Podcasts by Urban Warfare Project
As the world is increasingly urbanized, military forces must be prepared for cities to become battlefields. The Urban Warfare Project Podcast, from the Modern War Institute at West Point, features insightful discussions with scholars and practitioners as it sets out to explore the unique characteristics of urban warfare.
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Inside the Battle of Marawi from 2023-12-08T13:55:48
In this episode Dr. Charles Knight joings John Spencer to discuss the Battle of Marawi. A senior lecturer in terrorism, asymmetric conflict, and urban operations at Charles Sturt University and ...
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The Law of War and the Urban Battlefield from 2023-11-24T14:04:23
The laws of war govern the initiation and conduct of armed conflict. What can be legitimately targeted? What constitutes a war crime? The laws of war provide answers to...
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Military Ethics and Urban Warfare from 2023-11-10T12:52:12
In this episode, John Spencer is joined by Dr. Deane Baker, an associate professor at the University of New South Wales, Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy. He specializes in the e...
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The IDF Approach to Protecting Civilians in Urban Warfare from 2023-10-27T11:56:05
Almost immediately after Hamas launched its brutal set of terrorist attacks in Israel, it became clear that the Israel Defense Forces would respond militarily. That mea...
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What Can the IDF Do about Hamas Tunnels? from 2023-10-20T12:17:09
If the Israel Defense Forces conduct a ground campaign in Gaza, the threat of Hamas tunnels will be one of the most significant challenges to contend with. But how many of these tunnels are ther...
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Israel, Gaza, and the Looming Challenges of Urban Warfare from 2023-10-13T14:01:57
On October 7, when the militant group Hamas launched a large-scale set of coordinated attacks against Israel, the tragic result was the deadliest day in the country's h...
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Social Media and the War in Ukraine: The Walter Report from 2022-04-29T07:41
Social media has played a sizeable role during the war in Ukraine. Not only are various platforms being used for information campaigns by both sides, social media tools like Twitter are the way ...
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Concrete Hell Revisited from 2022-04-15T09:23
In this episode, guest host Jayson Geroux is joined by retired Lieutenant Colonel Louis DiMarco, a professor of military history at the United States Army Command and Staff College. Dr. Di Marco...
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What Will the Battle of Kyiv Look Like? from 2022-03-14T11:39
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it has been apparent that Moscow's strategic goal is to remove the current government and replace it with a Russian-friendly regime. Because cities are the ec...
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Walking the Urban Battlefield of Shusha from 2022-02-18T10:06
From October 30 to November 8, 2020, a large-scale battle took place as both sides in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War fought for control of the city of Shusha. A year later, John Spencer travele...
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Learning from Mumbai from 2022-01-21T11:06
On November 26, 2008, ten Pakistan-based terrorists simultaneously attacked and sieged multiple sites across the megacity of Mumbai, India. The world watched in horror as the attacks terrified t...
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The Urban Warfare Project's Christmas Wish List, 2021 Edition from 2021-12-24T08:12
What do urban warfare experts have on their Christmas lists? In this episode, Colonel (CA) John Spencer is joined by Major Jayson Geroux and Mr. Stuart Lyle for a holiday-themed conversation abo...
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The Mothers’ Bus Attack and the Yamam from 2021-12-10T09:23
On the morning of March 7, 1988, three members of the Palestine Liberation Organization hijacked a bus full of Israeli women traveling to work near the town of Dimona, Israel, in what has become...
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Feral Cities and the Military from 2021-11-26T11:11
In this episode, John Spencer is joined by Dr. Richard Norton, aprofessor of national security affairs at the US Naval War College and a retired US Navy commander. Dr. Norton discusses his resea...
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Inside the Battle of Shusha from 2021-11-12T10:22
Observers watched the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War closely, searching for indicators of the character of warfare on tomorrow's battlefields. The lessons extracted have covered advanced technology a...
