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This is the podcast of WAR ROOM, the official online journal of the U.S. Army War College. Join us for provocative discussions about U.S. national security and defense, featuring prominent national security and military professionals.
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SEARCHING FOR PEACE IN TIMBUKTU: THE UN MISSION IN MALI PT 1 from 2023-12-12T06:00
The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) was established on April 25, 2013 to stabilize the country after the Tuareg rebellion of 2012. In June 2023, a...
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SHIFTING GROUND: POLARIZATION AND THE MILITARY from 2023-12-08T06:00
The U.S. military is to a certain extent a microcosm of the population it serves. While this ensures that the military includes the best characteristics of society, it also means that the military ...
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THE AIR FORCE HAS SPIES?! RISE OF THE MAVERICKS from 2023-12-05T06:00
The United States Air Force Security Service (USAFSS) was created in October 1948, just 13 months after the recognition of the Air Force as a separate branch with the enactment of the National Secu...
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THE JOINT CHIEFS: POLITICS VERSUS PROFESSIONALISM from 2023-12-01T06:00
Joint. The term is used ubiquitously in the U.S. Department of Defense. Joint operations, joint professional military education, joint mindedness, joint staff, etc.—at a certain point in a professi...
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THE SPY WHOM WE LOVE: JAMES BOND BEYOND THE COLD WAR from 2023-11-28T06:00
Born in the midst of the Cold War, James Bond was often considered the consummate Cold Warrior. But within the 14 original novels, 9 short stories, 40 continuation novels, 10 Young Bond novels and ...
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PEOPLE, PRIORITIES&PROGRESS - FUTURES COMMAND: (HOW SHOULD THE ARMY RUN?) from 2023-11-14T06:00
What happens when you get three experienced soldiers together to discuss something they've worked on for much of their careers? Well, the first thing that happens is that they"go secure"and start s...
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FINDING TIME FOR GROWTH: DISTANCE EDUCATION AT USAWC PT 4 from 2023-11-07T06:00
It’s time for another episode about the U.S. Army War College’s Distance Education program. COL Heather Smigowski, Chair of the Department of Distance Education (DDE), is back in the studio, and th...
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UNDERSTANDING CHINA THROUGH ITS RECRAFTED PAST: RANA MITTER (ON WRITING) from 2023-10-31T05:00
It's time for another episode of On Writing with Michael Neiberg. For this conversation, Michael is joined by Rana Mitter, author of China’s Good War: How World War II is Shaping a New Nationalism....
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ARMY WAR COLLEGE 360: A CONVERSATION WITH MG DAVID HILL (USAWC BEYOND CARLISLE) from 2023-10-24T05:00
Editor-in-Chief JP Clark had the opportunity to sit down for a conversation with Major General David Hill, the 53rd Commandant of the U.S. Army War College. Their discussion begins with the best-kn...
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PRESERVING DOMESTIC SECURITY (EISENHOWER SERIES) from 2023-10-17T05:00
It's time once again to feature some of the smart conversations that occur around the country through the Eisenhower Series College Program. For over 50 years, the Eisenhower Program has reached ou...
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LESSONS FROM FORT LIVING ROOM: DISTANCE EDUCATION AT USAWC PT 3 from 2023-10-10T05:00
It's time for another episode about the U.S. Army War College's Distance Education program. COL Heather Smigowski, Chair of the Department of Distance Education (DDE), is back in the studio and thi...
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ONE-STOP SHOPPING FOR FORCE MANAGEMENT: GFIM (HOW SHOULD THE ARMY RUN) from 2023-10-03T05:00
When faced with a challenge, a soldier will always come up with some sort of solution to make the system, process or piece of equipment work. It may not be an elegant solution or a good use of time...
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RECRUIT, RETAIN, DRAFT?: RAISING AN ARMY FOR LARGE SCALE CONFLICT from 2023-09-26T05:00
In the closing scene of James Michener's novel The Bridges of Toko-Ri, an admiral thinks of the aircrew he just sent to the Korean conflict--some never to return--and asks,"Where did we get such me...
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WRITING ON A DEADLINE: SHASHANK JOSHI (ON WRITING) from 2023-09-19T05:00
Michael Neiberg is back in the studio for the next installation of the On Writing series. This week's guest is Shashank Joshi, Defense Editor for The Economist. This episode is a slight variation f...
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OBSERVATIONS FROM NATO’S NORTHERN FRONT REVISITED (EISENHOWERS SERIES) from 2023-09-12T05:00
It's time once again to feature some of the smart conversations that occur around the country through the Eisenhower Series College Program. For over 50 years, the Eisenhower Program has reached ou...
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ASPIRATIONAL, VAGUE, AND STRATEGIC: THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE STRATEGY from 2023-09-05T05:00
Regular listeners might remember previous episodes in which we looked at the 2022 National Security Strategy and the 2022 National Defense Strategy. In this episode, we continue the examination of ...
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CANDID CONVERSATIONS ON DIVERSITY from 2023-08-29T05:00
It's time once again to feature some of the smart conversations that occur around the country through the Eisenhower Series College Program. For over 50 years, the Eisenhower Program has reached ou...
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STRATEGY IN SPACE! from 2023-08-22T05:00
For those of you of sufficient age, you should have heard that title in your head with the stentorian voice of this fine announcer. But in all seriousness, the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Space Comma...
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SIMULATING DIPLOMATIC DISASTER (WARGAMING ROOM) from 2023-08-15T05:00
It's time once again for a visit to the Wargaming Room. In this episode, three recent graduates of the AY23 Resident Course at the U.S. Army War College share the wargame they developed as part of ...
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MANAGING NATO: INTERESTS AND INTEROPERABILITY from 2023-08-08T05:00
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has revived interest in and discussions about NATO. When 31 countries, each with their own national interests and goals, come together, interoperability becomes a dr...
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AT THE CENTER OF THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE: THE LIBRARY from 2023-08-04T05:00
It's back-to-school time across the United States, and it's no different here at the U.S. Army War College. What's different this year is that the resident class of academic year 2024 will arrive a...
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A COMMUNICATION GAP ACROSS THE GENERATION GAP from 2023-08-01T05:00
Fifty years ago, the United States Department of Defense ended the draft and chose to rely exclusively on volunteers to fill the ranks. The all-volunteer force was born and the competition was on t...
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LIKE UBER IN A GANG FIGHT: THE FUTURE OF CASEVAC from 2023-07-25T05:00
In our last episode, we examined the relationship between military medicine and tactical effectiveness, as well as some of the incredible advances in combat medical care over the last few decades. ...
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MEDICINE, MORALE and MUSTERING THE FORCE from 2023-07-18T05:00
Once upon a time, a wound as simple as a scratch could lead to death. Many of incredible advances in medicine and medical care since were driven by the exigencies of war. Tanisha Fazal has conducte...
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MOBILIZATION (STRATEGIC LANDPOWER IRP PT 4) from 2023-06-29T05:00
In May 2023, the War College hosted the second annual Strategic Landpower Symposium. Bringing together students, scholars and practitioners, the symposium presented senior leaders with original res...
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DRESSED FOR SUCCESS: UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT from 2023-06-27T05:00
The United States Department of Defense spends a great deal of time and resources developing uniforms. The respective organizations in each branch of service take requirements from leadership and d...
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PROTECTION (STRATEGIC LANDPOWER IRP PT 3) from 2023-06-23T05:00
In May 2023, the War College hosted the second annual Strategic Landpower Symposium. Bringing together students, scholars and practitioners, the symposium presented senior leaders with original res...
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BONUS EPISODE: SOURCES OF PUBLIC TRUST IN THE U.S. MILITARY from 2023-06-21T05:00
The U.S. Army War College Civil-Military Relations Center hosted its inaugural conference in May 2023. This year’s theme on the military and society was the American all-volunteer force as it turns...
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RECOGNITION AND GRATITUDE: REMEMBERING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK SOLDIERS from 2023-06-20T05:00
Black Americans'fight for equality in the U.S. armed forces has been a rough road. At times, the Army has been a leader in driving change in the United States. In other instances, the institution h...
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (STRATEGIC LANDPOWER IRP PT 2) from 2023-06-16T05:00
In May 2023, the War College hosted the second annual Strategic Landpower Symposium. Bringing together students, scholars and practitioners, the symposium presented senior leaders with original res...
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LAUNCH OPERATION PLUM BLOSSOM: MICK RYAN ON WAR FOR TAIWAN from 2023-06-13T05:00
Fiction can be liberating. It offers authors latitude to think, propose, and prognosticate about real-world topics in ways that non-fiction does not allow. The ability to ask"what if?"can be an inc...
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LONG-RANGE FIRES (STRATEGIC LANDPOWER IRP PT 1) from 2023-06-09T05:00
In May 2023, the War College hosted the second annual Strategic Landpower Symposium. Bringing together students, scholars and practitioners, the symposium presented senior leaders with original res...
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RESOURCING THE FORCE: MG JOHN FERRARI, RET. (HOW SHOULD THE ARMY RUN?) from 2023-06-06T05:00
Plan, Program, Budget and Execute - repeat. It's the strategic planning process for allocating resources in the Department of Defense that was first initiated in the early 1960s. The brainchild of ...
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HE THOUGHT LIKE AN INSURGENT: BERNARD FALL from 2023-05-30T05:00
Bernard Fall is considered by many to be one of the finest analysts and writers of the Vietnam War. Much of his insight about counterinsurgency warfare in Indochina was informed by the formative ex...
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NEVER A DAY WITHOUT SPACE: SPACECOM from 2023-05-26T05:00
Sixty-six years ago, the Soviet Union placed Sputnik in orbit around the Earth and it changed everything. Since then, more than 80 nations and 100 commercial entities have also found their way into...
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REAGAN AS THE PEACEMAKER: WILL INBODEN (ON WRITING) from 2023-05-23T05:00
It’s time for another episode of On Writing. A Better Peace welcomes William Inboden to the studio to discuss his book,"The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink."Will...
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CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS: DISCUSSING WAR (AFGHANISTAN LESSONS) from 2023-05-19T05:00
The final episode of our three-part series on Afghanistan looks at rebuilding trust in the civil-military relationship. Twenty years of warfare presented a number of civil-military interactions, so...
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A CHALLENGING CONVERSATION: THE CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS CENTER from 2023-05-16T05:00
The civil-military relationship in the United States is a complicated one, and it is continually evolving. The discussion space that was once dominated by the writings of Samuel Huntington and Morr...
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ASSESSMENTS: MEASURING ARMIES (AFGHANISTAN LESSONS) from 2023-05-12T05:00
The first episode of our three-part series on Afghanistan lessons discussed building armies. This episode focuses exclusively on assessing them. In the studio for this second episode are LTG (R) Er...
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UNMASKING THE BOOGEYMAN: THE BIN LADEN PAPERS from 2023-05-09T05:00
Twelve years ago last week, on May 2, 2011, the U.S. military conducted a raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan that killed Usama bin Laden. Once the mission was accomplished, the SEAL team conducted sensit...
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SECURITY FORCE ASSISTANCE: BUILDING ARMIES (AFGHANISTAN LESSONS) from 2023-05-05T05:00
The United States spent over 20 years in Afghanistan and while a lot has been written about the missteps, there is much to be written about the solutions that would have lent to better outcomes. Th...
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BEYOND DESEGREGATION: THE ARMY AND RACE IN THE VIETNAM ERA...AND TODAY from 2023-05-02T05:00
The military is a microcosm of the society it protects and is thus subject to many of the same tensions experienced by the population at large. As the nation struggled with racism in the'60s and'70...
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REFLECTIONS ON LEADERSHIP FROM TWO MIRROR IMAGES from 2023-04-26T05:00
When twins Derek and TJ Baird joined the Army in the'90s, neither of them had any idea what lay ahead. But 26 and 30 years later respectively, one is a colonel and the other a command sergeant majo...
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W.E.B. DU BOIS IN THE WOUNDED WORLD: CHAD WILLIAMS (ON WRITING) from 2023-04-18T05:00
Prolific author, sociologist, historian, civil rights activist and co-founder of the NAACP, W.E.B. Du Bois is one of the most prominent scholars and activists in African-American history. He and hi...
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INSIDE THE BA'TH PARTY: IRAQ AGAINST THE WORLD from 2023-04-11T05:00
2023 is, of course, the 20th anniversary of the United States'invasion of Iraq. There has already been and surely will be much more examination of the event and the subsequent consequences of the w...
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BONUS EPISODE: MAKING AIRWAVES, A ROUND TABLE SESSION FROM #SMH2023! from 2023-04-07T05:00
In March 2023, the Society for Military History held its annual meeting in San Diego. During the conference, Phil Shackleford, librarian, military historian and host of The Modern Scholar Podcast, ...
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THE ARMY PERSONNEL SYSTEM: IN SEARCH OF TALENT MANAGEMENT (HOW SHOULD THE ARMY RUN?) from 2023-04-04T06:00
Lou Yuengert and Tom Galvin are back in the studio for another episode of"How Should the Army Run?"This episode focuses on Lou's recent service on the Army's Talent Management Task Force. The Army ...
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CRAMMING FOR COMPS: A LAST LOOK AT T-DIDDY from 2023-03-28T06:00
At the end of January 2023 we ran an article by John Nagl and Matthew Woessner about a fictional student's ill-informed preparation for his War College comprehensive exams. It was a bit tongue-in-c...
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COUNTERING THE MYTHS OF VALLEY FORGE from 2023-03-22T05:00
Valley Forge, the 1778 winter encampment of Washington's Continental Army, is the stuff of legend and lore. Tales of brutal temperatures, bare footed soldiers and near starvation are what come to m...
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CAMPAIGNING IN THE PACIFIC: A CONVERSATION WITH GEN FLYNN from 2023-03-14T06:00
General Charles Flynn, Commanding General of U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC), was in Carlisle to address the AY23 resident class of the U.S. Army War College. He took the time to sit down with our Edit...
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MICHELE DEVLIN WENT TO ANTARCTICA (AND SHE TOOK US ALONG) PT 2 from 2023-03-08T06:00
It's time for part two of our Antarctica trip. In February 2023, Michele Devlin, Professor of Environmental Security at the U.S. Army War College, traveled to the Antarctica and took us along throu...
