# Smart Women, Smart Power

A podcast by CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies. CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power is a speaker series on women in international business and global affairs. The biweekly podcast features leading women from the corporate, government, and national security worlds discussing top international issues.

Feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CSIS9391443468

## Latest episodes

- [The Global Leadership Reset: AI, Allies, and a Transforming World](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/356d0b5864d5) (2026-01-09, 44 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS4992292172.mp3
- [Humans in Low Orbit: A Conversation with Astronaut Dr. Peggy Whitson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/d646aaf0b5e2) (2025-10-31, 34 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS7426806119.mp3
- [A Fresh Perspective on National Security Policy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/dfcf52770a57) (2025-10-24, 25 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS4763091822.mp3
- [Inside the CIA: Confronting China’s Digital Strategy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/65e6a97e6be9) (2025-08-27, 49 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS4176683554.mp3
- [An Icelandic Perspective Inside NATO](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/7fbe17e40d6a) (2025-06-25, 33 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS7179900611.mp3?updated=1750857709
- [Inside Modern Defense Tech](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/f43f8cbc126b) (2025-06-11, 28 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS5848469919.mp3?updated=1749490068
- [Putin's Next Soldiers: Ukrainian Children](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/f330eb1c094b) (2025-05-29, 24 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS2150298619.mp3?updated=1748456409
- [Why We Need Women in Special Forces](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/ba3278da36d7) (2025-05-14, 23 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS3896209116.mp3?updated=1747158869
- [Trust the Work, Trust Yourself](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/c74d5d1406c2) (2025-04-30, 26 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS3042772936.mp3?updated=1746023265
- [Whole of Society Resilience Lessons from Russia-Ukraine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/89932bd37ffa) (2025-04-17, 44 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS8048833003.mp3?updated=1744896495
- [The Weaponization of Data](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/3e8d4b991626) (2025-01-31, 18 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS4294946310.mp3?updated=1738271021
- [To Infinity and Beyond: Open AI to the New Space Race](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/dbdd806c0fbc) (2024-12-19, 29 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1420497275.mp3?updated=1734624257
- [Beyond the Spin: Truth, Media, and Democracy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/22ba3c541934) (2024-12-11, 37 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9163975504.mp3?updated=1733933914
- [Countering China and Russia: The Hidden Advantages of Women, Peace, and Security](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/7df7139c0a77) (2024-11-20, 51 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1003744750.mp3?updated=1732112444
- [Decoding the Pentagon Bureaucracy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/8ba2910dbad7) (2024-11-06, 28 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS3932884854.mp3?updated=1730904863
- [Building Comprehensive Approaches to Wicked Problems: The Ukraine War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/74cd80ee6681) (2024-10-30, 79 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS4573322863.mp3?updated=1730230205
- [Pentagon Priorities Amid Polycrises with Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/b389f71e7d10) (2024-10-23, 39 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1173457983.mp3?updated=1729608882
- [The State of Election Security in 2024](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/0ec25a4dc870) (2024-10-21, 27 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS8415168927.mp3?updated=1729528641
- [A Conversation with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/4861f74b7d73) (2024-09-23, 24 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS3008649079.mp3?updated=1727112839
- [Take a Chance on Mentorship](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/124f5c21bdd3) (2024-09-04, 24 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS5885164998.mp3?updated=1725459509
- [Solving the World’s Hardest Problems with Mellody Hobson: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/b26f6447752c) (2024-08-28, 33 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS8859436706.mp3?updated=1724852923
- [Secrets and Sacrifices: CIA, Benghazi, and Motherhood](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/352051846814) (2024-08-21, 49 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS2192385131.mp3?updated=1724251501
- [What Does Infant Formula Have to do with National Security?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/cbfe3af621d8) (2024-07-24, 38 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS8671724969.mp3?updated=1721846881
- [Beating Putin’s Playbook](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/7ae48e2f7872) (2024-07-12, 29 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1820269122.mp3?updated=1720802713
