North Korea’s Long Game
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have met. The Trump administration is on its way to talk denuclearization and the formal end of a war that’s lasted 65 years. Is ...
8 Maj 201849min
What Star Wars Can Teach the American Military
Luke Skywalker is a household name. Carl von Clausewitz not so much. Learning about the military—especially about strategy and tactics—is a jargon filled slog. War has a language all its own and for d...
1 Maj 201832min
The Life of a Special Operations Physician Assistant
War is a bloody business and few people know this better than the medics, physician assistants, and assorted battlefield doctors. Since Vietnam, the U.S. has gotten a lot better at saving the lives of...
24 Apr 201831min
Is NASA Lost in Space?
What does the United States get out of having a human spaceflight program? For that matter, what do Russia and China get out of having one? Especially if it’s not about getting the “ultimate high grou...
17 Apr 201834min
How Germany Kicked France’s Ass So Fast in World War II
When France fell less than two months after Germany invaded in the spring of 1940, conspiracy theories grew to explain the loss. One of the most common was the idea of a massive German spy network, a ...
9 Apr 201829min
ICYMI: How the West Has Aided Democracy’s Decline
According to Presidents John Kennedy and Ronald Reagan, the United States is a shining “city upon a hill." It’s a beacon of democracy in a dark world full of cruel dictators and vicious despots. But h...
4 Apr 201830min
The Return of Nuclear Anxiety
Everything old is new again, including living with the constant threat of nuclear annihilation. North Korea is a nuclear power. The President of the United States has said he’d meet any aggression wit...
26 Mars 201827min
Surprise! It’s President Putin All Over Again
Mark Galeotti joins us for War College’s Russian election special. The winner, Vladimir Putin, was never in doubt, but what’s the sham election all about? And what comes next for Russia and its relati...
17 Mars 201833min
