What Makes a Weapon Too Horrific to Use?
Public support for military force is heavily driven by the legitimacy of the weapon type and the prevention of civilian harm, rather than tactical effectiveness alone. Because of this, individuals con...
3 Elo 22min
Floating Liabilities: Aircraft Carriers in the Age of Precision Strike and Irregular Warfare
This podcast explores how aircraft carriers have transitioned into highly vulnerable, conditional instruments of power, as demonstrated by mid-tier adversaries using low-cost drones and advanced preci...
31 Heinä 22min
Thin Margins, Strategic Effects: Irregular Warfare and Contested Logistics in the Arctic
This episode explores how adversaries like Russia and China can exploit Alaska’s highly concentrated, commercially dependent logistics systems through below-threshold irregular warfare, and why buildi...
29 Heinä 22min
Kurdish Underground Resistance and Civil Disobedience Against the Iranian Security State
An in-depth, analytical discussion exploring the strategic shift of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups from armed confrontation to organized civil disobedience. This episode breaks down how clandestine...
24 Heinä 18min
Gray Zone Contestation Between North and South Korea in the Yellow Sea
An analytical deep dive into North Korea's shifting strategic paradigm. This episode explores the emerging risk of gray zone operations in the West Sea following Pyongyang’s abandonment of its unifica...
22 Heinä 20min
Information Disorder and Irregular Warfare: Three Things to Know
In this episode, we dive deep into how "information disorder"—an environment of low barriers to content creation, rapid spread of falsehoods, and algorithmic amplification—is reshaping modern irregula...
20 Heinä 22min
Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Gulf’s Irregular Tomorrow
In this episode, we dive deep into the shifting security paradigm of the Arabian Gulf. As traditional U.S. security guarantees face unprecedented strain following key regional events , Gulf states are...
1 Heinä 11min
