# Joshua Tallis: Director of CNA's Ally and Partner Security Affairs Program Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cna-talks-a-national-security-podcast-788413/joshua-tallis-director-of-cna-s-ally-and-partner-security-affairs-program Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cna-talks-a-national-security-podcast-788413/joshua-tallis-director-of-cna-s-ally-and-partner-security-affairs-program.md Podcast: [CNA Talks: A National Security Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cna-talks-a-national-security-podcast-788413) Published: 2026-07-22T15:20:00+00:00 Episode link: https://cna.libsyn.com/joshua-tallis-director-of-cnas-ally-and-partner-security-affairs-program Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cna/CNA_Talks_Josh_Tallis_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=463752 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cna-talks-a-national-security-podcast-788413/episodes/joshua-tallis-director-of-cna-s-ally-and-partner-security-affairs-program Duration seconds: 2096 ## Resource Joshua Tallis joins the show to discuss the Strait of Hormuz, his time as CNA's Scientific Analyst to the Chief of Naval Operations, and CNA's new Ally and Partner Security Affairs Program. Guest Biographies Joshua Tallis is the director of CNA's Ally and Partner Security Affairs program, where he oversees research on foreign government strategies, operations, and capabilities to support US national security objectives. Further Reading CNA's Ally and Partner Security Affairs Program ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cna-talks-a-national-security-podcast-788413/episodes/joshua-tallis-director-of-cna-s-ally-and-partner-security-affairs-program/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/cna-talks-a-national-security-podcast-788413/joshua-tallis-director-of-cna-s-ally-and-partner-security-affairs-program.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.