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Back to SearchThe Game of War: Part II
Episode 175
In Part II of the Game of War, host Cliff May is again joined by Dr. Ben Jensen and RADM (Ret) Mark Montgomery to continue their discussion on wargam…
2 years, 8 months ago
Pacific Overtures
Episode 174
China’s rulers gaze across the Taiwan Strait and see an island where people are free, prosperous, and choose their leaders. They don’t like that. The…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Game of War: Part I
Episode 173
War games are not entertainments. They are simulations; a way to develop insights into what would happen in an armed conflict – who would prevail and…
2 years, 8 months ago
Samuel Ramani on Russia in Ukraine and Russia in Africa
Episode 172
Samuel Ramani teaches politics and international relations at Oxford. He’s the author of Russia in Africa and Putin’s War on Ukraine.
His articles app…
2 years, 8 months ago
Russia’s Lost Empire
Episode 171
Host Cliff May recently wrote a column for the Washington Times guessing what Vladimir Putin might do next if he should succeed in Ukraine.
He suggest…
2 years, 9 months ago
America’s Top Marine in the Middle East on the Iran Threat
Episode 170
Major General Paul J. Rock Jr. commands United States Marine Corps Forces Central Command, or MARCENT. That makes him the top U.S. Marine in the Midd…
2 years, 9 months ago
Walter Russell Mead’s Global View
Episode 169
Walter Russell Mead is the Global View Columnist at the Wall Street Journal, the James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Ba…
2 years, 9 months ago
The World According to McMaster
Episode 168
LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster wears many hats. Most important for us at FDD: He’s Chairman of the Board of Advisors for our Center on Military and Politic…
2 years, 9 months ago
Bombers, Balloons, and Santa’s Sleigh: Defending the American Homeland
Episode 167
One of the most important missions of the United States military is defending our homeland against a range of threats. But that mission is only becom…
2 years, 10 months ago
Talking Türkiye
Episode 166
On May 28, 2023, after 21 years in power, Recep Tayyip Erdogan won another five-year-term as president of Turkey — or Türkiye — as he prefers. To dis…
2 years, 10 months ago