Interviews

Defense News offers exclusive interviews with military and industry decision-makers from around the globe.


  • Interview: Hiroshi Imazu
    Interview: Hiroshi Imazu

    As chairman of the Policy Research Council’s Research Commission on Security of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), lawmaker Hiroshi Imazu has a lead role in formulating Japan’s security policy along with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, and other top Japanese defense movers and shakers.

  • Interview: Rear Adm. Jack Steer
    Interview: Rear Adm. Jack Steer

    For a relatively small Navy, with just over 2,100 personnel, the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) covers a lot of sea, with even its offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) ranging from Antarctica to almost the equator.

  • Israelis Urge Netanyahu to Work With Obama
    Israelis Urge Netanyahu to Work With Obama

    Israeli opposition leaders are demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu jettison his congressionally focused strategy of end-running the White House and launch immediate, constructive and intensive engagement with US President Barack Obama and his team aimed at improving a prospective nuclear deal with Iran.

  • Interview: Robert Speer
    Interview: Robert Speer

    Robert Speer returned to the US Army after four years in the private sector to helm its vast auditability efforts.

  • Netanyahu, Boehner Laud US-Israel Cooperation
    Netanyahu, Boehner Laud US-Israel Cooperation

    As the deadline for striking an interim agreement with Iran came and went Tuesday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent Wednesday urging world powers to devise a better deal

  • Obama-Netanyahu Rift Threatens US-Israel Bond
    Obama-Netanyahu Rift Threatens US-Israel Bond

    With relations between US and Israeli leaders plunging to an all-time low, US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appear to be employing a divide-and-conquer strategy to promote divergent agendas

  • Interview: Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges
    Interview: Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges

    What drawdown? The US Army is busier in Europe than ever, answering Russian aggression with a series of multinational exercises across Eastern Europe and the promise to permanently station an armored brigade’s worth of equipment.

  • UK Appoints New Procurement Chief
    UK Appoints New Procurement Chief

    Tony Douglas, the current CEO of Abu Dhabi Airports, is to replace Bernard Gray as the boss of Britain’s £14 billion (US $20.9 billion) a year Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) organization, the Ministry of Defence announced.

  • From IAI to the Knesset
    From IAI to the Knesset

    Another Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) figure will be sworn into Israel’s 20th Knesset come the end of the month, but this one plans to resign from the company before then.

  • IAI Labor Chief Helped Propel Netanyahu’s Win
    IAI Labor Chief Helped Propel Netanyahu’s Win

    Among those who helped propel Benjamin Netanyahu into his fourth term as Israeli prime minister last week is a dual-hatted Likud lawmaker and longtime labor union boss from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).

  • Interview: Hiroshi Imazu
    Interview: Hiroshi Imazu

    As chairman of the Policy Research Council’s Research Commission on Security of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), lawmaker Hiroshi Imazu has a lead role in formulating Japan’s security policy along with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, and other top Japanese defense movers and shakers.

  • Interview: Rear Adm. Jack Steer
    Interview: Rear Adm. Jack Steer

    For a relatively small Navy, with just over 2,100 personnel, the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) covers a lot of sea, with even its offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) ranging from Antarctica to almost the equator.

  • Israelis Urge Netanyahu to Work With Obama
    Israelis Urge Netanyahu to Work With Obama

    Israeli opposition leaders are demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu jettison his congressionally focused strategy of end-running the White House and launch immediate, constructive and intensive engagement with US President Barack Obama and his team aimed at improving a prospective nuclear deal with Iran.

  • Interview: Robert Speer
    Interview: Robert Speer

    Robert Speer returned to the US Army after four years in the private sector to helm its vast auditability efforts.

