S2E1: Sun Tzu – Classical Chinese Strategic Thought with Dr Peter Lorge
In the first instalment of the new season of Talking Strategy, Paul and Beatrice are joined by Dr Peter Lorge, Associate Professor of Premodern Chinese and Military History at Vanderbilt University. T...
18 Okt 202230min
S1E12: A Practitioner's Perspective: Creating a National Security Strategy with Lord Peter Ricketts
Strategy is an intensely practical consideration, and in this episode, we examine strategy from the perspective of a practitioner. Lord Peter Ricketts was the UK's first National Security Adviser and ...
27 Sep 202239min
S1E11: Thomas Schelling: Nobel Economist Turned Nuclear Strategist with Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman
Thomas Schelling brought a cross-disciplinary approach to nuclear strategy and the understanding of conflict. Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College Londo...
20 Sep 202225min
S1E10: Christine de Pizan: Strategic Precepts for the Prince with Professor (em.) Françoise Le Saux
We're joined by Emeritus Professor Françoise Le Saux to discuss the unique work of Christine de Pizan. An Italian by origin, de Pizan was charged with writing manuals on good governance and the conduc...
13 Sep 202228min
S1E9: Colin S Gray, Strategic Culture, and What is Good Enough with Dr Jeannie Johnson
Dr Jeannie Johnson, Director of the Center for Anticipatory Intelligence at Utah State University, joins us to discuss the legacy of Colin S Gray. Most notable for originating Donald Rumsfeld's 'unkno...
6 Sep 202227min
S1E8: Old Strategic Thinkers for a Neo-Imperial Russia: Leer and Messner
Where do Russian military strategists seek their inspiration now that the Soviet authorities are no longer in fashion? In this episode, we will discuss Genrikh Leer and Evgeny Messner, key authors who...
30 Aug 202229min
S1E7: Beyond the OODA Loop: John Boyd with Commodore Prof Frans Osinga
There is more to military strategist John Boyd than the OODA Loop! This analytical tool of identifying a decision-making cycle – starting with observation, moving on to orientation, then to decision, ...
23 Aug 202232min
S1E6: Clausewitz: The Father of Strategic Studies with Professor Beatrice Heuser
Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz created a new way of thinking about war in the West: a study of the phenomenon and its complex social nature, where previous authors had produced prescriptive manu...
16 Aug 202228min