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MICHELE DEVLIN WENT TO ANTARCTICA (AND SHE TOOK US ALONG) PT 1 from 2023-03-01T06:00
And now for something completely different! In February 2023, Michele Devlin, Professor of Environmental Security at the U.S.Army War College, traveled to the Antarctica and took us along through a...
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THE TURNING POINT: SARATOGA AND THE COMPLEAT VICTORY from 2023-02-21T06:00
A crucial turning point in the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Saratoga boosted the morale of the Continental Army; influenced the opinions of the French, Spanish and Dutch; and closed th...
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NAVIGATING THE NEXT TWO YEARS: DISTANCE EDUCATION AT USAWC PT 2 from 2023-02-14T06:00
It's time for another episode about the U.S. Army War College's Distance Education program. COL Heather Smigowski, Chair of the Department of Distance Education, is back in the studio to offer a fe...
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RUSSIAN IMPERIAL HISTORY-THEN AND NOW: ALEXANDER MIKABERIDZE (ON WRITING) from 2023-02-07T06:00
Historical Mindedness is a form of reasoning that deals with historical material and present-day problems and it is woven throughout the U.S. Army War College curriculum. It doesn't predict the fut...
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WAIT, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE? ARGUING FOR THE FINANCE DOMAIN from 2023-01-31T06:00
For more than one hundred years there were three recognized domains in military conflict: land, maritime and air. In the two last decades after significant debate, the cyber and space domains were ...
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UNDERSTANDING THE BUDGET PROCESS (HOW SHOULD THE ARMY RUN?) from 2023-01-24T06:00
Tom Galvin is back in the studio for another episode of"How Should the Army Run?"He's joined today by Doug"Muddy"Waters to talk about how the Army (and the rest of DoD) gets its funding. In this st...
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TAKING COMMAND: TAMI DAVIS BIDDLE (ON WRITING) from 2023-01-17T06:00
It's time for another episode of On Writing. A BETTER PEACE welcomes Tami Biddle to the studio to discuss her newest history project, Taking Command: The United States at War 1941-1945. Tami sits d...
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HOW SHOULD THE ARMY (AND DOD) RUN? from 2023-01-10T06:00
In 1997, the U.S. Army War College produced the first edition of How the Army Runs (HTAR), a reference handbook that documented and explained the processes and organization of the U.S. Army. Publis...
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THE CREW OF APOLLO 8: CHRISTMAS EVE 1968 from 2022-12-24T06:00
Readers will recall that for this year’s Thanksgiving message, we turned the page back to 1968 for the proclamation issued that year by President Lyndon Johnson. Even in a time plagued by war, unre...
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GOOD DECISIONS START WITH GOOD CONSUMERS from 2022-12-13T06:00
Any conversation has two very basic players, the sender and the receiver. The intelligence conversation, at its most basic level, has the producer and the consumer. There are volumes written, schoo...
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EVERY CITIZEN A SENSOR? DEMOCRATIZING INTELLIGENCE from 2022-12-06T06:00
The war in Ukraine has been a fascinating study of the democratization of intelligence. That's a phrase coined by David Gioe in a recent article he wrote with Ken Stolworthy. David and Ken join hos...
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LEARNING FROM AFAR: DISTANCE EDUCATION AT USAWC from 2022-11-29T06:00
The U.S. Army War College provides an outstanding strategic-level education to the military and civilian leaders of the DoD and other federal agencies. Each year, roughly 380 U.S. and international...
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POLITICS AND PARTISANSHIP: PRECISION IN LANGUAGE from 2022-11-22T05:00
As part of our ongoing collaboration between A BETTER PEACE and the Army War College Civil-Military Relations Center, Celestino Perez joins podcast editor Ron Granieri for a wide-ranging discussion...
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ALLIES, ADVERSARIES, PRIORITIES AND PLANS: THE NDS from 2022-11-15T05:00
In October 2022 we published an episode examining the newly released National Security Strategy (NSS) and comparing it to its interim predecessor. Once the NSS is published there are a number of ot...
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IN SEARCH OF PEACE AND JUSTICE from 2022-11-08T05:00
Every year the amount of sheer talent, knowledge and experience that comes through the little town of Carlisle, PA is astounding. There is the student body at the Army War College and the nation's ...
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CIV-MIL RELATIONS: POLITICS YES, PARTISANSHIP NO from 2022-11-01T05:00
There are multiple facets to the civil-military relationship. How the military interacts with the civil society, or other governmental agencies or the relationship between the military and the civi...
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NO LONGER SKINNY, BUT DOES THE NSS HAVE HEFT? from 2022-10-25T05:00
Dating back to 1987 and the Goldwater-Nichols Act, the National Security Strategy (NSS) has become perhaps the most powerful single document to communicate the Executive branch's vision to Congress...
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THE FUTURE IS EXPEDITIONARY: JOINT WARFIGHTING HQ from 2022-10-11T05:00
Successful military organizations are always assessing and adapting; this includes methods of command and control. The joint task forces with constituent air, land, and maritime components currentl...
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A TUMULTUOUS MARRIAGE: THE MILITARY AND THE MARKET from 2022-10-04T05:00
Since President Eisenhower first named and warned against the military-industrial complex in his farewell speech, the relationship between"the military and the market"has been the subject of height...
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SHARING THE BURDEN: FACULTY GOVERNANCE IN PME from 2022-09-27T05:00
Getting faculty governance right in higher education can be a difficult endeavor. There are multiple models that can be employed, personalities always play a role and leadership has to agree on the...
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HOW TO WRITE THE HISTORY THAT HASN’T ENDED: IAN ONA JOHNSON (ON WRITING) from 2022-09-20T05:00
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Ian Ona Johnson to the studio to discuss his new book Faustian Bargain: The Soviet-German Partnership and the Origins of the Second World War. Ian joins our own Michael Neib...
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RECRUITING WOES: A CASE OF SELF SABOTAGE? from 2022-09-13T05:00
The U.S. military is struggling to recruit and it's not just quality, it's quantity as well. The all volunteer force is at risk. Falling recruiting rates can be compensated for by higher retention ...
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EAT YOUR ACADEMIC SPINACH: DEFENSE MANAGEMENT from 2022-09-06T05:00
It has been recognized since antiquity that victory in war often goes to those who best organize"the sinews of war"(money, equipment, and supplies). Yet at the U.S. Army War College the Defense Man...
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YOU DON'T MAKE POLICY AND THEN TALK ABOUT IT from 2022-08-30T05:00
John Roderick is back in the studio w/ Ron Granieri for pt 2 of their discussion but the topic has moved on to #podcasting&the power of #conversations in our lives. Can we talk?
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WAR COLLEGE FROM THE VIEW OF A CONSUMMATE CIVILIAN from 2022-08-23T05:00
Each year, in the final week of instruction at the U.S. Army War College there is a four-day event that takes place known as the National Security Seminar (NSS). The resident seminars grow by six t...
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THE EISENHOWER SERIES COLLEGE PROGRAM: 50 YEARS OF OUTREACH (BACK TO SCHOOL) from 2022-08-18T05:00
We'll wrap up back to school week at the U.S. Army War College with the re-release of a great discussion between Ed Kaplan, Mike Baim and former Editor-in-Chief Jacqueline E. Whitt, to highlight th...
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WHY WAR COLLEGES? (BACK TO SCHOOL) from 2022-08-16T05:00:13
Yesterday began the first full week of instruction for the resident course at the U.S. Army War College. Introductions are done, orientation is over and another year of Boatyard Wars is in the book...
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CONFUSION OR CLARITY? GREAT POWER COMPETITION from 2022-08-09T05:00:22
A BETTER PEACE welcomes author and analyst Ali Wyne to the studio for a conversation about the intricacies of the concept of great power competition as a policy framework. He joins our new Editor-I...
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THE PASSING OF THE BATON: A NEW EDITOR-IN-CHIEF from 2022-08-02T05:00
It's the tail end of the change of command season. Beloved (or not so beloved) commanders are moving on to new opportunities. New faces are taking over, watching, assessing, trying to get a feel fo...
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SETTING THE STAGE (STRATEGIC LANDPOWER IRP PT 2) from 2022-07-26T05:00
From 10-12 May 2022 the War College hosted the first annual Strategic Landpower Symposium. Bringing together students, scholars and practitioners the symposium displayed original research and prese...
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SHAPING THE THEATER (STRATEGIC LANDPOWER IRP PT 1) from 2022-07-19T05:00
From 10-12 May 2022 the War College hosted the first Annual Strategic Landpower Symposium. Bringing together students, scholars and practitioners the symposium displayed original research and prese...
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REPEALING DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL from 2022-06-28T05:00
Don't ask, don't tell (DADT) was signed into law November 30, 1993 by the Clinton administration. It was a compromise measure intended to allow lesbian, gay and bisexual service members to serve in...
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OUR HEALTH&WELLNESS STORY: TAKING CARE OF YOU (MIL SPOUSE EDITION) from 2022-06-24T05:00
Looking after your family is a full time job. And all too often it's easy to lose yourself in that job and forget about your own wellbeing. In this episode Faith and Lynda discuss the importance o...
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A FORCE IN WHICH ANY CITIZEN FEELS WELCOME (EISENHOWER SERIES) from 2022-06-21T05:00
It's time for the last installment of the AY22 Eisenhower Series. Brian Dudley and Kevin Payne join podcast editor Ron Granieri in the studio to share their thoughts on diversity, equity and inclus...
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OUR TRADITIONS, CUSTOMS&COURTESIES: ARE THEY STILL RELEVANT? (MIL SPOUSE EDITION) from 2022-06-17T05:00
If you're new to the military it can be a flurry of bizarre and foreign traditions and actions that make very little sense. Imagine if you're also new to the United States. Join Faith and Lynda for...
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TO WHAT END? INTERESTS AND VALUES IN AFGHANISTAN (EISENHOWER SERIES) from 2022-06-14T05:00
What went wrong in Afghanistan? Did anything go right? We're definitely not going to thoroughly answer those questions in a thirty eight minute podcast episode, but any answer to those questions sh...
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OUR EMPLOYMENT STORY: NAVIGATING RESOURCE OVERLOAD (MIL SPOUSE EDITION) from 2022-06-10T05:00
Historically, every PCS meant a job change or flat out job lost for military spouses. But times have changed and a new environment means more opportunities for employment and fulfillment. Get linke...
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OVERTHROWN: PREVENTING COUPS IN AFRICA from 2022-06-07T05:00
Coup d'etats are sadly a fact of life on the African continent. Since 1950, of the 486 attempted coups in the world, 214 occurred in Africa with 106 of them being successful. Unfortunately countrie...
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OUR VOLUNTEER STORY: WHERE CAN YOU HELP? (MIL SPOUSE EDITION) from 2022-06-03T05:00
Our military community is incredibly dependent on volunteerism. Without spouses and service members actively volunteering on and off installation, life for military families would be far more diffi...
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THE ART OF FEEDBACK: WHO TAUGHT YOU? from 2022-06-01T05:00
Feedback is a bit of an art form. And there are as many different types of mentorship and coaching as there are soldiers in the Army. So how do you effectively train leaders as they come up through...
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OUR PCS STORY: BE POSITIVE AND FLEXIBLE (MIL SPOUSE EDITION) from 2022-05-27T05:00
Take an already stressful event like moving, add in a possible foreign country, throw in some training enroute or the only vacation time you'll see all year, sprinkle with some kids, maybe a few pe...
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RECONSIDERING GREAT POWER COMPETITION (EISENHOWER SERIES) from 2022-05-24T05:00
It's time again for the Eisenhower Series College Program (ESCP). Established over 50 years ago, the ESCP engages colleges, voluntary organizations, think tanks and other public forums across the n...
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OUR EDUCATION STORY, PT 2: EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS? HELP IS HERE (MIL SPOUSE EDITION) from 2022-05-20T05:00
Last episode the team dove into the daunting process of changing schools (again) and setting your children up for success. But what if you need just a little bit extra. Join Faith and Lynda as Dani...
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TALKING TO OURSELVES? NETWORKS IN THE MULTINATIONAL MDO from 2022-05-17T05:00
In the modern age the United States rarely ever enters a conflict alone. Fighting alongside an ally or as part of a coalition magnifies capabilities and lethality and often more importantly brings ...
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OUR EDUCATION STORY PT 1: SCHOOL AND PCS (MIL SPOUSE EDITION) from 2022-05-13T05:00
As if PCS season isn't stressful enough it can be overwhelming when you begin to navigate the requirements to register your children in their new schools. Join Faith and Lynda as they jump right in...
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BETTER STRATEGY? IT'S ALL IN THE GAME (WARGAMING ROOM) from 2022-05-10T05:00
Wargames can be incredible teaching and learning tools when they are built and utilized properly. They come in all shapes, sizes and colors and require a skilled hand in their creation. A BETTER PE...
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THEY'RE TAKING OVER! MEET THE HOSTS (MIL SPOUSE EDITION) from 2022-05-06T05:00
It's time for another installment of MIL SPOUSE EDITION and we thought before we get too deep into content perhaps you should meet the co-hosts of theseries. Faith Bomar and Lynda Lind join podcast...
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THEIR MISSION, OUR STORY (MIL SPOUSE EDITION) from 2022-05-05T05:00
We do our best at WAR ROOM to publish a wide variety of articles and podcast episodes that we hope contribute to the national security discussion. Sometimes we publish something that might not seem...
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OUR 300th FREAKIN'EPISODE! from 2022-05-03T05:00
This week we are celebrating WAR ROOM's fifth birthday! We published our first article on 1 May 2017 and our first podcast episode a couple of weeks later on 17 May. Today we celebrate where we've ...
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K.M PANIKKAR: INDIAN SCHOLAR, DIPLOMAT, STRATEGIST (GREAT STRATEGISTS) from 2022-04-26T05:00
Four years ago the United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) underwent a name change in hopes of signifying a change in thinking in the region. The new name, United States Indo-Pacific Command (USIND...
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IF-THEN: DEFINING THE RED LINE IN CYBERSPACE from 2022-04-19T05:00
Conditional statements or as they're more commonly known, IF-THEN statements, are the foundation of almost all programming languages. They allow an automation that looks for a certain circumstance,...
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CASUALTY ASSISTANCE IN CHANGING TIMES from 2022-04-12T06:00
Casualties are a fact of military life. Whether the result of a training accident, peacekeeping operations or full scale combat, the military has made the commitment to guide families through the v...
