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PODCAST: Threats, theatre and tariffs in Trump’s world, with the Defence Connect team

In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, Steve Kuper, Robert Dougherty and Liam Garman unpack the fast moves and overall strategy being employed by the new US administration, led by returning US President, Donald Trump.

In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, Steve Kuper, Robert Dougherty and Liam Garman unpack the fast moves and overall strategy being employed by the new US administration, led by returning US President, Donald Trump.

  • The podcast commences with an analysis of the opening salvo of US tariffs on Canada, Mexico and Panama under America’s new “carry a big stick” policy.
  • Kuper, Dougherty and Garman then differentiate fact from fiction in the new US President’s economic and international strategy.
  • The podcast wraps up with a brief look on internal policies being undertaken, the border control in relation to national security and possible outcomes under Trump’s reinstallation of the America first, last and always approach.

Enjoy the podcast,
The Defence Connect team

Listen to previous episodes of the Defence Connect podcast:

Episode 11: PODCAST: No escaping it, China is trying to coerce us, with Mike Pezzullo
Episode 10: SPOTLIGHT: The role of test and evaluation in securing AI’s role in defence and national security, with Graeme Bick, Ray Bright and Chris White
Episode 9: CONTESTED GROUND: Alliance abandonment and realpolitik in global affairs
Episode 8: PODCAST: A taste of things to come, with shadow minister for defence Andrew Hastie
Episode 7: PODCAST: Getting our naval force structure right, with Jennifer Parker
Episode 6: CONTESTED GROUND: The expanding world of state-sponsored cyber warfare
Episode 5: SPOTLIGHT: Training – key to the National Defence Strategy, with CAE’s James Digges
Episode 4: PODCAST: Unpacking the impacts of a disruptive new US Defense secretary
Episode 3: CONTESTED GROUND: Regaining the qualitative advantage
Episode 2: CONTESTED GROUND: What’s in store for 2025? Part 2

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