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Stay Tuned with Preet

The Geopolitics of Spying & Space (with David Ignatius)

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Society & Culture, Politics, Government

4.832.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

David Ignatius is the longtime foreign affairs columnist at The Washington Post. He’s also the author of 11 spy thriller novels that draw on decades of experience reporting on espionage and spying. He joins Preet to discuss the escalating race between the US and China to control space, how artificial intelligence could influence the future of warfare, and his latest four part novella published in the Washington Post.    In lieu of answering listener questions, Preet is joined by his CAFE Insider podcast co-host Joyce Vance to analyze Trump’s third indictment. To listen for free, head to cafe.com/Trump and enter your email.  For show notes and a transcript of the episode head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/the-geopolitics-of-spying-space-with-david-ignatius/ Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with the hashtag #AskPreet, email us your questions and comments at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to Stay Tuned.

0:06.0

I'm Pete Barara.

0:08.0

The future of warfare, or at least the beginning of warfare in the future, is going to be in space.

0:15.0

I'm certain of that, and I don't think people really appreciate just how important this domain is,

0:20.0

or how much work the Chinese in particular have done to get ready for that future contest.

0:30.0

That's David Ignatius.

0:32.0

He's been a foreign affairs columnist at the Washington Post since 1999.

0:36.0

He's also an accomplished novelist, having published 11 full-length spy thrillers that draw on decades of reporting on the CIA and other global intelligence agencies.

0:46.0

Ignatius joins me to discuss the escalating race between the US and China to control space,

0:51.0

how artificial intelligence could influence the future of warfare,

0:54.0

and his latest four-part novella published in the Washington Post this summer.

0:59.0

That's coming up, Stay Tuned.

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