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TO HELP HEAL THE PEOPLE: JAN SCRUGGS from 2022-04-05T06:00
CAUTION: This episode contains a first-person account of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and attempted suicide. These are incredibly important topics that need to be discussed, but we want our...
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SCI-FI AND STRATEGY: A MATCH MADE AMONG THE STARS from 2022-03-29T05:00
Let's be honest - the study of strategy can, at times, be a tedious thing. For those of us who haven't dedicated their lives and/or careers to understanding the detailed workings, intricate interpl...
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LESSONS OF AFGHANISTAN: A CONVERSATION WITH MG BRIAN MENNES from 2022-03-22T05:00
For many, Afghanistan and the lessons that should have been learned have been overshadowed recently by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. And as much as Ukraine deserves the attention of the world,...
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WAR BY OTHER MEANS? SANCTIONS AND CONFLICT from 2022-03-15T14:14:52
Sanctions. They're the talk of the town right now as the world watches Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Social media and the news networks are full of"experts"sharing their opinions on every aspect of...
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CHINA'S WILD WEST from 2022-03-08T06:00
Chinese leaders have struggled to develop coherent policies toward Eurasia for centuries. And the work of building a policy for the larger Central Asian region has serious implications for the buil...
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EVERYTHING A WEAPON, EVERYONE A COMBATANT from 2022-03-01T06:00
What if everything around you, every element of your daily life could be weaponized against you and your nation? Space, cyberspace, civil society - all tools and arenas available to the enemy in ad...
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EXECUTIVE ORDER 9981 AT 70: WHAT INTEGRATION MEANS FOR TODAY'S MILITARY (RE-RELEASE) from 2022-02-25T06:00
As we wind down Black History Month the Editorial Team thought it most appropriate to re-release this and one other podcast on Executive Order 9981. Originally released in July 2018, the 70th anniv...
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FEAR, HONOR, INTEREST: THUCYDIDES'S LESSONS FOR UKRAINE from 2022-02-22T06:00
WAR ROOM isn't a news outlet and we don't do up to the minute reporting. But when Dr. Joel Hillison came to us last week and wanted to discuss the ongoing situation on the Ukraine border we happily...
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EXECUTIVE ORDER 9981 AT 70: DESEGREGATING THE ARMED FORCES (RE-RELEASE) from 2022-02-15T06:00
In honor of Black History Month the Editorial Team thought it most appropriate to re-release this episode on Executive Order 9981. Originally released in July 2018, the 70th anniversary was a grea...
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TRUE SPIES: STUDYING AND UNDERSTANDING MODERN ESPIONAGE from 2022-02-08T06:00
Admit it. In your most self-aggrandizing dreams you're as charming as Sydney Bristow, as lethal as Jason Bourne, and as intuitive and intellectual as Jack Ryan. If Austin Powers was anywhere in tha...
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PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE (RE-RELEASE) from 2022-02-01T06:00
EDITOR'S NOTE: In light of the current situation on the Ukraine/Russia border the WAR ROOM Editorial Team thought it was a good time to revisit an incredibly well informed discussion of NATO. We're...
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ON CREDIBILITY AND REPUTATION: EDITOR'S CORNER from 2022-01-25T06:00
As the situation on the Ukrainian/Russian border seems to worsen and families and nonessential staff prepare to evacuate the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, pundits are throwing around the concepts of U.S...
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YEAH, LET'S LET WOMEN IN: HER COLD WAR from 2022-01-18T06:00
A BETTER PEACE is happy to welcome back Tanya Roth to the virtual studio. She sits down with our Editor-in-Chief Jacqueline Whitt to discuss her new book, Her Cold War. In her book, Tanya examines ...
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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT: CHRISTMAS EVE 1941 from 2021-12-24T06:00
In 2019 we published our first holiday message. It was a reprint of the words of Prime Minister Winston Churchill on Christmas Eve in 1941 as he stood beside President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the ...
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ANCHORED AT THE TOP: WOMEN IN PEACE AND SECURITY from 2021-12-14T06:00
On 31 October 2000, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 affirming the"important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and in peacebuilding."Here at WAR ROOM we hav...
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AS TIME GOES BY: UNDERSTANDING FREE&VICHY FRANCE (ON WRITING) from 2021-12-07T06:00
Usually Michael Neiberg is the interviewer in our ON WRITING series. In this episode he sits down with podcast editor Ron Granieri as the interviewee. They're talking about his new book When France...
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LYKKE’S LITTLE THREE-LEGGED STOOL (PART 2) Re-release from 2021-12-02T06:05:41
The WAR ROOM Staff learned of the recent loss of one of the great thinkers in the world of strategic thought. Colonel (retired) Arthur F. Lykke was a faculty instructor in the Department of Nationa...
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LYKKE'S LITTLE THREE-LEGGED STOOL (PART 1) Re-release from 2021-12-01T06:00:51
The WAR ROOM Staff learned of the recent loss of one of the great thinkers in the world of strategic thought. Colonel (retired) Arthur F. Lykke was a faculty instructor in the Department of Nationa...
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DEFENDING THE HOMELAND IN THE CYBER AGE from 2021-11-30T06:00
Since its birth, the United States has benefited from the protection of two vast oceans to the east and west. The events of 9/11, of course, brought new attention to the defense of the homeland and...
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NATIONAL SECURITY FOR ALL: GIRL SECURITY from 2021-11-23T05:00
WAR ROOM has presented our readers and listeners with a number of discussions in the past on Women in Peace and Security. In this episode our Editor-in-Chief, Jacqueline Whitt sits down in the vir...
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ENTERPRISE READINESS: PREPARING FOR CRISIS from 2021-11-16T05:00
What is readiness? The state of being fully prepared for something? But what is that something? And what does fully prepared mean or more importantly cost? The military has used readiness as a metr...
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LEADERSHIP 2040: A PATHWAY TO THE FUTURE EP 3 from 2021-11-09T05:00
A little over two years ago we sat down with the students and advisors of Integrated Research Project (IRP) #6. Their task was to examine leadership development requirements in the multi-domain ope...
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LEADERSHIP 2040: A PATHWAY TO THE FUTURE EP 2 from 2021-11-02T05:00
In the last episode we introduced you to Integrated Research Project (IRP) #6. A little over two years ago we sat down with the students and advisors of the study to examine leadership development...
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LEADERSHIP 2040: A PATHWAY TO THE FUTURE EP 1 from 2021-10-26T05:00
A little over two years ago we sat down with the students and advisors of Integrated Research Project (IRP) #6. Their task was to examine leadership development requirements in the multi-domain ope...
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APPEAL TO THE MASSES, DISPEL THE MYTHS: ARMY MARKETING from 2021-10-19T05:00
Every year the U.S. Army seeks out 125,000 to 140,000 new recruits to maintain the desired end strength and capability of the force. In order to do that the Army Enterprise Marketing Office has to ...
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IN PURSUIT OF A GRAND STRATEGY from 2021-10-12T05:00
Grand strategy is an elusive beast. Everybody wants some. We all agree it's important but nobody can agree exactly what it is. And everybody wants to teach about the topic. A BETTER PEACE welcomes ...
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MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE: REBUILDING CULTURAL CAPABILITIES – AGAIN from 2021-10-05T05:00
Anyone paying attention to the last two decades of conflict has to acknowledge that understanding culture is important. Even if you think that culture is just that"squishy sh*t", you've got to be h...
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TOO WEIRD FOR THE NAZIS: ERICH LUDENDORFF from 2021-09-28T05:00
A hero of the Imperial German Army (by his own account), an architect of the rise of two dictatorships, a co-creator of a mystical neo-pagan religion, and an author, General Erich Ludendorff was a ...
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SHIFTING MENTAL GEARS: PHIL CAPUTO (ON WRITING) from 2021-09-21T05:00
Michael Neiberg is back with our On Writing series and this time he's talking with Philip Caputo in the virtual studio. Phil, a Marine infantry lieutenant, is a combat veteran who served in Vietnam...
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WE'RE SO META: PODCASTING ABOUT PODCASTING from 2021-09-14T05:00
Name a topic or an interest and you can probably find a podcast about it. With over 2 million podcasts and more than 48 million episodes somebody is talking about something you want or need to hear...
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FINDING OUR FUNDAMENTAL HUMANITY from 2021-09-08T05:00
"Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it."- Lao Tzu As this episode is released much of the United States is recovering from the wrath of Hurricane Ida. At the cen...
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HUMAN SECURITY: PEOPLE NOT GOVERNMENTS from 2021-09-07T05:00
Regardless of whether conflict occurs between state or non-state actors, is conventional or irregular there is one constant: there is always a population of citizens that suffers in one way or anot...
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HOW DO WE LEAD SUCCESSFULLY? BEYOND AFGHANISTAN from 2021-08-31T05:12
You can't turn on your computer or phone at the moment without hearing a podcast or seeing an article with someone's opinion about what went wrong in Afghanistan. The editorial team at WAR ROOM dec...
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AFGHANISTAN: WHERE WAS THE INTEL? from 2021-08-24T05:00
As the situation in Afghanistan has unfolded in the last several weeks, many have questioned how the collapse of the country could have happened so quickly. Daily press releases reported the steady...
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A STORYTELLER'S TALE from 2021-08-17T05:00
Storytelling is as old as humankind. Long before there was the written word, humans told their stories through spoken word, songs and drawings. It was how we passed on our history, our culture and ...
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DOS 101: FOREIGN POLICY ADVISORS from 2021-08-10T05:00
To many people the U.S. Department of State (DOS) is as foreign as the countries in which our embassies are placed. Fortunately, we here at A BETTER PEACE know some people, and on this episode we w...
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FREE OF BIAS? ARMY OFFICER EVALUATIONS from 2021-08-03T05:00
In April 2020 we published an article that argued for the removal of the official photo from the Army's promotion and selection process. The goal was to eliminate a source of bias from the process ...
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INFLECTION POINT: ARMY LEADER DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY from 2021-07-27T05:00
Land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace, that is the multi-domain environment that the Army sees operations occurring in from now forward. What does this shift in viewing the environment mean for all...
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IT’S TIME TO LET GO: ACQUISITION DIVESTITURE from 2021-07-20T05:00
It's highly unlikely you'll ever hear a military leader say"I've got all the money and time I need to execute the mission."And when a global pandemic, aging infrastructure, and the end of a multi-d...
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WARGAMING IN THE SEMINAR: A STUDENT'S VIEW (WARGAMING ROOM) from 2021-06-30T05:00
Last year our WARGAMING ROOM editor, Ken Gilliam, sat down with a soon-to-graduate War College student to get her impression of the use of wargames in the classroom. A BETTER PEACE welcomes War Col...
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THE ARMY'S GOT TALENT IN RESERVE(S) from 2021-06-22T05:00
The DoD has touted the civilian expertise of the National Guard and Reserve members of the force for years. Whether it was the small town mayor or civil engineer working Civil Affairs, or the physi...
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MONEY, MARRIAGE, AND MILITARY LIFE from 2021-06-15T05:00
"If the Army wanted you to have a family they would have issued you one!"It's been a while since that phrase was in fashion, but if you do the math these days it might actually seem like the Army w...
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HONORING THE PAST WHILE SPEAKING TO THE FUTURE from 2021-06-09T05:00
The U.S. Department of Defense has had its difficulties over the last decade with recruiting and retention. The high operations tempo of the last 20 years, long separations, the danger of combat, a...
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STRATEGY FROM THE INSIDE OUT (EISENHOWER SERIES) from 2021-06-04T05:00
In September 2019 we introduced you to the Eisenhower Series College Program (ESCP). Though we are approaching life as we remember it pre-COVID, travel limitations significantly limited the ESCP fr...
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STUDYING SOFT POWER AT THE WAR COLLEGE (EISENHOWER SERIES) from 2021-06-02T05:00
In September 2019 we introduced you to the Eisenhower Series College Program (ESCP). Though we are approaching life as we remember it pre-COVID, travel limitations significantly limited the ESCP fr...
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DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION: THE DOD'S ROLE (EISENHOWER SERIES) from 2021-06-01T05:00
In September 2019 we introduced you to the Eisenhower Series College Program (ESCP). Though we are approaching life as we remember it pre-COVID, travel limitations significantly limited the ESCP fr...
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HONORING THE WAR DEAD: AMERICA'S MILITARY CEMETERIES from 2021-05-27T05:00
Wars are costly affairs. It costs money to raise and train and equip militaries. The cost to rebuild societies after the destruction of battle is tremendous. But most costly is the staggering human...
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WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER: DISTANCE EDUCATION from 2021-05-25T05:00
Long before COVID saw much of the country locked in their homes operating on laptops and tablets, conducting business and meetings and school and training, there was a significant portion of the po...
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DOS 101: DECODING THE STATE DEPARTMENT PART 2 from 2021-05-18T05:00
To many people the U.S. Department of State (DOS) is as foreign as the countries in which our embassies are placed. Fortunately, we here at A BETTER PEACE know some people, and on this episode we w...
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DOS 101: DECODING THE STATE DEPARTMENT from 2021-05-11T05:00
To many people the U.S. Department of State (DOS) is as foreign as the countries in which our embassies are placed. Fortunately, we here at A BETTER PEACE know some people, and on this episode we w...
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GENERAL HISTORY: H.R. McMASTER (ON WRITING) from 2021-05-04T05:00
A BETTER PEACE welcomes H.R. McMaster, retired Lieutenant General, former National Security Adviser, and accomplished author. On today's episode he joins our own Michael Neiberg to discuss his writ...
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NOT JUST WAR GAMES: SIMULATING CRISIS NEGOTIATIONS from 2021-04-27T05:00
The U.S. Army War College is a vast repository of experience and expertise. Every day that knowledge is used to further develop joint officers and enlisted personnel along with many of their federa...
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THE GANDER AND THE GOOSE: WOMEN AND SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION from 2021-04-20T04:05
The United States has employed the conscription of military service members as far back as the Revolutionary War and as recently as the Vietnam War. What most people now know as the draft or Select...
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SLAM-FEST: A DISCUSSION OF S.L.A. MARSHALL'S WORKS - PART 2 from 2021-04-13T04:01
It all started with a Twitter thread. Matthew Ford set his trap with a few sly comments about the ever controversial S.L.A. Marshall (SLAM) and three intrepid historians couldn't help themselves bu...
