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 277: “NATO Taunts Russia” with Stephen Bryen and Brandon Weichert
06/05/2024
Guest(s): Dr. Stephen BryenBrandon Weichert
This episode examines the three explosive national security crises the United States and world are embroiled in today, any one of which could escalate into igniting a World War III.
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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 233: “Biohacked: China’s Race to Control Life” with Brandon Weichert
07/05/2023
Guest(s): Brandon Weichert
“Would you want your DNA and other healthcare data going to an authoritarian regime with a record of exploiting that data for repression and surveillance? Let’s be specific, would you want it going to China?”
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Episode 257: Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Staggers into 2024 with Brandon Wiechert
01/10/2024
Guest(s): Brandon Weichert
Is 2024 going to be the year that determines whether the United States remains as the global superpower or whether it truly becomes a declining power surrounded by rising powers, especially China?
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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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