This week, we wanted to spotlight a conversation well worth your time: an episode of The Beaten Zone featuring Carrie Filipetti, Executive Director of the Vandenberg Coalition and a former senior State Department official.
The Beaten Zone | August 2026
“Foreign Policy Has One Mission | Carrie Filipetti on How Washington Makes National Security Decisions”
Carrie Filipetti joins host John Mark Wilson for a wide-ranging conversation on how national security decisions get made in Washington – from the deployment level to the halls of power. As Lobo Institute Co-Founder Mick Mulroy put it: “Exceptionally informative and quite frankly educational podcast by my very good friend Carrie Filipetti, the Executive Director of the Vandenberg Coalition, with John Mark Wilson on The Beaten Zone.”