- [The Future of NATO is Female](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/8156af462d10) (2024-07-10, 29 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS6768700379.mp3?updated=1720624585
- [The Role of UNICEF USA in the World](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/3c0c0489a107) (2024-06-26, 25 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS6922325966.mp3?updated=1719411388
- [Humanizing Refugee Resettlement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/66acb733e727) (2024-06-13, 31 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS8082171011.mp3?updated=1718374235
- [The Murky World of Deepfakes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/62b1f2038545) (2024-05-15, 25 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS8831787359.mp3?updated=1715713576
- [Lessons from Myanmar](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/8edbf8a95889) (2024-05-01, 28 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS5074120819.mp3?updated=1714570975
- [Navigating the Seas with Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations of the U.S. Navy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/751e00948aaa) (2024-04-24, 33 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS7805534426.mp3?updated=1713975306
- [The Political Pressure Behind Scotland on the Ballot](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/479377af06ac) (2024-04-10, 29 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9517344458.mp3?updated=1712759558
- [Building Trust in Nuclear Diplomacy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/6bedbc670888) (2024-04-03, 29 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS2878413535.mp3?updated=1712152196
- [In a World of Inequalities, Does Democracy Matter?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/46510c3fb3da) (2024-03-27, 21 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1870361825.mp3?updated=1711546383
- [The Government Clock is Ti(c)kTok-ing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/b7f4f7db45a6) (2024-03-22, 31 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS8383437354.mp3?updated=1711129216
- [The Weaponization of the Dollar](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/c8b75b3d9bb9) (2024-03-20, 24 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS7746508353.mp3?updated=1710940540
- [Welcome to the U.S., EU Ambassador Neliupšienė!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/42c268ec3bc4) (2024-03-13, 33 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS5183464297.mp3?updated=1710301772
- [We’re on a Winter Break!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/7c0a23ca77e8) (2024-02-21, 1 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS2714798929.mp3?updated=1708466729
- [All About Defense Acquisition](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/72ec40dfd248) (2024-02-14, 22 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS8465082583.mp3?updated=1707925065
- [Montenegro’s Path to NATO](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/720fcf21a562) (2024-02-07, 20 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS2757375182.mp3?updated=1707314942
- [Making “Space”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/b068464f4efe) (2024-01-31, 22 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS8190161761.mp3?updated=1707159551
- [Behind the Scenes: Obama and Bourdain Share a Meal](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/76eda63d9bf1) (2024-01-24, 25 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS2107546073.mp3?updated=1706047904
- [The Will of Ukrainian Soldiers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/cf3eb4812c81) (2024-01-17, 16 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS5539803669.mp3?updated=1704903184
- [The Digital Storm](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/10f8c1deab5d) (2024-01-10, 19 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS7403369084.mp3?updated=1704892765
- [Pentagon Perspectives: Managing from Within](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/da9c45203462) (2024-01-03, 25 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS3382222948.mp3?updated=1704225179
- [Breaking the “Brass” Ceiling](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/68691fd30d2f) (2023-12-14, 22 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS6770602540.mp3?updated=1702487729
- [Understanding the Woman Voter](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/7feb29cb8e28) (2023-11-29, 21 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9013514599.mp3?updated=1701285860
- [Climate Change: A Threat Multiplier](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/dffd4fd7ee56) (2023-11-15, 26 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS6763019268.mp3?updated=1700069364
- [A Moldovan Minute](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/4318c11ef804) (2023-11-08, 25 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS6275817643.mp3?updated=1699384971
- [Your Reputation Precedes You](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/21fa372bd5cd) (2023-11-01, 23 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS4924203374.mp3?updated=1698775732
- [Let’s Talk About Gender](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1577846548/4b1781a94cfa) (2023-10-25, 29 min): audio https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS9986111679.mp3?updated=1698170536

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