Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCOIN and Culture: How Important is Cultural Intelligence in Counterinsurgency?
It has become axiomatic that cultural intelligence is key to success in counterinsurgency operations. But is it? This episode examines this assumption, exploring whether the cultural training we rece…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
The Motivations and Methods Behind Russian Hybrid Warfare
How do significant historical events and Russian cultural memory—especially those surrounding the collapse of the Soviet Union—shape the Russian worldview? How do they motiviate Russia President Vlad…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Russia, China, and Iran: The Face of Competition in the Middle East
Russia, China, and Iran have all been learning how to conduct irregular warfare from the United States, modeling their approaches to IW on observations of recent US interventions in the world. This e…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
The Kill Chain: Why America Faces the Prospect of Defeat
A fundamental change in warfare is occurring, one that risks rendering the American way of war obsolete. As China uses technology to enhance the primacy of its kill chain, the United States has pur…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Enduring Lessons of Security Force Assistance
What is the role of security force assistance in achieving national security objectives? Where did security force assistance work well in the post-9/11 era, and where was it unsuccessful? How did pol…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Anytime, Anyplace: Air Force Special Operations Command in Future Irregular Warfare
Irregular warfare is executed across all domains. In the air, the responsibility for IW falls to Air Force Special Operations Command. Today, the command stands at an inflection point in which it mus…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Two Sides of the COIN: Good Governance vs. Compellence
In counterinsurgency warfare, how can powerful states reform corrupt or repressive governments into legitimate ones? Our guests on this episode, Jacqueline L. Hazelton and Anne-Marie Slaughter, discu…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
The Future of Coalition Building and Irregular Warfare
In the aftermath of the military withdrawal from Afghanistan and the country's chaotic collapse, it is easy to forget the prominent role that the United States played in building, leading, and sustai…
Published on 4 years ago
Learning from the Past, Anticipating the Future: Organizational Change in Irregular Warfare
hroughout history, IW organizations have undergone dramatic changes at all levels to meet the demands of new operating environments and threats. The book The Changing of the Guard: The British Army s…
Published on 4 years ago
Cyberspace as a Battlespace: Irregular Warfare through Bits and Bytes
What is the intersection between cyber and irregular warfare? Should the United States consider cyberspace a typical or exquisite domain? How did the counterterrorism fight serve as a proving ground …
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago