Audio/Videos/Podcasts

April 28, 2023 CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Secrets: The Space Force overclassification & What is to be done?” Over-classification stymies essential Congressional oversight of our nation’s most important space programs http://npolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/4.28.23-Batchelor-Clips-1.mp3 How over-classification weakens our military’s ability to defend...

April 21, 2023 CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine, Russia, and Rosatom: Trading with the enemy.” How sanctioning Rosatom is gaining support http://npolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/4.21.23-Batchelor-Clip-1.mp3   Why, in the long term, nuclear power and spending on Russian fuel are hardly inevitable http://npolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/4.21.23-Batchelor-Clip-2.mp3

April 14, 2023 CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “DoD: Leaks & What is to be done?”  Latest leaks suggest we have too many over-classified documents of minor significance stamped “classified” mixed with actual critical secrets circulating to too many officials...

April 7, 2023 CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “PRC and Russia: Nuclear war and the Two Peer problem.”  What are the emerging Russian and Chinese nuclear threats, how worrisome are they? http://npolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/4.7.23-Batchelor-Clip-1.mp3   How vulnerable are American nuclear forces and...

March 31, 2023 CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Ukraine: Why not sanction Rosatom?” Why the EU and US have yet to sanction Rosatom, a nuclear entity responsible for the development and production of Russia’s nuclear munitions

March 23, 2023 CBS Eye on the World interviews NPEC’s Executive Director on “Classified: The grotesque overclassification since Hiroshima & What Is to be done?” What are the origins of America’s practice of over-classification? How bad is the problem of over-classification and what should we...

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...