NatSec EmTech
by Laura K. Donohue
Edge Decision-Making: The Future of Drone Warfare with Phil Lockwood
About this podcast
Where Innovation meets Intelligence.
Every episode is a journey to the unseen, unimagined places, from Space race 2.0, AI dilemmas, crypto crackdowns, bioengineering breakthroughs to strange new weapons you’ve never heard of.
Join me as I bring together experts, insiders, and surprising voices to help you understand the technologies shaping the world we all are about to live in.
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Episodes
- Edge Decision-Making: The Future of Drone Warfare with Phil Lockwood · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 12In this episode we explore how drones have rapidly evolved from remotely piloted tools into increasingly autonomous systems that are reshaping modern warfare and national…
- 21st-Century Weapons, 20th-Century Frameworks with David Jonas · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 11In this episode of NatSec EmTech, Professor Laura K. Donohue speaks with Professor David Jonas, a leading expert on nuclear nonproliferation, arms control, and international…
- The Codes Behind the Coin, Part 2 with Alan Cohn · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 10This episode of NatSec EmTech continues the conversation with Alan Cohn, Chair of the Financial Innovation and Regulation Practice at Steptoe, by examining the complex legal and…
- The Codes Behind the Coin, Part 1 with Alan Cohn · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 9Understanding both the Technical and Legal Code behind Crypto and Blockchain: This episode of NatSec EmTech is the first of a two-part conversation with Alan Cohn, who is Chair…
- The Woomera Manual: Mapping the Rules of Space with Prof. David Koplow · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 8The episode explores the rapidly evolving field of space law through a conversation with Professor David Koplow, co-editor of the Woomera Manual on the International Law of…
- Navigating the Law of Spectrum with Christian Hatten, Associate, Jenner & Block · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 7This episode explores the increasingly critical role of radio spectrum in space, telecommunications, and national security. Professor Laura K. Donohue speaks with space and…
- Systemic Shock: All Matters AI with Dr. Wayne Chung, Chief Technology Officer, Virtru · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 6In this episode, Professor Laura K. Donohue sits down with Dr. Wayne Chung, Chief Technology Officer at Virtru, to explore what AI really is and how rapid changes in the industry…
- Disarmament in Deep Space: Preventing the Next Arms Race with Almudena Azcárate Ortega · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 5As humanity's presence in space expands, so do the questions surrounding security, responsibility, and the future of international law. Is outer space still a peaceful domain, or…
- Hypersonic Horizon: Space Law 201 with Col. Todd Pennington, U.S. Air Force, Retired, (former) Staff Judge Advocate USSPACECOM · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 4As we move toward Space Law 201, Host Prof. Laura K. Donohue (Director, Georgetown Center for National Security) and Col. Todd Pennington, USAF (Ret.) explore the international…
- Beyond the Kármán Line with Ms. Sarah Banco, Former Senior Director of Legal Corporate at SpaceX · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 3Professor Laura K. Donohue with Ms. Sarah Banco, Former Senior Director of Legal Corporate at SpaceX As commercial actors rapidly expand humanity’s presence beyond Earth, one…
- Jurisprudence in Zero G: Space Law 101 with Col. Todd Pennington, U.S. Air Force, Ret., (former) Staff Judge Advocate USSPACECOM · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 2What if the future of space isn’t driven by innovation but by 60-year-old treaties, fragmented regulatory regimes, and a legal vacuum no one’s rushing to fill? As commercial…
- Space, Sovereignty, and the Private Frontier: A Conversation with Tom McSorley, General Counsel, NATO DIANA | Formerly Space X · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 1Space is no longer the exclusive domain of the public sector. Commercial actors are driving innovation at an unprecedented pace, reshaping how space is accessed, built, and…
- NatSec EmTech Trailer · 2 min · Season 1The future of national security is no longer on land, it’s in code, labs, and orbit. Georgetown University’s Center for National Security is proud to launch NatSec–EmTech, a…







