Novara Media Do Your Own Research: The Israel-ification of the US Military w/ Susannah Glickman
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Mar 7, 2026 Susannah Glickman, historian of the military-industrial complex, unpacks how the US military is becoming more intelligence-led and high-tech, borrowing Israeli-style assassination and special-forces tactics. She traces Silicon Valley’s rise in defense, Palantir’s data role, drone hype, supply-chain shortfalls revealed by Ukraine, and how VC, procurement, and politics reshape who wins and what warfare looks like.
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Primes Won't Be Replaced Overnight
- The media framing of a binary fight between legacy primes and Silicon Valley defense firms is misleading.
- Susannah Glickman explains most likely outcome is coexistence: tech firms will nibble at edges while primes remain system integrators, not wholesale replacement.
Palantir's Power Comes From Lock-In Not Magic
- Palantir's mystique outweighs unique technical advantage; its product is largely data integration and analytics.
- Glickman says Palantir's staying power comes from lock-in, political ties, and centralising diverse government datasets.
Data Centralisation Erodes Legal Firewalls
- Centralising disparate government datasets bypasses legal firewalls meant to separate IRS, immigration and other records.
- Glickman warns the Trump administration enabled Palantir to integrate data in ways that may be legally dubious.
