{"podcast":{"title":"Net Assessment","slug":"net-assessment-336019","podcast_index_feed_id":336019,"rss_url":"https://netassessment.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/6/d/1/d6d1af087f9c3c1e/Net-Assessment-1400.jpg","author":"The Stimson Center","episode_count":99,"summary":"Hosts Melanie Marlowe, Christopher Preble, and Zack Cooper, debate their way through some of the toughest and most contentious topics related to strategy, international relations, and the use of force. This podcast is brought to you by the Stimson Center and produced by University FM.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-18T22:17:33.776211+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/net-assessment-336019"},"episode":{"title":"New Denial Strategy? Assessing the 2026 NDS","slug":"new-denial-strategy-assessing-the-2026-nds","published_at":"2026-01-29T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/net-assessment-336019/new-denial-strategy-assessing-the-2026-nds","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/net-assessment-336019","url":"https://netassessment.libsyn.com/new-denial-strategy-assessing-the-2026-nds","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/netassessment/Net_Assessment_-_29_Jan_2026_v1.mp3?dest-id=808287","summary":"Zack, Melanie, and special guest Kelly Grieco take a look at the Department of War's 2026 National Defense Strategy. What does a \"decent peace\" with China look like? Is that what China wants? What does the document get right and wrong about burden-sharing among allies and partners? Will this strategy actually help deliver the \"peace through strength\" that is so important to this administration? Zack has an atta for the foreign affairs reporters at the Washington Post, Kelly has an atta for the Super Bowl-bound New England Patriots, and Melanie has even more grievances for the administration's chaotic tariff policies. Show Links: National Defense Strategy , Department of War, January 2026. Editorial Board, \" Trump's Tariffs Can't Cover a Bill This Staggering ,\" Washington Post, January 26, 2026. Friedrich Merz, Speech at the World Economic Forum , January 23, 2026. Jim Geraghty, \" Tearing Apart NATO, Over a Trinket ,\" January 20, 2026.","meta_description":"Zack, Melanie, and special guest Kelly Grieco take a look at the Department of War's 2026 National Defense Strategy. What does a \"decent peace\" with China…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3957,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/net-assessment-336019/episodes/new-denial-strategy-assessing-the-2026-nds/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/net-assessment-336019/new-denial-strategy-assessing-the-2026-nds.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}