{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"New Denial Strategy? Assessing the 2026 NDS","description":"Zack, Melanie, and special guest Kelly Grieco take a look at the Department of War\u2019s 2026 National Defense Strategy. What does a \u201cdecent peace\u201d with China look like? Is that what China wants? What does the document get right and wrong about burden-sharing among allies and partners? Will this strategy actually help deliver the \u201cpeace through strength\u201d that is so important to this administration? Zack has an atta for the foreign affairs reporters at the Washington Post, Kelly has an atta for the Super Bowl-bound New England Patriots, and Melanie has even more grievances for the administration's chaotic tariff policies.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Show Links: &amp;nbsp;    National Defense Strategy, Department of War, January 2026.   Editorial Board, \u201cTrump\u2019s Tariffs Can\u2019t Cover a Bill This Staggering,\u201d Washington Post, January 26, 2026.   Friedrich Merz, Speech at the World Economic Forum, January 23, 2026.   Jim Geraghty, \u201cTearing Apart NATO, Over a Trinket,\u201d January 20, 2026.   ","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\/39920655\/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\/39920655"}