Archive - Statecraft

How to Stage a Coup

"I'm now going to offer you a megalomaniac explanation of the course of events"

Dec 11 •

1:13:39

How Bureaucracy is Breaking Government

"These laws create constituencies that thrive on them."

Dec 4 •

56:53

November 2024

How to Build a Flying Ebola Hospital

DARPA maverick Eric Van Gieson on Ebola, the Ecohealth grant proposal, and the CDC

Nov 27 •

1:07:11

How to Produce a Kamikaze Drone

"Oh my God, is it going to turn around and shoot the VIPs?"

Nov 21 •

44:58

What President Trump Should Do

Statecraft meets the Free Press

Nov 14 •

How to Rebuild the Arsenal of Democracy

Trae Stephens & Michael Kratsios break it down.

Nov 6 •

38:13

October 2024

Does Anyone in Government Care About Productivity Growth?

"This is a big, structural problem with our government"

Oct 30 •

51:50

How to Prep Hospitals for a Shooting War

"1,000 casualties per day over 100 days is a fair benchmark"

Oct 17 •

49:07

"This was a sea change in the power structure of the federal government"

Oct 11 •

and

56:52

How to Build State Capacity

"We've fallen into what you could call a fiscalist regime"

Oct 3 •

34:46

September 2024

How to Make a World Cup Bid

“It’s hard to be convincing with just a couple aircraft carriers”

Sep 26 •

56:28

How to Fix Defense Procurement

What's a blue ribbon commission good for anyway?

Sep 19 •

48:13

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