Episodes

Tuesday May 02, 2023
Orbital Debris: Policy Implications
Tuesday May 02, 2023
Tuesday May 02, 2023
IDA Ideas host Rhett Moeller spoke to Assistant Director at IDA’s Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI) Asha Balakrishnan about the challenges orbital debris poses and how to respond to them in the policy arena.

Friday Apr 28, 2023
DATAWorks 2023: Day 3 Attendee Reactions
Friday Apr 28, 2023
Friday Apr 28, 2023
IDA Ideas host Rhett A. Moeller spoke to Curtis Miller and Mark Herrera, researchers in the IDA Systems and Analyses Center, about their experiences as attendees on the last day of the Defense and Aerospace Test and Analysis Workshop (DATAWorks) 2023, held at IDA in Alexandria, Virginia, on April 25-27.

Thursday Apr 27, 2023
DATAWorks 2023: Day 2 Attendee Reactions
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
IDA Ideas host Rhett A. Moeller spoke to John T. Haman and Jason M. Hustedt, researchers in the IDA Systems and Analyses Center, about their experiences as attendees on the second day of the Defense and Aerospace Test and Analysis Workshop (DATAWorks) 2023, held at IDA in Alexandria, Virginia, on April 25-27.

Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
DATAWorks 2023: Day 1 Attendee Reactions
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
IDA Ideas host Rhett A. Moeller spoke to Addison D. Adams and Olivia Gozdz, researchers in the IDA Systems and Analyses Center, about their experiences as attendees on the first day of the Defense and Aerospace Test and Analysis Workshop (DATAWorks) 2023, held at IDA in Alexandria, Virginia, on April 25-27.

Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Peter Levine on the Defense Management Institute
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
IDA Ideas host Rhett Moeller spoke to IDA Senior Fellow Peter Levine about his role as director of the Defense Management Institute (DMI), a DOD organization launched at a kickoff symposium at IDA on January 31, 2023. Peter explains how DMI will bring together a broad range of experts from outside the DOD to inform what goes on inside DOD. He also describes the scope of the challenge, which covers how best to conduct day-to-day business operations from sustenance, housing, and health care to training, sustainment, and logistics through efficient management, governance, and organizational alignment of these businesses.

Friday Apr 29, 2022
DATAWorks 2022: Day 3 Attendee Reactions
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
IDA Ideas host Rhett Moeller spoke to Breeana G. Anderson and Kelso W. “Kelly” Horst Jr., researchers in the IDA Systems and Analyses Center, about their experiences as attendees on the first day of the Defense and Aerospace Test and Analysis Workshop (DATAWorks) 2022, held at IDA in Alexandria, Virginia, on April 26-28.

Thursday Apr 28, 2022
DATAWorks 2022: Day 2 Attendee Reactions
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
IDA Ideas host Rhett Moeller spoke to Ricky D. Lindsey Jr. and Steven A. Rabinowitz, researchers in the IDA Systems and Analyses Center, about their experiences as attendees on the second day of the Defense and Aerospace Test and Analysis Workshop (DATAWorks) 2022, held at IDA in Alexandria, Virginia, on April 26-28.

Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
DATAWorks 2022: Day 1 Attendee Reactions
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
IDA Ideas host Rhett Moeller spoke to Nicole L. DeGregorio and Allison L. Goodman, researchers in the IDA Systems and Analyses Center, about their experiences as attendees on the first day of the Defense and Aerospace Test and Analysis Workshop (DATAWorks) 2022, held at IDA in Alexandria, Virginia, on April 26-28.

Friday Apr 22, 2022
Friday Apr 22, 2022
IDA Ideas host Rhett Moeller spoke to Miriam M. Roday and Sarah A. Daly, researchers in the IDA Systems and Analyses Center, about their opinion piece, “Information Operations: An Understudied Facet of Russian Influence in Africa,” published on the website Foreign Policy News. The coauthors discuss Russian disinformation campaigns being spread via mass media and social media in Africa. These campaigns criticize U.S. and French security assistance efforts and praise Russia’s ability to serve as a mediator and counter-terrorism partner, thereby undermining U.S. influence with allies and partners in Africa.

Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
IDA Ideas host Rhett Moeller speaks to Daniel Pechkis, Jason Sheldon, and Stephen Ouellette about how they and others at IDA recommended an approach to improve predictions about the orbital debris environment using satellite movement data. Many of the discussion topics arose during the IDA Forum on Orbital Debris Risks and Challenges, held on October 8–9, 2020, which was attended by IDA researchers and decision makers from the Department of Defense, U.S. Air Force, Department of Commerce, NASA, Federal Aviation Administration and Federal Communications Commission.