, Peace, and Security
How can Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) be better utilized to accomplish U.S. strategic objectives? Recently, the Smart Women, Smart Power...
Decoding the Pentagon Bureaucracy
In this episode, Dr. Kathleen McInnis is joined by Dr. Janine Davidson, who currently serves as president of Metropolitan State University o...
Building Comprehensive Approaches to Wicked Problems: The Ukraine War
As a part of the tenth-anniversary celebration of Smart Women, Smart Power, Dr. Kathleen McInnis hosted a panel discussion that explored wom...
Pentagon Priorities Amid Polycrises with Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks
On October 15, Smart Women, Smart Power celebrated its tenth anniversary! The celebration kicked off with a discussion with HON Kathleen H....
The State of Election Security in 2024
Suzanne Spaulding, Director of the CSIS Defending Democratic Institutions Project, joins a special crossover episode with the CSIS Smart Wom...
A Conversation with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi
Dr. Kathleen McInnis sat down with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for a conversation on her new memoir, where she reflects on her time...
Take a Chance on Mentorship
An off-chance encounter as an intern transformed Funmi’s life several years later when someone she networked with early in her career though...