Brandon Weichert

Brandon J. Weichert is a national security analyst at The National Interest and the author of four bestselling books, most recently “A Disaster of Our Own Making: How the West Lost Ukraine.” Weichert is a consultant for the Department of Defense as well as a variety of other private academic groups and businesses. He is a former Congressional staffer who holds an M.A. in Statecraft & National Security Affairs from the Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C., and he can be followed via Twitter @WeTheBrandon.

Episode Appearances

Episode 181: “A Brave New – and More Dangerous – World” with Brandon Weichert

04/14/2022

Guest(s): Brandon Weichert

Since the COVID-19 virus was loosed upon the world, either intentionally or accidentally, from Wuhan, China, the world has been fundamentally changed. The globalist economic and geopolitical fabric has been torn. There is no one single dominant power anymore and the post Cold War, unipolar world system is gone and is not coming back.

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Episode 290: Fifth Generation Warfare: Where Hypersonic Missiles Meet the Healthcare State

12/11/2024

Guest(s): Brandon WeichertBrian O’Shea

What if modern warfare has evolved beyond anything history’s great strategists could have imagined? While Metternich orchestrated the balance of power through diplomatic summits and Machiavelli counseled princes on maintaining state authority, today’s battles for sovereignty unfold in unlikely places: doctors’ offices, veterinary clinics, and local zoning boards across America.

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Episode 272: The Art of the Flail: Expert Takes on US National Security Blunders with Stephen Bryen and Brandon Weichert

04/19/2024

Guest(s): Dr. Stephen BryenBrandon Weichert

This episode of The Bill Walton Show is a riveting discussion with two astute geopolitical analysts, Dr. Steven Bryen and Brandon Weichert. 

Together they dissect the exploding tensions in the Middle East, specifically about the dramatic escalation by Iran’s air attack on Israel. 

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