Irregular Warfare Is Not A Thing
This episode argues that "irregular warfare" is an artificial construct rather than a cohesive concept, which has led to muddled doctrinal definitions that create strategic and policy confusion. To re...
10 Aug 23min
The Afghan Army: What Advisors Couldn’t See and Officers Couldn’t Change
The collapse of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces was not a conventional military defeat, but the inevitable culmination of two decades of systemic institutional failure and deep-seated ...
7 Aug 21min
What Makes a Weapon Too Horrific to Use?
Public support for military force is heavily driven by the legitimacy of the weapon type and the prevention of civilian harm, rather than tactical effectiveness alone. Because of this, individuals con...
3 Aug 22min
Floating Liabilities: Aircraft Carriers in the Age of Precision Strike and Irregular Warfare
This podcast explores how aircraft carriers have transitioned into highly vulnerable, conditional instruments of power, as demonstrated by mid-tier adversaries using low-cost drones and advanced preci...
31 Juli 22min
Thin Margins, Strategic Effects: Irregular Warfare and Contested Logistics in the Arctic
This episode explores how adversaries like Russia and China can exploit Alaska’s highly concentrated, commercially dependent logistics systems through below-threshold irregular warfare, and why buildi...
29 Juli 22min
Kurdish Underground Resistance and Civil Disobedience Against the Iranian Security State
An in-depth, analytical discussion exploring the strategic shift of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups from armed confrontation to organized civil disobedience. This episode breaks down how clandestine...
24 Juli 18min
Gray Zone Contestation Between North and South Korea in the Yellow Sea
An analytical deep dive into North Korea's shifting strategic paradigm. This episode explores the emerging risk of gray zone operations in the West Sea following Pyongyang’s abandonment of its unifica...
22 Juli 20min
Information Disorder and Irregular Warfare: Three Things to Know
In this episode, we dive deep into how "information disorder"—an environment of low barriers to content creation, rapid spread of falsehoods, and algorithmic amplification—is reshaping modern irregula...
20 Juli 22min