  • Netanyahu, Boehner Laud US-Israel Cooperation
    Netanyahu, Boehner Laud US-Israel Cooperation

    As the deadline for striking an interim agreement with Iran came and went Tuesday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent Wednesday urging world powers to devise a better deal

  • Obama-Netanyahu Rift Threatens US-Israel Bond
    Obama-Netanyahu Rift Threatens US-Israel Bond

    With relations between US and Israeli leaders plunging to an all-time low, US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appear to be employing a divide-and-conquer strategy to promote divergent agendas

  • Interview: Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges
    Interview: Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges

    What drawdown? The US Army is busier in Europe than ever, answering Russian aggression with a series of multinational exercises across Eastern Europe and the promise to permanently station an armored brigade’s worth of equipment.

  • UK Appoints New Procurement Chief
    UK Appoints New Procurement Chief

    Tony Douglas, the current CEO of Abu Dhabi Airports, is to replace Bernard Gray as the boss of Britain’s £14 billion (US $20.9 billion) a year Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) organization, the Ministry of Defence announced.

  • From IAI to the Knesset
    From IAI to the Knesset

    Another Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) figure will be sworn into Israel’s 20th Knesset come the end of the month, but this one plans to resign from the company before then.

  • IAI Labor Chief Helped Propel Netanyahu’s Win
    IAI Labor Chief Helped Propel Netanyahu’s Win

    Among those who helped propel Benjamin Netanyahu into his fourth term as Israeli prime minister last week is a dual-hatted Likud lawmaker and longtime labor union boss from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).

  • Interview: Hiroshi Imazu
    Interview: Hiroshi Imazu

    As chairman of the Policy Research Council’s Research Commission on Security of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), lawmaker Hiroshi Imazu has a lead role in formulating Japan’s security policy along with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, and other top Japanese defense movers and shakers.

  • Interview: Rear Adm. Jack Steer
    Interview: Rear Adm. Jack Steer

    For a relatively small Navy, with just over 2,100 personnel, the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) covers a lot of sea, with even its offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) ranging from Antarctica to almost the equator.

  • Israelis Urge Netanyahu to Work With Obama
    Israelis Urge Netanyahu to Work With Obama

    Israeli opposition leaders are demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu jettison his congressionally focused strategy of end-running the White House and launch immediate, constructive and intensive engagement with US President Barack Obama and his team aimed at improving a prospective nuclear deal with Iran.

  • Interview: Robert Speer
    Interview: Robert Speer

    Robert Speer returned to the US Army after four years in the private sector to helm its vast auditability efforts.

  • Netanyahu, Boehner Laud US-Israel Cooperation
    Netanyahu, Boehner Laud US-Israel Cooperation

    As the deadline for striking an interim agreement with Iran came and went Tuesday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent Wednesday urging world powers to devise a better deal

  • Obama-Netanyahu Rift Threatens US-Israel Bond
    Obama-Netanyahu Rift Threatens US-Israel Bond

    With relations between US and Israeli leaders plunging to an all-time low, US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appear to be employing a divide-and-conquer strategy to promote divergent agendas

  • Interview: Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges
    Interview: Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges

    What drawdown? The US Army is busier in Europe than ever, answering Russian aggression with a series of multinational exercises across Eastern Europe and the promise to permanently station an armored brigade’s worth of equipment.

  • UK Appoints New Procurement Chief
    UK Appoints New Procurement Chief

    Tony Douglas, the current CEO of Abu Dhabi Airports, is to replace Bernard Gray as the boss of Britain’s £14 billion (US $20.9 billion) a year Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) organization, the Ministry of Defence announced.

  • From IAI to the Knesset
    From IAI to the Knesset

    Another Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) figure will be sworn into Israel’s 20th Knesset come the end of the month, but this one plans to resign from the company before then.

  • IAI Labor Chief Helped Propel Netanyahu’s Win
    IAI Labor Chief Helped Propel Netanyahu’s Win

    Among those who helped propel Benjamin Netanyahu into his fourth term as Israeli prime minister last week is a dual-hatted Likud lawmaker and longtime labor union boss from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).