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SLAM-FEST: A DISCUSSION OF S.L.A. MARSHALL’S WORKS – PART 1 from 2021-04-06T05:00
It all started with a Twitter thread. Matthew Ford set his trap with a few sly comments about the ever controversial S.L.A. Marshall (SLAM) and three intrepid historians couldn't help themselves bu...
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POWs IN AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY from 2021-03-30T05:00
As long as there has been war, there have been prisoners of war (POWs). If you have served in the U.S. military in the last 50 years you know of the Law of Armed Conflict, the Code of Co...
THE GRIT AND GROWTH MINDSET from 2021-03-23T05:00
Adversity and resilience are incredibly relevant topics in light of what's going on in the world today. People around the world are facing challenges and adversity that they've never seen before an...
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THE INTERIM NSS: A TOUCHSTONE from 2021-03-16T06:00
Mandated by public law, the National Security Strategy (NSS) is the report that the President of the United States sends to Congress to communicate the administration's strategy and vision regardin...
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AFTERMATH: THE FIRST GULF WAR from 2021-03-09T06:00
"The Gulf War is often remembered as a 'good war,' a high-tech conflict that quickly and cleanly achieved its objectives." That's the opening line of Sam Helfont's new article in the Texas National...
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NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE: THE BENS REPORT from 2021-03-03T06:00
Emergency response in the United States typically relies on one saving tenet of operations -- a safe haven to prepare and stage and launch from. Natural disasters tend to be localized. Hurricanes, ...
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THE ARMY'S ROBERT E. LEE PROBLEM from 2021-02-09T06:00:38
On 5 February, 2021, newly confirmed Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin directed military leaders to lead a one-day stand-down within the next 60 days to address extremism within the nation's armed ...
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EVERY SOLDIER HAS A PERSONAL STORY from 2021-02-02T06:00:08
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Ann Meredith to discuss her experience as a female officer in the U.S. Army. She joins WAR ROOM podcast editor Ron Granieri in the virtual studio to discuss what her career ...
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RIDGWAY’S MEMO: “WHY WE ARE HERE” (DUSTY SHELVES) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lieutenant General Matthew B. Ridgway assumed command of Eighth U.S. Army after it had been driven south in the early phases of the Korean War. Faced with a broken and dispirited force, Ridgway had...
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ON BEING A ‘DIFFERENT’ KIND OF COMMAND — AFRICOM AT 10 YEARS (PART 2) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this War Room podcast, Ambassador Alexander M. Laskaris, current civilian deputy to the commander, reflects on the uniqueness of the command and growing importance of interagency cooperation, a ...
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MAHAN AND SEA POWER — GREAT STRATEGISTS (EPISODE 4) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this fourth episode of War Room’s special series on Great Strategists, Patrick Bratton explores Alfred Thayer Mahan's The Influence of Seapower upon History and its relevance to the 21st century...
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KAUTILYA, THE ARTHASHASTRA, AND ANCIENT REALISM — GREAT STRATEGISTS (EPISODE 3) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this third episode of War Room’s special series on Great Strategists, Larry Goodson presents the writings of Kautilya, who is lesser known to military audiences that Clausewitz or Sun Tzu. As co...
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SUN TZU AND THE ART OF WAR — GREAT STRATEGISTS (EPISODE 2) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In “Sun Tzu and the Art of War,” Paul Kan explains the impacts of Sun Tzu’s famed treatise on war. Although little is known about Sun Tzu, The Art of War has been applied to many contemporary conte...
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CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE & IMPLICATIONS FOR THE U.S.: A PODCAST from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the “One Belt, One Road” strategy as a national effort ostensibly to improve the economic integration and regional security of the Eurasian landmass....
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LESSONS FROM 1918: GET A FLU SHOT, WASH YOUR HANDS from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Michael Neiberg to examine the misnamed Spanish Flu of 1918. Neiberg joins our Editor-In-Chief Jacqueline Whitt as they consider the factors that lead to the devastation of...
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HOW MUCH FOR THE PEN? SCHELLING (GREAT STRATEGISTS) from 2021-01-26T06:00:41
A BETTER PEACE welcomes back Tami Biddle to our GRAND STRATEGIST series. She joins WAR ROOM podcast editor Ron Granieri in the virtual studio to discuss the contributions of Thomas C. Schelling to ...
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WHEN A GENERAL WRITES FOR THE GENERALIST (ON WRITING) from 2021-01-06T06:00:31
A BETTER PEACE welcomes authors General Sir Rupert Smith and Ilana Bet-El to the virtual studio to talk about the ultimate goal of being understood as authors. Smith and Bet-El are co-authors of Th...
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HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: RADICALS IN THE RANKS from 2020-12-15T06:00:54
EDITOR'S NOTE – At approximately 12:15 in the discussion a crucial data point was omitted seemingly creating a math error when COL Payne cites "15% of an extremist database having military service....
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LIKE YOUR BRAIN HAS JUST GONE TO THE GYM (WARGAMING ROOM) from 2020-12-10T06:00:59
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Chris Dougherty and Becca Wasser from The Gaming Lab at the Center for New American Security (CNAS). Chris and Becca join host Ken Gilliam in our special series the WARGAMIN...
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PAST VISIONS OF FUTURE WARS from 2020-11-17T05:00:11
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Adam Seipp to discuss the world of Cold War literature. Adam's previous article in our DUSTY SHELVES series reviewed Sir John Hackett's 1978 best seller, The Third World War...
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A LABORATORY FOR MILITARY PROFESSIONALS (WARGAMING ROOM) from 2020-11-10T05:00:04
A BETTER PEACE welcomes back Ken Gilliam for another installment of the WARGAMING ROOM. In this episode Ken sits down with Doug Winton, the chair of the Department of Military Strategy, Planning an...
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A FATAL DOSE IN 2 MILLIGRAMS: FENTANYL AND NATIONAL SECURITY from 2020-11-03T05:00:49
The United States has identified drug trafficking, drug use, and drug manufacturing as important issues -- domestically and internationally. In recent years, the opioid crisis has been at the cente...
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UNDERSTANDING A DIFFERENT PEOPLE: THE OKINAWAN IDENTITY from 2020-10-27T05:00:13
When planning for interactions with foreign countries, whether in peace or in war, it can be easy for military planners to be lulled into the false security of the homogeneity of a culture or race ...
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THE VALUE OF WRITTEN THOUGHT: STEPHEN VOGEL (ON WRITING) from 2020-10-20T05:00:32
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Pulitzer nominated journalist and author Stephen Vogel to the virtual studio to talk about his path to authorship and his love of history. Steve joins our own Michael Neiber...
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GAMES, PLAY, AND THE AFFECTIVE DOMAIN (WARGAMING ROOM) from 2020-10-13T05:00:42
What do a hyper-competitive Monopoly player, an educational methodologist and a U.S. Army War College Faculty member have in common? Well for starters they're all the same person and that combinati...
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BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING AND HE’S HERE TO HELP from 2020-10-06T05:00:21
Facial recognition technology promises to help law enforcement identify and track suspicious individuals ideally revealing bad actors before they can commit acts of violence or other crimes. The mo...
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WOMEN IN PEACE AND SECURITY from 2020-09-29T05:00:42
On October 31st, 2000, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1325, which reaffirmed “the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and in peace building, the import...
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TWO AUTHORS UNDER THE SAME ROOF (ON WRITING) from 2020-09-22T05:00:56
It's a two-for-one on A BETTER PEACE this week. Kara Dixon-Vuic and Jason Vuic join Mike Neiberg in the studio for our ongoing ON WRITING series. Kara and Jason share their varied approaches to wri...
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WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS? from 2020-09-15T05:00:12
It's an election year, and leaving all politics aside, the use of opinion polls is already in full swing by all parties involved. Polling performance in recent years has called the accuracy of poll...
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A SMARTER WAY TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN from 2020-09-08T05:00:38
"Be All You Can Be", "Army of One", "Army Strong" these are just a few of the most recent slogans used by the U.S. Army Recruiting Command in the last 40 years. The first remained in place for over...
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TOWARDS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER PEOPLES from 2020-09-01T05:00:22
Born of an idea first uttered in October 1960 at an impromptu speech by then Senator John F. Kennedy, the Peace Corps was officially established on 1 March 1961. In its first year Peace Corps volun...
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CARLISLE SCHOLAR, INTERNATIONAL FELLOW — THE VIEW FROM BAHRAIN from 2020-08-25T05:00:57
Imagine taking a graduate level program in a foreign country in a different language from your native tongue. Now imaging stepping it up and enrolling in the one class that does it completely diffe...
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NOT YOUR FATHER’S NATIONAL GUARD from 2020-08-18T05:00:49
The citizen soldiers of the Army's National Guard component often lead different lives than their active duty counterparts. Geographically tied to their state units, they often live out their entir...
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THE MAGIC OF THE INTERWEBS from 2020-08-11T05:00:16
If anyone still doubts how integral the Internet is to daily life then shut off your modem or put your phone in airplane mode in the midst of the current pandemic social distancing exercise. Now tr...
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THE TURMOIL OF IDENTITY CRISIS: SPECIAL FORCES ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE from 2020-08-04T05:00:56
Organizational culture, on its face, is a relatively easy concept to understand; who "we" are as an organization is defined by the underlying beliefs, assumptions, and values - spoken and unspoken ...
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LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER: A SAILOR AT THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE from 2020-07-28T05:00:56
The J in JPME stands for joint. In order to qualify for joint accreditation each senior service college and the National Defense University are mandated by CJCS instruction to include a proportiona...
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MULTI-COMPONENT UNITS: MAXIMIZING THE TOTAL FORCE from 2020-07-21T05:00:07
In the last decade the U.S. Army reserve component has moved from a strategic to an operational reserve. This has driven a clear requirement for greater reserve integration amongst the active compo...
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THE MORE BEAUTIFUL QUESTION: ALEXANDRA RICHIE (ON WRITING) from 2020-07-14T05:00:40
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Alexandra Richie, internationally acclaimed and award-winning writer and historian, and one of the world's foremost experts on World War II in Europe. Richie joined Michael ...
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THEY REALLY READ IT FOR THE ARTICLES from 2020-06-25T05:00:25
Playboy magazine first hit newsstands in December 1953, so it was quite well established by the time the United States joined the conflict in Vietnam. Derided by a portion of the population as disg...
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SERVICE TO THE NATION: CLOSING THE CIVIL-MILITARY DIVIDE (EISENHOWER SERIES) from 2020-06-19T05:00:38
Unfortunately the DOD's Travel Policy, as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, has curtailed the Spring schedule for the Eisenhower Series College Program. It is our hope at WAR ROOM to bring...
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NEW WEAPONS FOR NEW DOMAINS? (EISENHOWER SERIES) from 2020-06-16T05:00:33
In September of 2019 we introduced you to the Eisenhower Series College Program. Members of the Eisenhower Program began the year on the road visiting colleges and universities, interacting with au...
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READINESS IS PRIORITY #1, BUT READY FOR WHAT? (WARGAMING ROOM) from 2020-06-09T05:00:30
What do you do when the training your organization requires you to accomplish doesn't actually prepare you for your mission or enhance your unit readiness. You create a board game, of course. A BET...
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WHOSE HISTORY? WHOSE HERITAGE? MEMORY AND MEMORIALS IN THE ARMED FORCES from 2020-06-04T05:00:29
Bragg, Benning and Hood are names that are universally known throughout the Army and most of the Department of Defense. They are some of the largest installations in the Army, and they are home to ...
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SOCIAL MEDIA: GOOD MEDICINE OR A BAD PILL (EISENHOWER SERIES) from 2020-05-29T05:00:21
In September of 2019 we introduced you to the Eisenhower Series College Program. Members of the Eisenhower Program began the year on the road visiting colleges and universities, interacting with au...
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FACT AND FICTION: THE RECOUNTING OF WWII WITH JAMES HOLLAND (ON WRITING) from 2020-05-27T05:00:49
A BETTER PEACE welcomes James Holland, internationally acclaimed and award-winning historian, writer, and broadcaster. A familiar and trusted face appearing in numerous WWII documentaries, James is...
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EFFECTIVE, AFFORDABLE AND TIMELY: DOD ACQUISITION from 2020-05-22T05:00:40
Misunderstood, under-appreciated, Congressionally scrutinized, and even mocked and immortalized in a Hollywood movie, the acquisition corps of each of the services have a difficult job. Charged wit...
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INCLUSIVITY, DIVERSITY AND THE MILITARY AS A LEADER OF CHANGE (EISENHOWER SERIES) from 2020-05-19T05:00:06
In September of 2019 we introduced you to the Eisenhower Series College Program. Members of the Eisenhower Program began the year on the road visiting colleges and universities, interacting with au...
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NEGLECT AND ATTENTION IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE from 2020-05-12T05:00:43
In the present day examination of global security, much of the United States' attention is focused on the Middle East, East Asia and Eastern Europe. All too often Western hemisphere countries, acti...
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EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGY TO COMBAT STRATEGIC ATROPHY from 2020-05-08T05:00:02
In the realm of national security very few elements ever remain stagnant, and those that do are relegated to irrelevance. As the environment changes, capabilities are developed, motivations shift, ...
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IMPERIAL ECHOES AND CONTEMPORARY CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST from 2020-05-06T05:00:05
You would be hard pressed to find a current member of the U.S. military who remembers a time in their service when the United States wasn't involved in conflict in the Middle East. Forty years ago ...
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GREAT WAR IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION OF AFRICA from 2020-05-05T05:00:44
To say that Central Africa has been a tumultuous region for the last three decades is an understatement. Genocide, civil and proxy wars and disease have lead to a death count that numbers in the mi...
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FIGHTING OVER THE LAW OF WAR from 2020-04-28T05:00:07
In 1907 the major powers of the world gathered in the Netherlands for the Second Hague Conference. Building on the agreements of the First Hague Conference of 1899 the participants noted that many ...
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CULTURAL TERRAIN IN DOMESTIC OPERATIONS from 2020-04-23T05:00:14
When disaster strikes in the United States we are fortunate to have the National Guard available to bolster and support our civilian first responders. Experts in logistics and transportation, organ...
