{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Farewell 2025, Hello 2026","description":"In this special bonus episode, the Net Assessment crew \u2013 Chris, Melanie, and Zack - looks back on the highs (and lows) of 2025, and makes a few predictions for 2026. Thanks all around to our listeners, the Stimson Center, and University FM for their fantastic production. &amp;nbsp; Show Links: &amp;nbsp;   Hadeel al-Salchi, \u201cSearch for Body of Last Hostage Held by Hamas in Gaza is Delayed Due to Bad Weather,\u201d NPR, December 16, 2025.   \u201cArmitage\u2019s Story,\u201d Last Days in Vietnam, PBS.   Justin Bronk, \u201cAmerica\u2019s Drone Delusion,\u201d Foreign Affairs, December 15, 2025.   Christopher Clary, \u201cFour Days in May: The India-Pakistan Crisis of 2025,\u201d Stimson Center May 28, 2025.   Zack Cooper, \u201cTrump\u2019s Strategic Choice: Prioritization or Retrenchment,\u201d The American Enterprise, March 5, 2025.   The Daily, &quot;Were the Covid Lockdowns Worth It?&quot;, March 20, 2025.&amp;nbsp;   Aude Darnal and Christopher Preble, \u201cConventional Wisdom: The War on Terror Is Over,\u201d in \u201cTesting Assumptions About US Foreign Policy in 2025,\u201d Stimson Center, February 14, 2025.   Jeffrey Friedman, \u201cThe World Is More Uncertain Than You Think: Assessing and Combating Overconfidence Among 2,000 National Security Officials,\u201d Texas National Security Review (Vol 8, Iss 4, Fall 2025, 34-48), https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1353\/tns.00011.   Jonathan Guyer, \u201cDonald Trump\u2019s Cowboy Diplomacy,\u201d The New York Times, December 15, 2025.   \u201cIn Pursuit of Peace: The Life and Legacy of Barry Blechman,\u201d Stimson Center, September 29, 2025.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   Jennifer Lind and Daryl G. Press, \u201cStrategies of Prioritization: American Foreign Policy After Primacy,\u201d Foreign Affairs, July\/August 2025.   Aaron Maclean, \u201cA Warning to the Young: Just Say No to AI,\u201d Engelsberg Ideas, July 9, 2025.   Michael Nienaber, \u201cGermany Powers Ahead With Record Push for Military Buildup,\u201d Bloomberg, December 17, 2025.   Persuasion, &quot;Frances Lee and Stephen Macedo on Why Institutions Failed During Covid,&quot; May 17, 2025.&amp;nbsp;   Christopher Preble, X, 1:55 am, October 18,2025.   \u201cPrediction Is Hard, Especially about Confidence Levels,\u201d Net Assessment, October 2, 2025.   Joanna Stern, \u201cWe Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars,\u201d Wall Street Journal, December 18, 2025.&amp;nbsp;   \u201cSweden Plans Largest Military Buildup Since the Cold War Amid Russia Threat and Uncertain US-EU Ties,\u201d AP, March 26, 2025.   \u201cWhat\u2019s the Plan for AI?\u201d, Net Assessment, August 7, 2025.   Nancy A. Youssef, \u201cSo This Is What \u2018America First\u2019 Looks Like,\u201d The Atlantic, December 11, 2025.&amp;nbsp;   &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Net Assessment","author_url":"http:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/132282","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39582820\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/39582820"}