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Lawfare Daily: The Defense Tech Paradox, with Susannah Glickman

Olivia Manes, Susannah Glickman, Jen Patja
Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 7:00 AM
What is the role of defense tech in the second Trump administration?

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Susannah Glickman, an assistant professor of history at Stony Brook University who specializes in the political economy of computation and information, sat down with Lawfare Associate Editor Olivia Manes to discuss the role of defense tech in the second Trump administration. Susannah unpacked her recent article in the New York Review of Books tracing the historical relationship between tech, defense, and the U.S. government, and explained how defense tech firms which have benefitted from U.S. industrial policy are now undermining it for the sake of short-term profits. 

 

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Olivia Manes is an associate editor of Lawfare. She holds an MPhil in politics and international studies from the University of Cambridge and a dual B.A. in international relations and comparative literature from Stanford University. Previously, she was an associate editor of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs.
Susannah Glickman is an assistant professor of history at Stony Brook University.
Jen Patja is the editor of the Lawfare Podcast and Rational Security, and serves as Lawfare’s Director of Audience Engagement. Previously, she was Co-Executive Director of Virginia Civics and Deputy Director of the Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier, where she worked to deepen public understanding of constitutional democracy and inspire meaningful civic participation.
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