How is Russia Adapting its Tactics in Ukraine?
When Russia invaded Ukraine last year, its ground forces were largely built around the battalion tactical group. Fifteen months on, and that organizational structure has been dramatically changed. Why...
31 Mai 202346min
Change and Continuity: Tracing the Evolution of Turkish Statecraft
Turkey is in the middle of a presidential election, the closest challenge to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in his twenty years in power. This offers an opportunity for a broad survey of the evolution of Turkis...
17 Mai 202348min
Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and the Future of War
How will the rapid pace of advancement in the fields of neuroscience and neurotechnology impact the changing character of warfare? Will they lead to the human brain becoming a battlespace as new scien...
3 Mai 20231h 2min
Command in Modern War
Would Patton be an effective battlefield commander today? Do the characteristics of successful commanders generally remain constant over time? Or do they evolve alongside—and in response to—the changi...
20 Apr 202335min
Russia and the Arctic Conundrum
Arctic geopolitics are characterized by features that set the region apart from others. Eveything from governance structures to the way Arctic states engage with one another to the way they tackle sha...
8 Apr 202345min
Can Taiwan Become a Poison Frog?
In this episode, John Amble speaks with Chris Dougherty of the Center for a New American Security. He and his colleagues have conducted a wargame that sought to identify what strategic options the Uni...
23 Mar 202358min
How to Build an Effective Partner Military—and How Not To
After twenty years of America’s post-9/11 wars and the US military’s struggle to build capable and effective security forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, there is an important discussion taking place abou...
9 Mar 202356min
Twelve Months of War
One year ago this week, Russian forces invaded Ukraine. Twelve months on, how should we think about the way the war has taken shape? What lessons about modern war should we be learning? What assumptio...
23 Feb 202347min
