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Strength in Numbers

Strength in Numbers

By: Foreign Policy
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 Introducing Strength in Numbers, a podcast that looks at how artificial intelligence and emerging technologies are shaping national security. In each episode, we’ll look at the critical materials powering these trends and how this technology is being used on the battlefield and ask key policymakers and experts how to use these tools to make sure the United States stays competitive against potential adversaries. Strength in Numbers is a show from the University of Virginia’s National Security Data and Policy Institute, produced by FP Studios. Political Science Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Strength in Numbers Live: Industrial Policy and the AI Arms Race

    Strength in Numbers Live: Industrial Policy and the AI Arms Race
    Apr 1 2026
    Strength in Numbers continues its conversation from the National Security Data and Policy Institute’s (NSDPI) annual conference by analyzing how the United States’ and China’s distinct industrial policies are shaping the AI arms race. How are the decision-making and regulatory styles of these two countries shaping this technological competition? Host Jennifer Strong was joined on stage by panelists Philip Potter, Neil Wiley, and Lukas Filler. Potter is NSDPI’s executive director, Wiley is a former U.S. intelligence officer, and Filler is an NSDPI senior fellow and China analyst. Additional reading: The Chinese Communist Party’s Layered Artificial Intelligence Strategy Artificial Intelligence Knowledge Supply Chain — National Security Data and Policy Institute Breaking Defense Interviews Dr. Potter on the Future of AI Competition — National Security Data and Policy Institute
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    39 mins
  • Strength in Numbers Live: U.S.-China Competition

    Strength in Numbers Live: U.S.-China Competition
    Mar 25 2026
    Strength in Numbers was recently recorded live at the annual conference of the National Security Data and Policy Institute (NSDPI). The conference hosted discussions on several of the topics we’ve covered this season—critical minerals, supply chains, the AI arms race with China—and we wanted to bring a flavor of those conversations directly to you. Host Jennifer Strong was joined on stage by panelists Philip Potter, Neil Wiley, and Lukas Filler. Potter is NSDPI’s executive director, Wiley is a former U.S. intelligence officer, and Filler is an NSDPI senior fellow and China analyst. Additional reading: China’s AI/ML Data Environment The Social Foundations of China’s Artificial Intelligence Policies
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    40 mins
  • Who’s winning the AI race?

    Who’s winning the AI race?
    Mar 18 2026
    Is the United States in an artificial intelligence arms race with China? How are policymakers assessing possible economic and national security threats? How should China be understood as a potential peer competitor? And who’s likely to win? China experts Dean Cheng and Lukas Filler join Strength in Numbers to discuss. Cheng is formerly of the Heritage Foundation and the author of Cyber Dragon: Inside China’s Information Warfare and Cyber Operations. And Filler is a national security strategist at the National Security Data and Policy Institute. Additional reading: Deeper Questions Raised by DeepSeek DeepSeek’s Achievements and the Implications for Policy China’s AI/ML Data Environment
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    24 mins
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