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CBD: SNAKE OIL OR A G.I.’S NEW HOPE? from 2020-04-20T05:00:31
Cannabidiol (CBD) is a compound found in both marijuana and hemp plants and it's the hot product in the health/self-care market. And it's the perfect topic for us to discuss in the studio at A BETT...
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CULTIVATING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ONE STUDENT AT A TIME from 2020-04-17T06:00:01
One of the finest aspects of the resident class each year at the U.S. Army War College is the cohort of International Fellows (IF). For the last 42 years the best and brightest from our allied nati...
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THE MAN IN THE MACHINE: IS AVIATION’S WEAKEST LINK THE PILOT? from 2020-04-14T06:00:42
Anyone who watches military aviation knows that many believe the F-35 will be the last manned fighter aircraft produced by the United States. Remotely piloted aircraft have been prevalent in the ba...
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PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE from 2020-04-10T06:00:58
In discussing NATO and our European allies, burden sharing has been a hot topic for the last several years under the current administration. But the fact of the matter is that burden sharing has be...
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THE U.S. ARMY IN THE 20TH CENTURY: AN INTERVIEW WITH BRIAN LINN (ON WRITING) from 2020-04-07T06:00:55
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Brian Linn, renowned student and historian of the U.S. Army as an institution. Linn joins Michael Neiberg in the studio to discuss how he began his work first looking at the...
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A TRANSATLANTIC PERSPECTIVE ON NATO (LEADER PERSPECTIVES) from 2020-04-02T06:00:06
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Lieutenant General Timothy Radford of the British Army to the studio to discuss his perspectives on strategic leadership, vision and effect. Radford was in Carlisle to addre...
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THE MARTIAL CITIZEN from 2020-03-27T06:00:35
The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service released its report "Inspired to Serve" on 25 March 2020. The Commission's two primary statutory charges were: (1) to "conduct a re...
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LEADERSHIP IN THE MIDST OF TRAUMA from 2020-03-24T06:00:42
Military members, law enforcement officers, and first responders are sadly no strangers to tragedy and trauma. How well individuals and organizations respond to those events, and just as importantl...
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THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CLASSIFICATION from 2020-03-20T06:00:05
No, NOTHING in this episode is classified. If you're a novice to the world of classification, have you ever wondered who classifies something and why they do it, and can it ever be declassified? A ...
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THAT NEVER HAPPENED: A WATER COOLER DISCUSSION ABOUT MOVIES from 2020-03-17T06:00:31
If you've ever spent any time with historians you know that they are the worst people to watch a movie with. Custer never said that, Roosevelt didn't jump up from his wheelchair, there was no gras...
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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ODNI: AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMES CLAPPER from 2020-03-13T06:00:15
A BETTER PEACE welcomes former Director of National Intelligence (DNI), James Clapper to discuss the role of the ODNI and the current state of the position. Clapper joins guest host Genevieve Leste...
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THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE – EN ESPAÑOL from 2020-03-06T06:00:45
A BETTER PEACE welcomes three native Spanish speakers as they take over the mics. Originally recorded during National Hispanic Heritage Month 2019 (Sep 15 - Oct 15 '19) three students in the AY20 R...
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CHINA’S GRAND STRATEGY AND THE BRI from 2020-03-03T06:00:22
Much has been made of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Wary watcher's are quick to point out the spread of Chinese influence in many resource rich countries. Critics promptly highlight the m...
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IT’S ONLY A PRE-WAR PERIOD IN HINDSIGHT from 2020-02-28T06:00:48
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Brian Linn and Conrad Crane to discuss the inter-war periods throughout U.S. history and what they've meant to the further development of the U.S. Army. WAR ROOM Senior Edit...
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LIBERATION FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE LIBERATED (ON WRITING) from 2020-02-25T06:00:42
The liberation of an oppressed people is indeed a noble venture. But as the U.S. learned in Iraq, it's a complicated relationship between the liberated and their liberators. WAR ROOM welcomes Willi...
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AI ON THE BATTLEFIELD? – IT’S ALREADY HERE from 2020-02-20T06:00:43
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Dr. Paul Springer Chair of the Department of Research at the U.S. Air Force Air Command and Staff College. Paul joins our Editor-In-Chief Jacqueline Whitt to examine the cur...
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HUMANITARIAN OPS: OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES AND PITFALLS from 2020-02-14T06:00:47
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Mary Elizabeth Walters to discuss to calculus of humanitarian operations involving the U.S. military. The decision to render aid or enter into humanitarian operations in ano...
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EUROPEAN STRATEGIC AUTONOMY: ON U.S. TERMS from 2020-02-11T06:00:08
The United States has sought a more autonomous Europe ever since the end of WWII. But it's possible that there have been a few mixed messages throughout the years. A BETTER PEACE welcomes Robert Gl...
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OBSERVATIONS FROM NATO’S NORTHERN FRONT (LEADER PERSPECTIVES) from 2020-02-07T06:00:28
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Major General Torgeir Gråtrud, commander of the Norwegian Special Forces Command, to the studio to discuss his perspectives on strategic leadership. Major General Gråtrud wa...
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LOOKING TO THE PAST TO CHANGE THE FUTURE from 2020-02-04T06:00:52
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Dr. John Terino, Chair of the Department of Airpower at the U.S. Air Force Air Command and Staff College (ACSC.) John joins our Editor-In-Chief, Jacqueline Whitt to discuss ...
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LESSONS LEARNED THE HARD WAY: THE EVOLUTION OF THE BRITISH LIGHT INFANTRY from 2020-01-30T06:00:52
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Dr. Huw Davies of King's College London. Huw joins WAR ROOM Editor-In-Chief Jacqueline Whitt to trace the development of Great Britain's Light Infantry. It's easy to call yo...
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LYKKE’S LITTLE THREE-LEGGED STOOL (PART 2) from 2020-01-24T06:00:50
A BETTER PEACE welcomes back U.S. Army Colonel (retired) Arthur F. Lykke for the second and final part of his interview. Having explained the birthplace of the three-legged-stool model in part one,...
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LYKKE’S LITTLE THREE-LEGGED STOOL (PART 1) from 2020-01-21T06:00:41
A BETTER PEACE is thrilled to welcome U.S. Army Colonel (retired) Arthur F. Lykke. His name might not be on the tip of your tongue, but a dream and his little "4-page opus" (as he refers to it), wa...
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“ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE” from 2020-01-17T06:00:34
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Brad Arsenault, Alexious Butler and Leigh Caraher to the studio to explain the great works of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID.) The three join Podcast E...
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REMEMBERING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE from 2020-01-14T06:10:37
A BETTER PEACE welcomes David Hogan, Director of Histories at the U.S. Army Center of Military History. In our first ever phone interview David joins our own Podcast Editor Ron Granieri to discuss ...
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STAGE SETTING: THE MODERN THEATER ARMY from 2020-01-07T06:00:53
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Paul T. Mikolashek and Gregory Cantwell to the studio to discuss the modern theater army. The two join Managing Editor Buck Haberichter to examine the importance of the Arm...
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PARIS 1919: A CONVERSATION WITH MARGARET MACMILLAN (ON WRITING) from 2019-12-31T06:00:51
A BETTER PEACE welcomes award winning and internationally renowned author Margaret MacMillan. Perhaps best known for her study and writings of the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, she joins our own Mik...
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MAKING PEACE, KEEPING PEACE from 2019-12-19T06:00:31
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Dr. Paul Williams from the Elliot School of International Affairs at the George Washinton University. Williams, an academic expert and consultant in the politics and effecti...
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DIVERSITY IN PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION from 2019-12-10T06:00:47
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Megan Hennessey and Brandy Jenner to continue the conversation about diversity in professional military education. They join Ron Granieri in the studio to discuss the Army W...
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THE WEST POINT CLASS OF 1829 from 2019-12-06T06:30:01
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Paul Springer to the studio to discuss the influence of the West Point class of 1829. Springer joins our Editor-In-Chief Jacqueline Whitt to examine the unique experiences o...
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COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: MORE THAN JUST TECHNOLOGY from 2019-12-03T06:00:45
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Gail Fisher and Joel Hillison into the studio to examine the DoDs approach towards gaining the competitive advantage over adversaries across the spectrum of competition.
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THE CHALLENGES OF WRITING BIOGRAPHIES (ON WRITING) from 2019-11-21T06:00:03
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning author Frederik Logevall to discuss his newest project, a two volume biography of John F. Kennedy. Logevall joins Mike Neiberg in the studio as they d...
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BOOK LOVERS NEED APPLY: A DUSTY SHELVES PODCAST from 2019-11-15T06:00:57
A BETTER PEACE welcomes WAR ROOM editors Tom Bruscino and Jon Klug to explain the drive and desire behind the DUSTY SHELVES series. They discuss with Ron Granieri the goals for the program and the ...
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WAC MARRIAGE CASE: THINKING ABOUT GENDER, SEX, AND MILITARY SERVICE from 2019-11-12T06:00:22
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Tanya Roth to discuss a topic that we often think of as an issue of modern day -- LGBT service members -- but has been a fact of military service for decades. Our Editor-In...
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ALLIES ARE MORE THAN FRIENDS (LEADER PERSPECTIVES) from 2019-11-08T06:00:57
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Major General Eirik Kristoffersen, Chief of the Norwegian Army, to the studio to discuss his perspectives on strategic leadership. During the podcast he addresses the nature...
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RETHINKING STRATEGY IN VIETNAM AFTER TET – EPISODE 2 from 2019-10-31T06:00:14
A BETTER PEACE returns with our three scholars of the American War in Vietnam and Editor-In-Chief Jacqueline Whitt to examine the Tet Offensive and its significance in the Vietnam War in Episode 2....
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RETHINKING STRATEGY IN VIETNAM AFTER TET – EPISODE 1 from 2019-10-29T06:00:57
A BETTER PEACE welcomes three scholars of the American War in Vietnam to sit down with Editor-In-Chief Jacqueline Whitt to examine the Tet Offensive and its significance in the Vietnam War. Bob Bri...
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BIAS IN THE MEDIA?…SAY IT ISN’T SO from 2019-10-22T06:00:04
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Amanda Cronkhite, a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of National Security and Strategy. She joins podcast editor Ron Granieri to discuss the reality of media bias, par...
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TEACHING GENDER AND RACE IN HISTORY AT USMA from 2019-10-15T06:00:05
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Dr. Greta Bucher, Professor of History at the United States Military Academy. She and Jacqueline Whitt explore the foundational role of history in the education of U.S. Arm...
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WE’RE ALL CONSTRUCTIVISTS NOW from 2019-10-11T06:00:35
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Ron Granieri our new podcast editor in his inaugural episode. Our Editor-In-Chief Jacqueline Whitt hands over the reigns of podcast production and they discuss the concept o...
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SOME THINGS CHANGE, SOME STAY THE SAME – EPISODE 3 from 2019-10-08T06:00:31
What happens when A BETTER PEACE invites four grand thinkers to get together for a watercooler style discussion about the nature and character of war? In Episode Two Emily Knowles, Tino Perez, Jacq...
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SOME THINGS CHANGE, SOME STAY THE SAME – EPISODE 2 from 2019-10-04T06:00:46
What happens when A BETTER PEACE invites four grand thinkers to get together for a watercooler style discussion about the nature and character of war? In Episode Two Emily Knowles, Tino Perez, Jacq...
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SOME THINGS CHANGE, SOME STAY THE SAME from 2019-09-27T06:00:50
What happens when A BETTER PEACE invites four grand thinkers to get together for a watercooler style discussion about the nature and character of war? You'll have to listen to Emily Knowles, Tino P...
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THERE’S MORE TO LIFE THAN LETHALITY from 2019-09-24T06:00:14
A BETTER PEACE takes up the topic of lethality. Andrew Diederich and Jacqueline Whitt discuss the term that has been at the forefront of every discussion in the DoD in recent years. Is lethality th...
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IT’S A MATTER OF INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY from 2019-09-18T06:00:59
A BETTER PEACE presents a roundtable discussion to address the intended message of the 2018 National Defense Strategy with regards to the development of the force. COLs Terri Peterkin and Maurice ...
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THE GENERAL STAFF THAT WASN’T from 2019-09-13T06:00:10
A BETTER PEACE welcomes John Kuehn to the studio to recount the early days of the Navy's attempt to formalize
strategy formulation. He and JP Clark review the formative stages of the mode...
THE EISENHOWER SERIES COLLEGE PROGRAM: 50 YEARS OF OUTREACH from 2019-09-10T06:00:18
A BETTER PEACE welcomes members of the Eisenhower Series College Program to discuss the outreach goals of one of the War College's longest running special programs. Col Ed Kaplan, program director...
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A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO WAR? ANTOINE-HENRI JOMINI (GREAT STRATEGISTS) from 2019-09-05T06:00:03
In this episode in our Great Strategists series, U.S. Army War College historians Bill Johnsen and Con Crane present one of the more enigmatic figures in military theory, Baron Antoine-Henri Jomini...
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THE NATURE AND CHARACTER OF WAR — THUCYDIDES (GREAT STRATEGISTS) from 2019-08-28T06:00:44
A BETTER PEACE presents "The Nature and Character of War -- Thucydides," the next installment in our Great Strategists series. Thucydides (c. 460-400 BC) was a Athenian general in the Peloponnesian...
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FINDING “WOW” MOMENTS (AND OTHER WRITING TIPS FOR SENIOR LEADERS) (ON WRITING) from 2019-08-26T06:00:50
A BETTER PEACE presents "Finding 'Wow' Moments (and Other Writing Tips for Senior Leaders)." Jennifer Keene and Michael Neiberg discuss various tips on writing, especially history and other scholar...
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WORLD WAR I WAS ALSO FOUGHT IN AFRICA! from 2019-08-23T06:00:47
A BETTER PEACE presents "World War I was Also Fought in Africa!" Michelle Moyd and Jacqueline E. Whitt discuss the experiences of the African armies who fought on behalf of their colonial powers. T...
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A CAREER FULL OF ‘ZIGS’ AND ‘ZAGS’ — MAJOR GENERAL TAMMY SMITH (LEADER PERSPECTIVES) from 2019-08-20T06:00:14
A BETTER PEACE presents "A Career Full of 'Zigs' and 'Zags'." U.S. Army Reserve Major General Tammy Smith tells how her career followed many different directions over time. Through self-awareness a...
