Brandon Weichert

Brandon J. Weichert is the Senior National Security Editor at 19FortyFive, a post he previously held at The National Interest, and writes The Weichert Brief on Substack. He hosts National Security Talk on Rumble and The National Security Hour on radio, and is a recurring guest on Mario Nawfal's show. A former congressional staffer, he holds a BA from DePaul University and an MA in Statecraft and National Security Affairs from the Institute of World Politics in Washington, and says he consults for the Department of Defense and private institutions on the geopolitics of technology. His books include Winning Space, Biohacked, The Shadow War: Iran's Quest for Supremacy (2024) and A Disaster of Our Own Making: How the West Lost Ukraine (2024).