The Afghanistan Papers and the Unwinnable Forever War
Last week the Washington Post published The Afghanistan Papers—a blockbuster piece of reporting that details every little thing about what’s gone wrong with the Afghanistan War. As the war grinds thro...
20 Dec 201937min
ICYMI - 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...
13 Dec 201933min
How 3-D Printers Could Spread Weapons of Mass Destruction
We are living on the precipice of a manufacturing revolution. 3D Printing is more than just a hobby your weird rich friends use to make guns, it’s the dawn of a new process of prototype and creation. ...
6 Dec 201938min
Pardoning War Criminals Is Not 'Sticking Up for Our Armed Forces'
Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for tuning into this special podcast. Last week was a busy one for President Trump and the military. Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer was fired. Or did he quit? No, ...
27 Nov 201936min
How America's Refugee Policy Hurts its War Effort
Refugees. People from countries in crisis fleeing oppression and death. America was once a beacon to the world’s tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free. But things have changed. In the l...
20 Nov 201931min
How the AK-74 Became a Fashion Statement
If there’s been a recent throughline or theme on this season of War College, it’s that war has changed. And it’s not just conflict, but the way we cover conflict. Increasingly, people are using open s...
11 Nov 201926min
This Is (Probably) How the World Ends
It’s the end of the world as we know it and I’m fine. It’s fine. It’s fine. Stop asking.Between the climate Apocalypse, tensions in the Middle East, the dissolution of decades old nuclear treaties, ar...
1 Nov 201943min
Why People Defend Dictators Online
There’s anti-government protests in Hong Kong, Venezuela, and Russia. The civil war in Syria rages on and, thanks to Twitter, VK, Facebook, anyone can share their opinion about world events. Elements ...
22 Okt 201948min
