How America Broke Its War Machine | Michael Brenes

Hidden Forces

Demetri Kofinas

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🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 333 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Michael Brenes, the Director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy at Yale University who recently authored an article for Foreign Affairs about the U.S. defense industrial base titled “How America Broke Its War Machine.”

Michael and Demetri discuss the state of the U.S. defense industrial base, American military readiness, and the effect that great-power competition and the expansion and scope of U.S. military involvement in active conflicts overseas could have on the nation’s political stability.

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Episode Recorded on 10/17/2023

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? My name is the major
0:03.0	confinas and you're listening to Hidden Forces, a podcast that inspires
0:07.6	investors, entrepreneurs and everyday citizens to challenge consensus, and to learn how to think critically
0:15.4	about the systems of power shaping our world.
0:18.7	My guest in this episode of Hidden Forces is the director of the Brady Johnson program in Grand Strategy at Yale University, Michael
0:26.2	Brennis.
0:27.5	Michael joins me for a discussion about the U.S. Defense Industrial Base, the state of American Military Readiness, and the effect that great
0:34.9	power competition and the expansion and scope of U.S. military involvement in active conflicts
0:40.8	overseas would have on the nation's political stability.
0:44.4	If you want to hear more conversations like this one, including some of the episodes mentioned during
0:48.7	the podcast, you can find those by clicking on the related tab to this week's episode page on our website at
0:55.3	hidden forces dot i.o or by selecting the geopolitics and i r category in the episode library
1:02.1	hidden forces is a listener supported
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1:09.4	intelligence reports, or if you're interested in joining our genius community, which includes
1:13.8	Q&A calls with guests, access to special research and analysis, in-person events and
1:19.3	dinners. You can do that at Hidden Forces. I.O. slash subscribe.
1:25.2	And with that, please enjoy this excellent conversation
1:28.7	on a very important topic with my guest, Brennes. Michael Brennes, welcome to Hidden Forces.
1:40.3	Thank you Dimitri,asure to be here.
1:42.9	So Michael, I first discovered your work from reading an article in Foreign Affairs magazine
1:48.6	titled How America Broke its War Machine, which was on a subject that interested, and it's the primary subject of what today's
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