Closing the defense production gap

Modern warfare has exposed a costly gap between what militaries need and what the industrial base can deliver. General Chris Cavoli (Ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and Mark Marengo, head of diversified industries investment banking at J.P. Morgan, discuss why closing that gap will take new ways of solving problems and closer partnership between capital, industry and government.

This episode was recorded on October 2, 2026.

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