Audio/Videos/Podcasts

March 17, 2023 CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Drones: Black Sea incident of future war.” What does Russia downing a US drone mean for the future of unmanned aerial vehicles? http://npolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/3.17.23-Batchelor-Clip-1.mp3   Is attacking noncombatant drones an act of war? http://npolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/3.17.23-Batchelor-Clip-2.mp3

March 10, 2023 CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Proliferation: Russia supplies PRC warheads while Saudi Arabia bargains the US for warheads” Saudi Arabia, China, Iran:  A nuclear proliferation update http://npolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/3.10.23-Batchelor-Clip-3.mp3  

March 10, 2023 CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “2029: North Korea wipes out LEO satellites and attacks Seoul; & What is to be done?” Might a nuclear attack against our satellites in low-Earth orbit be legal and are we ready...

March 3, 2023 CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Space War: In 2029, North Korea detonates a low yield nuke in Near Space & What is to be done?” What might the risks be of relying heavily on low-Earth orbit satellite...

February 24, 2023 CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Russian military bloggers and aggregators advise targeting nuclear power plants.” China opposes attacks on peaceful nuclear facilities while Russian military bloggers and news aggregators advise Putin to target them http://npolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2.24.23-Batchelor-clip-1.mp3  ...

February 24, 2023 CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Outer Space Treaty: Militarizing Near Space” Outer Space Treaty aims to prevent the militarization of space but what is allowed in near space and low-Earth orbit is still a question mark http://npolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2.24.23-Batchelor-clip-3.mp3

February 17, 2023 CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “PRC: What is airspace, near space, outer space?” China’s spy satellite challenged Washington to define US air space by detecting the ballon and intercepting it at 65,000 feet. Near space, however, extends...

February 9, 2023 CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “PRC and Russia: The assertion that the US destroyed Nord Stream 1 and 2; and the unsolved definition of sovereign airspace.” What to make of Seymour Hersh’s claim the US sabotaged the...

February 3, 2023 CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Reportedly not the first suspect PRC spy balloon over North America”  What can balloons do that satellites can’t and are they a concern? http://npolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2.3.23-Batchelor-Podcast-1.mp3   How might Putin leverage targeting Ukraine’s electrical supply...