NatSec EmTech

Hosted by Professor Laura K. Donohue, NatSec EmTech explores how emerging technologies—from cyberspace and artificial intelligence to outer space—are reshaping national security, law, and global power. Through conversations with leading experts in the field, the podcast examines not just what’s coming, but who governs, controls, and is impacted by the technologies defining our future.

Every episode is a journey into the places where we have never been – from space law frontiers to artificial intelligence dilemmas, from cryptocurrency breakdowns to bioengineering breakthroughs, from the stories of ambition and power to the people quietly shaping the future. This is not science fiction. It is our future.

Latest Podcasts

The Woomera Manual: Mapping the Rules of Military Space Operations

With Professor David Koplow, Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law at Georgetown Law

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Is today's legal framework, based primarily on the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, equipped to govern modern space exploration?

This Episode of NatSec EmTech explores the rapidly evolving field of space law through a conversation with Professor David Koplow, the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law here at GULC, and a co-editor of the Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Activities.

Professor Koplow argues that the treaty's core principles remain sound, but are no longer sufficient, leaving major legal grey areas around lunar settlements, resource extraction, private companies like SpaceX, and the increasing role of commercial actors. In his opinion, humanity is not facing a lawless frontier in space, but rather a law-deficient one that urgently requires more detailed international agreements. Professors Koplow and Donohue further discuss the militarization of space, the ambiguity surround "peaceful purposes," the legal limits on nuclear weapons in orbit, the risks of anti-satellite warfare, intelligence fathering from space, and the potential for miscalculation during future conflicts

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Navigating the Law of Spectrum

With Christian Hatten, Associate at Jenner & Block

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How is the spectrum allocated, regulated, and auctioned - and why do those decisions have enormous economic and national security implications?

This episode explores the increasingly critical role of the communications spectrum in space, telecommunications, and national security. Professor Laura K. Donohue speaks with space and telecommunications attorney Christian Hatten about the finite nature of the spectrum, which enables every wireless communication, is regulated. Of note, the raising value, along with the pragmatic legal and technical challenges caused by the rapid growth of satellite networks are discussed. Their conversation also explains how emerging technologies in connectivity could help close important gaps while introducing new challenges around interference, licensing, and spectrum allocation.

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Systemic Shock: All Matters AI

With Dr. Wayne Chung, Chief Technology Officer at Virtru

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What is artificial intelligence, and where will it go?

This episode of NatSec EmTech explores everything from whale calls to data privacy, and how artificial intelligence is truly revolutionary. Dr. Wayne Chung, who is formerly the Innovator in Residence at the National Security Agency, and currently concurrently serves as an amici to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court/Court of Review and a member of the ISAT study group at DARPA on top of his day job of being the Chief Technology Officer at Virtru, sits down with Professor Donohue and talks about the trajectory of AI with a technical basis. They discuss how society could quickly move into a world where AI systems can act autonomously, manipulate information, and interact with the real world in ways that existing laws and institutions are not prepared to handle.

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