Welcome to the hudson institute. Ein senior fellow at the institute of we are here to talk with Christian Brose whose new book, the kill chain, is in the future of hightech warfare that Christian Brose just released. Chris is a former staff director for the Senate Armed Services committee an and prior to that e Senior Policy Adviser for senator john mccain and previously held other positions in the government. Right now he is the chief surgeon to build capabilities for the military as well as for the department of homeland security. We can talk about that as we go through the interview. But thank you for being with us today. So, just to start off, what led you to do this but i know youve been thinking about these issues for a while and obviously something that you have encountered during your time onn the surface kennedy and senator mccain is the policy adviser. But what was the genesis of sitting down and writing the entire book . Guest its a great question i ask myself constant const
Chris is a former staff director for the Senate Armed Services committee and the senior policy advisor for senator john mccain and held other positions in the government and right now working privately for those companies that build for Homeland Security thank you for being with us today. Its great to be here. What led you to do this book . On the Armed Services committee as a policy advisor. And that that genesis. Its a great question. But it was two things. These were a product of the many years working on these issues thinking of this stuff on a daytoday basis but the first was the growing realization that we had a problem and that they didnt appreciate to lose competitive advantage and from the operational standpoint but it was mostly the sense there wasnt the urgency to get after that problem and in some respects how far behind the problem we are. So the thinking i had been doing what are we doing about this . And those that are presented by a competitor like china with technology
Brose is a former staff director for the Armed Services Committee Prior to that is a senior policy advisor for senator john mccain and previously held other positions in the government. Right now he is the chief Strategy Officer build capability for the military and the department of Homeland Security i believe. We can talk about that as we go to the interview. But welcome chris thank you so much for being with us today. Thank you brian its great to be here. To start off with what led you to do this book. And ive been thinking about these issues for a while at something youve encountered a lot several years on the Armed Services committee and. [inaudible] guest i would say it basically was two things. Both of these are a product of the many years i spent working on these issues when i was in the senate and just kind of thinking about the stuff on a daily basis. Its a growing realization in the years but the fundamental problem i felt was underappreciated. Not the people didnt appreciat
Just released. Hes a former staff director for the Senate Armed Services committee and prior to that he was advisor for john mccain and previously held other positions in the government. Right now he is the chief Strategy Officer that builds capabilities for the military as well as the department of Homeland Security and we can talk about that as we go through the interview thank you very much for being with us today. Its great to be here. So just to start off with what led you to do this book . Youve been thinking about these issues for a while and obviously this is something youve encountered a lot during your several years on the Armed Services committee and with senator mccain as a policy advisor what was the genesis that led to you sitting down and writing an entire book . Its a great question and i asked myself that constantly, why did i get into this every day i was working on it . I guess it was basically two things. One was and both of these were a product of the many years i
Consistently speaking throughout this nation, one of the fastest ways forward is in fact education. Your comment do you disagree with that . I totally agree with that the comment with senator cotton is a part of the challenge we had with upward mobility in our society that put the focus on education is the importance of understanding globalization and technology and the chasm that it creates for the workforce for those on one side are going to be impacted by the grow iing technology and gap being created. This economy requires a different type of education. It may not be the formal education we are all used to in the figures i talked about from the High School Dropout to the person with an advanced degree that still works in addition that one, the reason why myself and cory booker and others focussed on apprenticeships is because our nation speaking of someplace like germany, we are woefully behind on using apprenticeships of using a mechanism or vehicle to help folk who is may not wan