Tracking America’s ‘shadow wars’
Right now, America is fighting a war in Afghanistan – the longest in its history – a war against the Islamic State in the Middle East, a war against Islamic radicals in Pakistan, several different ope...
10 Jan 201736min
Churchill – the ‘glowworm’ who changed the fate of modern Europe
At the end of World War II, Winston Churchill lost his reelection bid for Prime Minister of England. The British Bulldog was down, but not out. He worried of a coming conflict with Stalin and the grow...
4 Jan 201739min
ICYMI: The drone that almost killed bin Laden
Months before 9/11, U.S. Air Force captain Scott Swanson patrolled the skies over Afghanistan with a Predator drone. Swanson and his team were hunting Osama bin Laden. And they found him. But this was...
29 Des 201633min
ICYMI: In Russia, 'fake news' is the norm
America’s 2016 election was plagued by fake news. Online, it’s easy to fake authority, and millions of Americans fall for the stories. It may seem new to Americans, but Russians have lived with a stra...
12 Des 201629min
The next Great Game may be played for the North Pole
Russia's aircraft carrier may be creaky, but its submarines are among the best in the business and they ply the currents beneath the Arctic at will - though not unchallenged. So, who's challenging Rus...
5 Des 201626min
Going where Obama feared to tread in Syria – the Albright-Hadley plan
Guest host and Reuters Diplomatic Correspondent Arshad Mohammed sits down with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, to discuss a report tha...
29 Nov 201634min
ICYMI: The men who burned down the world: A conversation with Dan Carlin
RE-RELEASE: Dan Carlin, who hosts the Common Sense and Hardcore History podcasts, joined us last year to discuss men and women who fundamentally change the worlds they are born into. Good may eventual...
21 Nov 201627min
The Kremlin had a plan - Donald Trump winning wasn't part of it
While Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump had some good things to say about each other during the 2016 U.S. election cycle, Russia expert Mark Galeotti tells War College a victory for Trump wasn't part of...
16 Nov 201632min