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“GIRLS NEXT DOOR” — WOMEN AS EMOTIONAL LABORERS ON THE FRONT LINES from 2019-08-16T06:00:36
A BETTER PEACE presents "'Girls Next Door': Women as Emotional Laborers on the Front Lines." Kara Dixon Vuic explores the history of U.S. deployment of mostly middle-class single women to the front...
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THE ARMED FORCES OF LIBERIA TODAY from 2019-08-13T06:00:03
A BETTER PEACE presents "Post-Conflict Liberia and the Liberian Armed Forces Today," with Liberian Army Lieutenant Colonel Roland Murphy as our special guest. He relates the development of the new ...
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WHY WAR COLLEGES? — A SPECIAL RE-RELEASE from 2019-08-06T06:00:42
A BETTER PEACE re-releases "Why War Colleges?" which was one of WAR ROOM's first podcasts. Former US Army War College Commandant Bill Rapp and WAR ROOM Editor-in-Chief Andrew A. Hill discuss the hi...
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WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR ONE TO SUCCEED IN A MULTINATIONAL ASSIGNMENT? from 2019-07-30T06:00:11
A BETTER PEACE presents "What Does it Take to Succeed in a Multinational Assignment?" Christian Vial, George Woods, and Jacqueline E. Whitt discuss the results of a 2018-19 study into factors that ...
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WHAT SHOULD A U.S. SPACE FORCE LOOK LIKE? from 2019-07-23T06:00:50
A BETTER PEACE presents "What Should a U.S. Space Force Look Like?" with Andrew Diederich and Jacqueline E. Whitt, who talk about the challenges of an increasingly contested space domain and the po...
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THE CHALLENGES OF KEEPING SPACE SECURE (LEADER PERSPECTIVES) from 2019-07-18T06:00:12
A BETTER PEACE welcomes General John "Jay" Raymond, Commander of U.S. Air Force Space Command to the studio for "The Challenges of Keeping Space Secure." General Raymond discusses aspects of strate...
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KNOWING WHEN A WAR IS UNWINNABLE — GENERAL FREDERICK C. WEYAND (GREAT CAPTAINS) from 2019-07-16T06:00:11
A BETTER PEACE presents another episode from the Great Captains series with Frank Jones and Jacqueline E. Whitt in "Knowing When a War is Unwinnable: General Frederick C. Weyand." Leveraging his in...
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THE DOD-CIA RELATIONSHIP: ARE WE MILITARIZING STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE? from 2019-07-09T06:00:57
A BETTER PEACE presents "The DOD-CIA Relationship: Are We Militarizing Strategic Intelligence?" David Oakley and Genevieve Lester discuss how two prominent actors in the intelligence community -- t...
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CLEARING THE BATTLEFIELD: WHY DE-MINING IS A POWERFUL U.S. CAPABILITY from 2019-06-26T06:00:06
A BETTER PEACE presents "Clearing the Battlefield: Why De-Mining is a Powerful U.S. Capability," where Shawn Kadlec, Jared Harper, and Rick Coplen discuss the benefits and challenges of conducting ...
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STRATEGY AS PERFORMANCE: EDUCATING STUDENTS TO GO BEYOND ENDS, WAYS, & MEANS from 2019-06-24T06:00:27
A BETTER PEACE presents "Strategy as Performance: Educating Student to go Beyond Ends, Ways, & Means." Celestino Perez and Jacqueline E. Whitt address shortcomings in teaching strategy in professio...
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WHY SENIOR LEADERS SHOULD NOT TAKE PERSONAL FINANCE FOR GRANTED from 2019-06-20T06:00:51
In "Why Senior Leaders Should Not Take Personal Finance for Granted," Jay Parker, Mark Henderson, and Jacqueline E. Whitt discuss the challenges senior leaders face in balancing their mission deman...
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HOW A HOMING PIGEON SAVED THE LOST BATTALION OF WORLD WAR I (DUSTY SHELVES) from 2019-06-18T06:00:03
A BETTER PEACE continues its Dusty Shelves series with "How a Homing Pigeon Saved the Lost Battalion of World War I." Frank Blazich and Jacqueline E. Whitt discuss the means of communication availa...
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HOW CHANGE OF FLAG OFFICER COMMANDERS IMPACT THEIR ORGANIZATIONS from 2019-06-11T06:00:10
A BETTER PEACE presents "How Changeover of Flag Officer Commanders Impacts Their Organizations." Command at the strategic level is challenging. Commanders are leading large organizations that are r...
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ON HOLDING THE ENEMY ACCOUNTABLE: CUSTOMS OF RETALIATION IN THE CIVIL WAR from 2019-06-05T06:00:15
A BETTER PEACE presents "On Holding the Enemy Accountable: Customs of Retaliation from the Civil War." Lorien Foote and Jacqueline E. Whitt discuss how civilized nations maintained discipline in th...
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HOW DO ORGANIZATIONS CHANGE AFTER INCORPORATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? from 2019-06-03T06:00:56
A BETTER PEACE presents "How do Organizations Change After Adopting AI?" A trio of U.S. Army War College students -- Tom Spahr, Chris Chase, and Andre Abadie -- visited businesses and other organiz...
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GENDER INTEGRATION AND THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING A “FIRST” from 2019-05-29T06:00:58
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Major General Jessica Wright, U.S. Army retired, who served over six years as The 50th Adjutant General of Pennsylvania and subsequently as an Under Secretary in the Departm...
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“FICINT”: ENVISIONING FUTURE WAR THROUGH FICTION & INTELLIGENCE (INDO-PACIFIC SERIES) from 2019-05-22T06:00:23
A BETTER PEACE presents "FICINT: Envisioning Future War Through Fiction & Intelligence." August Cole demonstrates how fiction writing is a tool to better analyze and develop war scenarios from frie...
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HOW COMPETITORS USE TECHNOLOGY TO SHAPE THE ENVIRONMENT (INDO-PACIFIC SERIES) from 2019-05-17T06:00:56
A BETTER PEACE presents "How Competitors Use Technology to Shape the Indo-Pacific," Renee DiResta, Jonathan Reiber, and Jacqueline E. Whitt look at how technology is shaping societies and the envir...
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HYPERCOMPETITION AND TRANSIENT ADVANTAGE (INDO-PACIFIC SERIES) from 2019-05-14T06:00:24
A BETTER PEACE presents "Hypercompetition and Transient Advantage," another in a series on the Indo-Pacific Region. Dana Tucker and Nate Freier argue that the U.S. can no longer assume a persistent...
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SECURITY IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION: THE VIEW FROM TOKYO (INDO-PACIFIC SERIES) from 2019-05-10T06:00:09
A BETTER PEACE presents "Security in the Indo-Pacific Region: The View from Tokyo," another in our series of releases on the region's Emerging Environment. In this episode, Jeffrey Hornung and Jacq...
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THE MEANING OF ‘PARTNERSHIP’ IN THE INDO-PACIFIC (INDO-PACIFIC SERIES) from 2019-05-07T06:00:23
A BETTER PEACE presents "The Meaning of 'Partnership' in the Indo-Pacific Region," the second in our series of releases on the region's Emerging Environment. In this episode, guests Tanvi Madan and...
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DEMOGRAPHICS, AGING, AND SECURITY IN THE INDO-PACIFIC (INDO-PACIFIC SERIES) from 2019-05-03T06:00:04
A BETTER PEACE presents "Demographics, Aging, and Security in the Indo-Pacific Region," the first in a series of releases on the Emerging Environment in the Indo-Pacific Region, produced in collabo...
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AN UNBEATEN ROMAN GENERAL: SCIPIO AFRICANUS (GREAT CAPTAINS) from 2019-04-30T06:00:32
A BETTER PEACE presents "An Unbeaten Roman General: Scipio Africanus," the sequel to a previous episode on the renowned Carthaginian general Hannibal. This episode gives the story of Hannibal's opp...
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THE EUROPEAN UNION LOOKS FORWARD II: DEVELOPING EU CAPABILITIES from 2019-04-26T06:00:57
In "The European Union Looks Forward II: Developing EU Capabilities," A BETTER PEACE welcomes special guest Aili Ribulis from the European Union's delegation to the United States to discuss advance...
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HOW TO TELL THE STORY OF A WAR: THE OIF STUDY from 2019-04-23T06:00:29
A BETTER PEACE presents "How to Tell the Story of a War: The OIF Study," retelling the experiences of planning, researching, and ultimately writing the recently released 1300-page two-volume report...
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BEYOND TASK FORCE SMITH: ‘NATIONAL’ UNPREPAREDNESS FOR WAR IN KOREA from 2019-04-15T06:00:09
In "Beyond Task Force Smith: 'National' Unpreparedness for War in Korea," Mike Lynch tells the rest of the story behind the initially unsuccessful U.S. intervention in Korea. More than a failure to...
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FORECASTING THE 2019 SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTIONS from 2019-04-10T06:00:51
In "Forecasting the South Africa Elections," Dan Hampton and Chris Wyatt review the political landscape since the parliamentary elections of eighteen months earlier. Trends toward up and coming pol...
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TENSIONS AND PARADOXES FACING SENIOR LEADERS (LEADER PERSPECTIVES) from 2019-04-02T06:00:13
A BETTER PEACE welcomes General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith to the studio to discuss his perspectives on strategic leadership and balancing continuity with the need for change. The British Army has a v...
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TRANSATLANTIC TRADE: MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER from 2019-03-26T06:00:12
A BETTER PEACE presents "Transatlantic Trade: More Important than Ever" which examines the current state of trade between the U.S. and Europe. Johan Eliasson and Darrell Driver show that transatlan...
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RUSSIA’S VIEW OF THE WEST: IT’S COMPLICATED from 2019-03-22T06:00:59
A BETTER PEACE presents "Russian View of the West: It's Complicated," a conversation between Ambassador John Tefft, US Ambassador to Russia from 2014-2017 and U.S. Army War College Director of Eura...
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RELIVING THE CIVIL WAR THROUGH BATTLEFIELD STAFF RIDES from 2019-03-19T06:00:30
A BETTER PEACE presents "Reliving the Civil War Through Battlefield Staff Rides," Christian Keller and Jacqueline E. Whitt They also discuss the best way to approach visiting a Civil War battlefiel...
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REMOTE WARFARE & RISKS OF RELYING ON LOCAL FORCES from 2019-03-13T06:00:13
A BETTER PEACE presents "Remote Warfare: Is Relying on Local Forces a Good Long-Term Option?" Special guest Emily Knowles of the Oxford Research Group's Remote Warfare Program and A BETTER PEACE Ed...
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RUSSIA, GREAT POWER COMPETITION, & POLITICS OF HYBRID WAR from 2019-03-05T06:00:48
A BETTER PEACE presents "Russia, Great Power Competition, & Politics of Hybrid War" where Mitchell Orenstein and Darrell Driver discuss the history of great power dynamics and interests in Europe b...
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BEYOND THUCYDIDES: HERODOTUS, XENOPHON & UNDERSTANDING WAR (GREAT STRATEGISTS) from 2019-02-27T06:00:49
A BETTER PEACE presents "Beyond Thucydides: Herodotus, Xenophon & Understanding War," Rob Farley and Jacqueline E. Whitt discuss the relevant and lasting impacts of two ancient Greek historians and...
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KNOW THY ENEMY: OSAMA BIN LADEN & RISE OF THE NON-STATE ACTOR (GREAT CAPTAINS) from 2019-02-22T06:00:16
A BETTER PEACE presents "Know thy Enemy: Osama bin Laden & the Rise of the Non-State Actor," the latest in our Great Captains series in which we present the story of a contemporary villain whose ac...
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GEORGE C. MARSHALL & LEADING THE NATIONAL WAR EFFORT (GREAT CAPTAINS) from 2019-02-19T06:00:13
A BETTER PEACE presents the next episode in the Great Captains series, welcoming Dr. Bill Johnsen to the studio to tell the story of Chief of Staff of the Army George C. Marshall Jr. Undeniably, Ma...
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THE COMPLEX POLITICAL LANDSCAPE IN NIGERIA from 2019-02-14T06:00:54
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Ambassador John Campbell to the studio to discuss the upcoming Nigerian elections and describe the very complex political and social landscape in Nigeria. Contrary to the my...
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WHY DOES THE MEDIA COVER STORIES IN SOME COUNTRIES … BUT NOT OTHERS? from 2019-02-12T06:00:16
A BETTER PEACE presents "Why Does the Media Cover Stories from Some Countries ... and not Others?" about how the location of a news event affects its newsworthiness, and therefore if and how long t...
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CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS & THE DANGERS OF BEING A HIGHLY TRUSTED INSTITUTION from 2019-02-08T06:00:40
In "Civil-Military Relations & the Dangers of Being a Highly Trusted Institution," Marybeth Ulrich and Jacqueline E. Whitt place society's present-day respect for its military in context. The U.S. ...
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS & NATIONAL SECURITY from 2019-02-05T06:00:34
In "Intellectual Property Rights & National Security," Rob Farley and Jacqueline E. Whitt discuss the legal and normative frameworks to manage and protect a nation's intellectual property (IP). In ...
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REFLECTIONS ON THE HUE CITY MASSACRE from 2019-01-31T06:00:26
On the Anniversary of the start of the Tet Offensive of 1968, A BETTER PEACE welcomes retired U.S. Ambassador Jim Bullington to provide his "Reflections on the Hu? City Massacre" of 1968. Bullingto...
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ROLES (AND PERILS) OF BEING A WATCHDOG: THE PRESS AND GOVERNMENT from 2019-01-29T06:00:13
A BETTER PEACE presents "Roles (and Perils) of Being a Watchdog: The Press and Government" about the natural tensions between government and the media. While a free and independent media is a hal...
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THE PARTNERSHIP OF ROBERT E. LEE AND STONEWALL JACKSON (GREAT CAPTAINS) from 2019-01-25T06:00:23
A BETTER PEACE continues its Great Captains series with a look at the strategic team of Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. Lee was a great strategic thinker at all levels of war...
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JOHN WARDEN AND THE ENEMY AS A SYSTEM (GREAT STRATEGISTS) from 2019-01-23T06:00:38
A BETTER PEACE presents "John Warden and an Enemy as a System," as Clay Chun and Jacqueline E. Whitt discuss airpower theorist John Warden III and his approaches to modeling an enemy force. The fiv...
