The world has turned dangerous.

Is the United States prepared to meet the new challenges it might face?

In this special series from the President's inbox, we're bringing you conversations with Washington insiders

to assess whether the United States is ready for a new, more dangerous world. Technology is changing the face of warfare.

Cheap drones, robotics, sophisticated sensors and artificial intelligence are among the advances that have

militaries around the world scrambling to rethink their force structures and doctrines. Whoever innovates the fastest may gain a decided advantage on the battlefield.

In the future of warfare, Europe is rethinking how to defend itself.

The continent is scaling fast, with smaller systems, smarter tech, and even some private money footing that bill.

It's really about a changing nature of warfare where we're looking at how to incorporate

autonomy into all kinds of different operations.

For more than eight decades, the United States has operated at the cutting edge of technology.

Today, however, entrenched bureaucracies outdated procurement systems and an attachment to legacy systems

may be slowing the Pentagon's

efforts to incorporate new technologies. Whether the U.S. military adapts to change more effectively

than its rivals may be the difference between victory and defeat in a new age of

intensified geopolitical conflict. From the Council on Foreign Relations, welcome to the president's inbox. I'm

Jim Lindsay. Joining me today is Michael Horowitz, the Richard Perry Professor of Political Science at

the University of Pennsylvania, and a senior fellow for technology innovation at the council.

Mike, thanks for joining me. Thanks so much for having me.

Looking forward to the conversation.

Now, Michael, we decided we want to do a piece on technology.

I really wanted to talk to you, given your background, both as a scholar, but also your

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