The AI Power Podcast
If you work in AI policy — or you're just fascinated by it — this is the podcast for you. Every week, The AI Power Podcast unpacks the developments that actually mattered: AI regulation, safety, economic policy, US–China competition, semiconductor export controls, and national security. Think of it as drinks after work with the smart friend who tells you what's really going on, and what might actually work, in plain English.
Plus interview episodes — long-form conversations with the policymakers, builders, executives, and analysts shaping artificial intelligence and the global power competition built around it.
Hosted by Gregory C. Allen. A new show from Decision Tree Research.
Gregory C. Allen
Founder and CEO of Decision Tree Research. Greg previously directed the Wadhwani AI Center at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, where he hosted The AI Policy Podcast — the show whose successor you're listening to now.
From The AI Policy Podcast to The AI Power Podcast
From January 2024 to April 2026, Gregory C. Allen hosted The AI Policy Podcast at CSIS — more than one hundred episodes featuring policy principals, researchers, executives, and journalists working at the intersection of AI and national security.
Prior interviews on The AI Policy Podcast
A representative selection of conversations from the 100+ episodes hosted at CSIS, grouped by speaker. Each entry links directly to the episode at CSIS.
Government and senior officials
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Hon. Michael Bennet & Hon. Todd YoungUnited States Senators (Colorado, Indiana)
A bipartisan conversation on global technology competition with China.
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Hon. Jay ObernolteU.S. Representative; co-chair, House Bipartisan Task Force on AI
The future of U.S. AI regulation, federal preemption, and prospects for congressional action.
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Dr. Alondra NelsonHarold F. Linder Chair, Institute for Advanced Study; former Acting Director, White House OSTP
The Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights and the broader AI policy landscape.
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Hon. Michael KratsiosDirector, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
The Trump administration's AI Action Plan and U.S. AI leadership amid strategic competition with China.
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Dr. Ben BuchananSpecial Advisor for AI, The White House
U.S. priorities for domestic and international AI governance.
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Elizabeth KellyDirector, U.S. AI Safety Institute, NIST
The U.S. AISI's strategic vision, the AI Executive Order, and the international AI safety institute network.
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Dr. Radha PlumbChief Digital and AI Officer, U.S. Department of Defense
The CDAO's role in transforming the Department's AI adoption.
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Schuyler Moore, Justin Fanelli & Dr. Alex MillerChief Technology Officers of U.S. Central Command, the Department of the Navy, and the Chief of Staff of the Army
The warfighter's adoption of emerging technologies across combatant commands and services.
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Hon. Andrei IancuFormer Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; former Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property
AI and intellectual property — copyright, patent subject-matter eligibility, and inventorship.
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International leaders and diplomats
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H.E. Amb. Vinay Kwatra & H.E. Amb. Laurent BiliAmbassadors of India and France to the United States
Bilateral diplomacy and the multilateral architecture around global AI summits.
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S. KrishnanSecretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India
India's AI strategy and the lead-up to the India AI Impact Summit.
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Marietje SchaakeFormer Member of the European Parliament; International Policy Fellow, Stanford
The drafting, compliance, and systemic-risk provisions of the EU AI Act Code of Practice.
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Dragoș TudoracheFormer Member of the European Parliament; co-rapporteur, EU AI Act
The EU AI Act roadmap, the AI Office, and balancing innovation with regulation.
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Industry executives and founders
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Alexandr WangFounder and Chief Executive Officer, Scale AI
Securing U.S. AI leadership amid intensifying competition with China.
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Jennifer PahlkaFounder, Code for America; author, Recoding America
Reforming government for the AI era.
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Ryan TsengCo-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Shield AI
Building an autonomous future for the U.S. Department of Defense.
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Jim RowanChief Executive Officer, Volvo Cars
AI and autonomy in the automotive industry, fragmented driving regulation, and U.S.–China commercial tensions.
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Vilas DharPresident and Trustee, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
The promise of AI governance and equitable, sustainable AI futures.
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Owen LarterHead of Frontier Policy and Public Affairs, Google DeepMind
The under-appreciated role of AI standards in shaping how AI is developed and governed.
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Jai Ramaswamy & Matt PeraultAndreessen Horowitz
a16z's AI policy agenda, defense-tech investments, and federal versus state regulation.
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Authors and academics
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Prof. Chris MillerProfessor of International History, Tufts University; author, Chip War
The state of the global semiconductor competition.
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Katrina MansonAuthor, Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare
Inside Project Maven and the dawn of AI-powered warfare.
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Prof. Harry HolzerProfessor, Georgetown University; former Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Labor
How AI is set to transform labor markets.
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Kyle ChanResearcher, Princeton University; China industrial policy specialist
The tools, priorities, and impact of China's AI industrial policy.
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Matt SheehanFellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Mapping Chinese AI regulation.
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AI policy experts and analysts
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Andrew FreedmanChief Strategy Officer, Fathom
A new vision for advancing AI governance.
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Dean BallResearch Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University
The state and local AI regulation landscape.
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Stephen Clare & Stephen CasperWriters, International AI Safety Report
Findings on technical safeguards and policy implications of the second International AI Safety Report.
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Miles Brundage & Chris RohlfIndependent AI security researchers
AI cybersecurity, securing model weights, and the offense–defense balance.
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Lennart HeimSenior Information Scientist, RAND Corporation
Week one of the Trump administration's AI policy, AGI timelines, and DeepSeek.
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Dr. Jeff AlstottNational Science Foundation; Director, Center for Technology and Security Policy, RAND Corporation
The past, present, and future of technology forecasting and the NSF's APTO initiative.
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Kateryna BondarFellow, Wadhwani AI Center, CSIS
Russia's military AI, sovereign drone ecosystems, and AI-enabled command and control.
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Chris McGuireAI and semiconductor export-controls expert
China's EUV Manhattan Project and export-control mythbusting.
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Georgia Adamson & Saif KhanInstitute for Progress
Whether the United States should sell Nvidia's Blackwell B30A chips to China.
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Joseph MajkutDirector, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, CSIS
The energy cost of AI.
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A representative selection — the full archive spans 100+ episodes.
The AI Policy Podcast archive
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