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LEADING AND MANAGING CHANGE: MORE THAN JUST A PROCESS from 2019-01-18T06:00:22
A BETTER PEACE presents "Leading and Managing Change: More than Just a Process," where War College professors Tom Galvin and Buck Haberichter discuss challenges and concepts of change in military o...
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WHAT DO YOU DO WITH FORCE AFTER YOU WIN? from 2019-01-15T06:00:21
A BETTER PEACE presents "What do you do with Force After You Win?" Wayne Lee, the Doud Distinguished Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Dr. Jacqueline E. W...
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A ‘BIG DATA’ APPROACH TO WINNING THE ASYMMETRIC FIGHT from 2019-01-11T06:00:26
In "A 'Big Data' Approach to Winning the Asymmetric Fight," A BETTER PEACE welcomes Jacob Shapiro from Princeton U. to discuss a challenge to conventional wisdom in conflict -- that the combatant b...
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JOHN BOYD AND THE “OODA” LOOP (GREAT STRATEGISTS) from 2019-01-08T06:00:42
A BETTER PEACE presents "John Boyd and the 'OODA' Loop," as Clay Chun and Jacqueline E. Whitt discuss airpower theorist John Boyd and his efforts to reduce uncertainty on the battlefield. His Obser...
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DOCUMENTS CAN LIE, TOO: THE “LESSONS” OF HISTORY (PART 3) from 2018-12-07T06:00:11
A BETTER PEACE presents the conclusion of its podcast series on "The 'Lessons' of History." In part 3, "Documents Can Lie, Too," Con Crane, Jacqueline E. Whitt, and Andrew A. Hill talk about the im...
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JUDGES, NOT LAWYERS: THE “LESSONS” OF HISTORY (PART 2) from 2018-12-04T06:00:47
A BETTER PEACE presents Part 2 of our roundtable, "The 'Lessons' of History." In this segment, "Judges, Not Lawyers," Con Crane, Jacqueline E. Whitt, and Andrew A. Hill talk about the roles of mili...
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“HISTORY TEACHES US” NOTHING: THE “LESSONS” OF HISTORY (PART 1) from 2018-11-29T06:00:48
A BETTER PEACE present a three-part roundtable, The "Lessons" of History with U.S. Army War College professors Con Crane, Jacqueline E. Whitt, and Andrew A. Hill. In this opening segment, "'History...
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DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION: WHAT SENIOR LEADERS CAN DO TO IMPROVE FOCUS from 2018-11-14T06:00:23
A BETTER PEACE presents another release in the areas of leadership and self-awareness. In "Driven to Distraction: What Senior Leaders can do to Improve Focus," Amishi Jha and Buck Haberichter explo...
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LEADING AND WINNING IN GREAT POWER COMPETITION (LEADER PERSPECTIVES) from 2018-11-13T06:00:21
A BETTER PEACE -- The WAR ROOM Podcast welcomes Admiral John Richardson, the 31st Chief of Naval Operations, to present his perspectives on strategic leadership. Admiral Richardson's talk focuses o...
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WHY WITHDRAW FROM THE INTERMEDIATE-RANGE NUCLEAR FORCES TREATY? from 2018-11-07T06:00:29
A BETTER PEACE explores the history of the INF and the controversies and implications of withdrawing from it in a two-part podcast series. Rob Farley and Jacqueline E. Whitt discuss the implication...
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LOOKING BACK AT THE INTERMEDIATE-RANGE NUCLEAR FORCES TREATY from 2018-11-06T06:00:42
A BETTER PEACE explores the history of the INF and the controversies and implications of withdrawing from it in a two-part podcast series. Grace Stettenbauer and Jacqueline E. Whitt discuss the his...
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AMERICA IN VIETNAM: WHEN THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST GO WRONG from 2018-11-02T06:00:43
In "America in Vietnam: When the Best and Brightest Go Wrong," Historian Brian VanDeMark talks about his new book, "ROAD TO DISASTER: A NEW HISTORY OF AMERICA'S DESCENT INTO VIETNAM.." How do advan...
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LEARNING ABOUT LEADERSHIP THROUGH THE CLASSICS (LEADER PERSPECTIVES) from 2018-10-30T06:00:43
In "Learning About Leadership Through the Classics," WAR ROOM welcomes Lieutenant General Christopher Cavoli, Commander of U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, to discuss his perspectives on strategi...
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MILITARY MIGHT AND THE DEFENSE MARKETPLACE from 2018-10-26T06:00:56
The joint force has long depended on the private sector to provide necessary goods and services to support and sustain the warfight. This has been true since the days of the American Revolution, bu...
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TRIALS AND ERRORS IN INTEGRATING FEMALE SOLDIERS from 2018-10-23T06:00:34
What were the historical challenges of integrating women into the armed forces and what lessons do they provide for gender integration efforts now?
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WHAT IT TAKES FOR COLONELS TO BE SUCCESSFUL (LEADER PERSPECTIVES) from 2018-10-19T06:01:13
WAR ROOM welcomes Lieutenant General Wayne Eyre of the Canadian Armed Forces to the studio to discuss his perspectives on strategic leadership. He focuses most of his comments toward colonels enter...
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FOREIGN FIGHTERS ARE NOT FOREIGN TO INSURGENCIES from 2018-10-16T06:00:22
In "Foreign Fighters are not Foreign to Insurgencies," David Malet and Jacqueline E. Whitt describe what foreign fighters are, why individuals may want to become them, and how foreign fighters affe...
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WAR FILMS: COOPERATION AND FRICTION BETWEEN THE MILITARY AND HOLLYWOOD from 2018-10-10T06:00:56
In "War Films: Cooperation and Friction Between the U.S. Military and Hollywood," Ryan Wadle and Jacqueline E. Whitt discuss the history of how the war film industry emerged out of the interwar per...
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HOW US LEADERSHIP OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AFFECTS STRATEGY (ECONOMICS SERIES #3) from 2018-10-01T06:00:41
How has the evolving economic landscape affected U.S. confidence in the global economic order, and what impact does this have on national security?
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BALANCING BETWEEN CIVILIAN LIFE AND SERVICE IN THE NATIONAL GUARD from 2018-09-28T06:00:56
In "Balancing Between Civilian Life and Service in the National Guard," A BETTER PEACE welcomes the 28th Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Air Force General Joseph Lengyel. In the past two decade...
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DITCH THE CHECKLISTS: LET’S EDUCATE LEADERS! from 2018-09-25T06:00:08
The 2018 National Defense Strategy includes the following stark assessment of Professional Military Education, or PME: "PME has stagnated, focused more on the accomplishment of mandatory credit at ...
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TAKING TIME TO REFLECT ON MILITARY PROFESSIONALISM from 2018-09-21T06:00:51
The U.S. military and the militaries of many of its partner nations regard themselves as professional organizations and comrades in the profession of arms. The military is heralded as a profession ...
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HANNIBAL AND THE MARCH THROUGH THE ALPS (GREAT CAPTAINS) from 2018-09-19T06:00:27
Hannibal Barca (247-183 BC) was a Carthaginian general at a time when the Roman Empire was growing in power and influence across the Mediterranean. Hannibal demonstrated his prowess as a tactical c...
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THE ART OF WRITING HISTORY (ON WRITING) from 2018-09-14T06:00:53
When military historians study battles or campaigns, what purpose does it serve? To immerse oneself deeply in the period and master the details, or to connect events of the past to the present? The...
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FROM THE DEAD OF WINTER: WASHINGTON AND VALLEY FORGE from 2018-09-11T06:00:14
The harsh winter of 1777-1778 saw the American Revolution at a crossroads. Despite growing popular support among colonists for independence, the Continental Army was in a difficult state. Battle we...
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WILLIAM T. SHERMAN: THE FIRST ‘MODERN’ GENERAL (GREAT CAPTAINS) from 2018-09-07T06:00:19
He understands the psychology of war matters, and he is intent on trying to get the war over as quickly as possible.
We continue our series on Great Captains with a look at William Tecums...
VIETNAM — ONE MARINE’S PERSPECTIVE from 2018-09-04T06:00:30
I wrote to my mother, who was living in France, saying, 'We're not going to win this war. We're making the same mistakes the French made only on a larger scale.'
Every late summer, reside...
PRESERVING PEACE THROUGH ECONOMIC STRENGTH — ECONOMICS SERIES from 2018-08-30T06:00:22
In "Preserving Peace Through Economic Strength" C. Richard Neu and Joel Hillison return to the WAR ROOM studio for the second installment of our podcast series on Economics. looks at the uneasy nex...
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WHAT DO WE EXPECT OF OUR YOUTH? from 2018-08-28T06:00:19
Young people are capable of extraordinary things as long as they are given the opportunity by the adults in their lives
An all-volunteer force depends on the willingness, capabilities, an...
THREE PIONEERS OF AIRPOWER — GREAT STRATEGISTS from 2018-08-24T06:00:01
We continue our Great Strategists series with "Three Pioneers of Airpower." In the early 20th century, Italian Giulio Douhet, American Billy Mitchell, and British officer Hugh Trenchard saw the bat...
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THE STRANGE BLOODLESS COUP IN ZIMBABWE — SIX MONTHS LATER from 2018-08-21T06:00:36
Subsequent events after the election seem to bear out that perhaps we do have old wine in new bottles.
In February 2018, Chris Wyatt and Jacqueline E. Whitt discussed the Listen
THE FRAGILITY OF U.S. ECONOMIC PROSPERITY — ECONOMICS SERIES from 2018-08-16T06:00:45
In "The Fragility of U.S. Economic Prosperity," C. Richard Neu and Joel Hillison discuss the state of the U.S. economy and its impact on the on-going conversation among civilian and military leader...
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WILL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SOLVE OUR NATIONAL SECURITY PROBLEMS, OR CREATE THEM? from 2018-08-14T06:00:20
We should focus [artificial intelligence] in assisting and helping us make more timely and effective decisions
Artificial intelligence (AI) is making a lot of noise today, what does its c...
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE CIVILIAN WORLD AND THE MILITARY from 2018-08-10T06:00:29
"Bridging the Gap Between the Civilian World and the Military" is a follow-up to a recent WAR ROOM article on professional military education prepared by former Harold K. Johnson Chair of Military ...
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HOW MEMORIES OF MY LAI INFLUENCED MILITARY PROFESSIONALISM from 2018-08-07T06:18:31
There is one thing for the event to occur; but the manner in which it was handled was more institutionally damning.
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“WHAT GOT YOU HERE WON’T GET YOU THERE” — AND OTHER CAUTIONARY TALES FOR LEADERS from 2018-08-03T06:00:47
In "What Got You Here Won't Get You There," WAR ROOM welcomes Dr. Rebecca Johnson to discuss her perspectives on strategic leadership as Dean of Academics at the Marine Corps University. Having wit...
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WHAT IS THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN THE MODERN MILITARY? from 2018-07-31T06:00:23
In "What is the Role of Religion in the Modern Military?" Ronit Stahl and Jacqueline E. Whitt explore a number of questions and controversies surrounding the institutionalization of religion in the...
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EXECUTIVE ORDER 9981 AT 70: WHAT INTEGRATION MEANS FOR TODAY’S MILITARY from 2018-07-25T06:00:16
We are better than we were, in that our communities [and individuals] are more integrated, but not necessarily totally so
This podcast is the second of two commemorating the seventieth an...
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9981 AT 70: DESEGREGATING THE ARMED FORCES from 2018-07-23T06:00:25
July 26, 1948 saw a landmark event in U.S. military history, President Harry Truman's signing of Executive Order (EO) 9981 directing the desegregation of the armed forces. Preceding the Civil Right...
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SUSTAINMENT IN A FUTURE COMBAT ENVIRONMENT from 2018-07-20T06:00:40
The way we should approach this is 'How do we put ourselves out of a job? How do we make it so logistics is not the operational constraint?'
This is the second of two podcasts discussing ...
CAN ARMY EXPEDITIONARY OPERATIONS BE SUSTAINED? from 2018-07-18T06:00:10
If you go to Disney World, twenty years ago there were no express lines. ... Now we have an express pass where you pay a little extra, you get escorted to the front. ... What happens if everyone wh...
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IS “VUCA” A USEFUL TERM OR IS IT ALL “VUCA’ED” UP? from 2018-07-13T06:00:18
In "Is 'VUCA' a Useful Term or is it 'VUCA'ed Up?", Paul Kan, Jacqueline E. Whitt, and Andrew A. Hill critique (and poke fun at) a popular term in the military lexicon. VUCA -- an acronym standing ...
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WHEN THE MILITARY IS NOT IN CHARGE: DEFENSE SUPPORT TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES from 2018-07-10T06:00:58
We're in a support role, and sometimes that's a little bit challenges for folks to wrap their mind around.
In the next release in the 'Leader Perspectives' series, WAR ROOM welcomes Briga...
WHAT DOES ‘SUCCESS’ MEAN AS A STRATEGIC LEADER? from 2018-07-06T06:00:29
WAR ROOM continues its "Leader Perspectives" series with an interview with Dr. Sarah Sewell, former Undersecretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights under the Obama adminis...
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THE MURKY MIX OF MEDIA, PUBLIC OPINION, AND POLICYMAKING from 2018-07-03T06:00:52
In "The Murky Mix of Media, Public Opinion, and Policymaking," Naval War College Fellow for National Security Affairs Samantha Taylor and U.S. Army War College Professor of Strategy Jacqueline E. W...
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WHERE DOES INTELLIGENCE GO FROM HERE? AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMES CLAPPER from 2018-06-28T06:00:28
The intelligence community typically focuses too much on the here-and-now and urgent, as opposed to the more distant and important future.
In this culminating podcast in the Intelligence ...
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AND CHANGING THE US ARMY IN EUROPE from 2018-06-26T06:00:17
In "Strategic Leadership and Changing the U.S. Army in Europe," WAR ROOM welcomes retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Mark Hertling to discuss his perspectives on strategic leadership and the solv...
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NEEDLES IN HAYSTACKS: ANALYZING TODAY’S FLOOD OF INFORMATION from 2018-06-21T06:00:23
How do we take an institution ... that is designed to collect sensitive material and incorporate everything else that is out there [-- Journalism, social media, academic literature, etc.]?
“STAR WARS” AS A LENS FOR GRAND STRATEGY? from 2018-06-19T06:00:47
In "'Star Wars' as a lens for grand strategy?" Matt Cavanaugh and Andrew A. Hill show how science fiction can help provide simple explanations for complex phenomena, such as grand strategy. Then, t...
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THE CHALLENGES OF SENIOR LEADER COMMUNICATION from 2018-06-15T06:00:55
30 years ago, we still talked about deterrence a lot in this country. We still talked about nuclear weapons in this country. Today, the broader population does not, and therefore part of my job is ...
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STRATEGIC ATTACKS AND THEIR FALLOUT from 2018-06-12T06:00:13
It's silly to expect that intelligence will always get it right.
WAR ROOM welcomes Dr. Richard Betts from Columbia University to discuss what success and failure really mean in the intell...
IMPACT (OR NOT) OF INTEL ON STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING from 2018-06-07T07:00:17
What a President or any other senior leader brings with him or her to office in inevitably a simplified view of how the world works.
Is it critical that national leaders have an open mind...
THE SENIOR NCO AS A STRATEGIC LEADER from 2018-06-05T06:00:02
If they come out with an after-action review or lessons learned from Iraq and all it talks about is how officers executed the war, then you know the Army missed an opportunity.
WAR ROOM w...
POLICY SUCCESS VS. INTEL FAILURE? from 2018-06-01T07:00:47
"Policy Success vs. Intel Failure?" is the second episode in the WAR ROOM series on Intelligence. Special guest Dr. Rose McDermott of Brown University discusses the skills, knowledge, and attitudes...
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DO ETHICS MATTER IN WARFARE TODAY? from 2018-05-29T07:00:15
In "Do Ethics Matter in Warfare Today?" WAR ROOM welcome special guest Dr. Pauline Shanks-Kaurin, professor of military ethics at Pacific Lutheran University to discuss the relevance of military et...
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THE ROLE OF INTELLIGENCE TODAY from 2018-05-23T07:00:06
For national security officials who are wading through floods of information, how do they find that nugget, ... that piece of information that fits with all the other pieces?
What is the ...
MAKING THE CASE FOR THE CASE METHOD from 2018-05-16T06:00:12
A story ... breaks down more complicated theoretical concepts into something that is relatable.
Among the challenges of educating senior national security professionals is that the dynami...
LEARNING STRATEGY THROUGH FILM from 2018-05-15T06:00:04
In "Learning Strategy Through Film," Mark Gagnon and Jacqueline E. Whitt discuss the many ways that films can be used in professional military education. From learning about strategic decisions and...
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STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP FROM AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE from 2018-05-09T06:00:08
There's an old saying, "Command can be lonely." But it doesn't have to be.
WAR ROOM welcomes Major General Mick Ryan, Australian Army and Commander of the Australian Defense College to th...
WHAT DO THE BRITS THINK OF AMERICAN OFFICERS? from 2018-05-08T06:00:01
You assume professional competence at [the strategic] level, ... but the more senior you get in the armed forces or defense, the more you are looking for issues of character.
WAR ROOM wel...
THE VEXING AND COMPLEX CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA from 2018-05-03T06:00:12
It is difficult to describe just the unbelievable amount of destruction that Syria has gone through... since 2011.
WAR ROOM welcomes Dean of the U.S. Air War C...
WHAT IS THE STATE OF U.S. RELATIONS WITH AFRICA? from 2018-04-24T06:00:53
In "What is the State of U.S. Relations with Africa?" WAR ROOM welcomes special guest Ambassador (Retired) Phil Carter, former Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Enngagement of U.S. Africa ...
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THE LAW OF THE SEA: PROVIDING ORDER OR INTRUDING ON SOVEREIGNTY? from 2018-04-17T06:00:52
In "The Law of the Sea: Providing Order or Intruding on Sovereignty?" Al Lord and Jacqueline E. Whitt discuss the United Nations' Convention on the Law of the Sea, or UNCLOS. This international agr...
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IS TRANSATLANTICISM DEAD? from 2018-04-10T06:00:40
How should Europe respond to a US that might be pivoting away or might not see Europe as useful anymore? There's a number of camps, one might say.
The relationship between US and Europe h...
CLOSE FRIEND IN A DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOOD: ON JAPAN-US RELATIONS from 2018-04-04T06:00:12
In "Close Friend in a Dangerous Neighborhood: On Japan-US Relations," WAR ROOM welcomes Wallace "Chip" Gregson (Lieutenant General, U.S. Marine Corps Retired), former Assistant Secretary of Defense...
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GOOD (BORDER) FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS? ON THE U.S. AND LATIN AMERICA from 2018-03-28T06:00:16
The direction that Latin America takes is going to be, of course, up to the people of the region, but the region could look quite differently a year from now.
WAR ROOM welcomes special gu...
SOUTH AFRICA’S ELECTIONS AND THE MATURING OF DEMOCRACY from 2018-03-20T06:00:46
If [President Mnangagwa] wants a genuine legacy of someone who has restored Zimbabwe to great prominence, he has an opportunity here, but ... they have to show us.
The elections in South ...
“UNITED IN DIVERSITY”: THE EUROPEAN UNION LOOKS FORWARD from 2018-03-13T06:00:26
WAR ROOM welcomes special guest Ludwig Blaurock, Counsellor for Political and Military Affairs, Security and Development Section from Delegation of the European Union (EU) to the U.S. He discusses ...
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HOW DO GREAT STRATEGIC LEADERS DEVELOP OTHERS? from 2018-03-09T06:00:07
The Army War College's 51st Commandant discusses what good strategic leaders do to develop others and construct positive developmental climates.
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PRESERVING MILITARY HISTORY: AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE from 2018-03-03T03:26:13
Military history has been seen [in India] by the political and academic establishment as a forgettable legacy of our colonial past.
WAR ROOM welcomes special guest Air Vice Marshal (Dr.) ...
ORGANIZED CRIME: NOT WHAT YOU SEE ON TV from 2018-02-23T06:00:22
Clausewitz talkS about war being an extension of politics; for criminals, violence is ... an extension of the profit motive.
Paul Kan and Jacqueline E. Whitt discuss organized crime as an...
THE STRANGE BLOODLESS COUP IN ZIMBABWE from 2018-02-16T06:00:40
If [President Mnangagwa] wants a genuine legacy of someone who has restored Zimbabwe to great prominence, he has an opportunity here, but ... they have to show us.
For nearly four decades...
MAX BOOT ON THE LURE OF SIMPLE MILITARY SOLUTIONS — A PODCAST from 2018-02-08T06:00:16
I would urge your listeners ... Don't fall under this illusion that there are easy military answers to difficult geo-political questions.
WAR ROOM welcomes Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick ...
COOK’S ‘MIDNIGHT DRAWINGS’ AND THEIR HAUNTING VIEWS OF WAR (DUSTY SHELVES) from 2018-02-06T11:00
[COOK SAID,] 'These faces. I didn't get to know all their names. They joined my platoon, and many of them were dead by morning.'
For forty-six years after the Korean War, veteran John A. ...
THE TET OFFENSIVE: 50 YEARS LATER from 2018-01-31T06:00:26
What becomes the dominant narrative? [The Vietnam War has] been examined principally through American eyes.
The Tet Offensive was an important event during the U.S. war in Vietnam. After ...
WE WON … NOW WHAT? HOW TO SECURE VICTORY from 2018-01-30T06:00:34
In the podcast, "We Won, Now What? Securing the Victory," WAR ROOM welcomes Bill Flavin and Scott Braderman from the U.S. Army War College's Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute to discu...
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PERSPECTIVES ON STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP — GEN. ROBIN RAND, U.S. AIR FORCE GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND from 2018-01-23T06:00:24
I tell people today that history makes you smarter, but your heritage makes you prouder.
The U.S. Army War College routinely hosts senior military and civilian leaders who come to meet an...
BUILDING THE CONTINENTAL ARMY: VON STEUBEN’S “BLUE BOOK” (DUSTY SHELVES) from 2018-01-19T11:00:31
[VON STEUBEN] WAS THE RIGHT MAN AT THE RIGHT PLACE AND THE RIGHT TIME.
In the next installment of in our Dusty Shelves series, "Building the Continental Army: Von Steuben's 'Blue Book'," ...
ARMY WAR COLLEGE ROUNDTABLE ON THE NEW(?) NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY from 2018-01-11T06:00:15
In the podcast, "Army War College Roundtable on the New(?) National Security Strategy," four faculty from the U.S. Army War College engage in dialogue about the Trump Administration's "A New Nation...
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GEORGE WASHINGTON: THE LESSONS OF FAILURE (GREAT CAPTAINS) from 2018-01-03T06:00:38
This inaugural episode of the Great Captains series focuses on George Washington from his early career aspirations as a colonel in the British (!) Army to leadership of the American Revolution. Thr...
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OPERATION CHRISTMAS DROP: SPREADING CHEER ACROSS THE PACIFIC from 2017-12-21T06:00:53
Operation Christmas Drop is an annual air drop training mission that also serves a humanitarian purpose for those living among remote Pacific Ocean islands.
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RECEIPT: BOMB, ATOMIC, 1 EACH (DUSTY SHELVES) from 2017-12-19T11:00:41
This is a hand receipt unlike any other. … Imagine instead of signing for an office key or a computer, … you’ve just taken responsibility for the first atomic weapon.
Military historian C...
HOW STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE HAS CHANGED SINCE 9/11 from 2017-12-15T06:00:01
In the podcast, “How Strategic Intelligence Has Changed Since 9/11,” War Room welcomes special guest Michael Morell, former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2010-2013, culmin...
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NSC-68: THE POLICY DOCUMENT THAT SHAPED THE COLD WAR (DUSTY SHELVES) from 2017-12-08T06:00:03
[PRESIDENT TRUMAN] WAS INTERESTED IN TAKING A LOOK AT AMERICA'S POSITION IN THE WORLD.
In 1950, competition between the U.S. and its Allies and the Soviet Union was growing in intensity. ...
WHY IS THE VIETNAM WAR EXPERIENCE STILL RELEVANT? from 2017-12-05T06:00:33
The 2017 release of a television series on Vietnam War from director Ken Burns has renewed interest and controversy surrounding the purpose of the...
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WHY AN AIR FORCE? TOWARD NEW THINKING ON SERVICE ARCHITECTURE from 2017-11-28T06:00:19
War Room welcomes Dr. Rob Farley, author of Grounded: The Case for Abolishing the United States Air Force, to discuss and critique the National Security Act of 1947 which included the establishment...
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LEARNING STRATEGY BY WALKING THE GROUND from 2017-11-21T06:00:52
Historian Len Fullenkamp shows the value of staff rides, immersing oneself in strategic environments to learn what the past teaches about the present.
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U.S. INTERESTS IN ITS GEOGRAPHIC PERIMETER, PAST & PRESENT from 2017-11-15T06:00:15
In the podcast, “U.S. Interests in its geographic perimeter, Past & Present,” War Room welcomes guest podcaster Dr. Dawn Berry, a renowned expert in the Arctic region. She presents the geographic p...
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GROWING AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING CAPACITY from 2017-11-03T06:00:56
War Room welcomes our distinguished guest, Brigadier General Emmaneul Kotia, Deputy Commandant of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Ghana. BG Kotia stopped by wh...
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RIDGWAY'S MEMO: "WHY WE ARE HERE" (DUSTY SHELVES) from 2017-10-27T11:00:47
Lieutenant General Matthew B. Ridgway assumed command of Eighth U.S. Army after it had been driven south in the early phases of the Korean War. Faced with a broken and dispirited force, Ridgway had...
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PROTECTING HUMAN DIGNITY IN WAR: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE from 2017-10-11T01:53:45
War Room welcomes special guest Martin Lacourt, the senior armed forces delegate to the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) regional delegation to the US and Canada. In addition to dis...
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CAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES DO ‘EVERYTHING’? DISPELLING THE MYTH from 2017-10-06T06:00:27
Josh Kennedy and Buck Haberichter the popular but wrong perception that special operations forces are capable of resolving all national security dilemmas without the need for conventional forces. W...
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THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT CRITICAL THINKING from 2017-09-08T06:00:39
In this War Room podcast, War Room Editor-in-Chief Andrew Hill sits down with Professor of Behavioral Sciences Steve Gerras to discuss critical thinking, a key skill that senior leaders should deve...
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ON CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ – GREAT STRATEGISTS (EPISODE 1) from 2017-08-22T06:00:14
This podcast is the first episode of a War Room special series featuring some of history’s greatest strategists. Featured is Carl von Clausewitz, famed for his book On War (Vom Kriege) which is a s...
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CHRONOS, KAIROS, AND THE USE OF TIME IN STRATEGY from 2017-08-10T06:00:22
In this War Room podcast, “Time as a Dimension of Strategy,” Joe Brooks and Doug Douds take a critical look at concepts that may too often be taken for granted in strategy – time and space. Drawing...
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WHY WAR COLLEGES? from 2017-07-27T13:00:29
In this War Room Podcast, “Why War Colleges?” Andrew A. Hill interviews the 50th Commandant of the U.S. Army College, U.S. Army Major General Bill Rapp to discuss the history, roles, and responsibi...
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LOOKING BACK AT THE 1988 NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? from 2017-07-05T06:00:18
Don Snider reflects on his experiences in the drafting of the 1988 National Security Strategy (NSS) and what purpose that document serves. With Matt Scalia interviewing, Don describes the political...
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CHINA'S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE & IMPLICATIONS FOR THE U.S.: A PODCAST from 2017-06-14T06:00:05
In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the “One Belt, One Road” strategy as a national effort ostensibly to improve the economic integration and regional security of the Eurasian landmass....
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RETHINKING STRATEGIES FOR DEFENSE MODERNIZATION: A PODCAST from 2017-05-31T06:00:36
The defense acquisition system has been the subject of much controversy and criticism. From the “Sisyphus Paradox” to more recent studies on defense acquisition reform, critics have complained abou...
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FOREIGN FIGHTERS IN THE CARIBBEAN: A PODCAST from 2017-05-17T06:00:01
In this War Room Podcast, Jamaican Defense Force Colonel Jaimie Ogilvie discusses with U.S. Army War College faculty member Dr. Paul Kan the challenges of foreign fighters operating within the Cari...
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