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The US Army’s First Urban Warfare Planners Course from 2021-10-29T09:50
In this episode of MWI’s Urban Warfare Project Podcast, John Spencer is joined by Brig. Gen. Robert Wooldridge. He is the Deputy Commanding General for Support of the 40th Infantr...
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The Man in The Tank Wins: IDF Armor, Part 2 from 2021-10-15T09:58
In this episode, the second in a two-part series, John Spencer continues his conversation with retired Brig. Gen. Yom Tov Tamir. In the previous episode, he reflected on his long career as an ar...
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The Man in The Tank Wins: IDF Armor, Part 1 from 2021-10-01T07:42
In this episode, the first in a two-part series, John Spencer is joined by retired Maj. Gen. Yom Tov Tamir. He served a long career in the Israel Defense Forces as an armor officer holding posit...
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Book Talk: Dr. Anthony King on Urban Warfare in the Twenty-First Century from 2021-09-17T09:18
In this episode, John Spencer is joined by Dr. Anthony King, a professor of war studies at the University of Warwick and the author of a new book, Listen
Discovering Jerusalem’s Hidden Lessons for Urban and Underground Warfare from 2021-09-03T11:13
In this episode, John Spencer is joined by Ze’ev Orenstein, director of international affairs at the City of David Foundation. He explains the history of ancient Jerusalem and the discover...
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Deep Futures and Urban Warfare from 2021-07-23T08:47
In this episode, John Spencer is joined by retired Colonel Kevin Felix. He served 30 years in the US Army, with his last assignment as chief of Army Capabilities and Integration Center's Future ...
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Urban Breaching from 2021-07-09T08:06
In this episode, John Spencer is joined by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Garner, an instructor for the Urban Mobility Breacher Course, which is a part of the US Army Engineer School. As a tactical task, b...
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Policing a Major City from 2021-06-25T07:09
In this episode, John Spencer is joined by Colorado Springs Police Chief Vince Niski to discuss urban policing. In the conversation, Chief Niski explains the basics of urban policing, how the si...
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Rebuilding Fallujah from 2021-06-11T08:02
A few episodes ago, John Spencer spoke to retired Colonel Leonard DeFrancisci about his Marine Corps civil affairs detachment's role during the Second Battle of Fallujah. He joins the Urban Warf...
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Underground Warfare in Israel and Gaza from 2021-05-28T05:37
During the recent outbreak of fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, many of the Israeli strikes targeted Hamas tunnels. That raises a range of important questions. What advantages do subter...
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Italian Stalingrad: The Battle of Ortona from 2021-05-14T07:55
In this episode, Canadian Army Major Jayson Geroux joins to discuss the 1943 Battle of Ortona. Sometimes called the “Italian Stalingrad,” the battle took place in the town of Ortona,...
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Civil Affairs and the Second Battle of Fallujah from 2021-04-30T08:21
In this episode, John Spencer speaks to retired Colonel Leonard DeFrancisci. In 2004, he was a civil affairs detachment commander for the Marine Corps' Regimental Combat Team 1 during th...
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The Army's Next-Generation Combat Vehicle from 2021-04-16T09:37
In this episode, John Spencer is joined by Major General Ross Coffman, director of Army Futures Command's Next Generation Combat Vehicle Cross-Functional Team. He describes the team's objec...
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Urban Warfare at Echelons Above Brigade from 2021-04-02T13:28
The Army has three "dirt" combat training centers that are focused on training units at the brigade combat team level and below. A fourth, the Mission Command Training Program, is geared toward ...
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What Does Army Doctrine Say About Urban Warfare? from 2021-03-20T10:08
In this episode of the Urban Warfare Project Podcast, from the Modern War Institute at West Point, John Spencer is joined by Col. Rich Creed, director of the Army’s Combined Arms ...
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The Battle of Marawi from 2021-03-05T04:57
In this episode Dr. Charles Knight joings John Spencer to discuss the Battle of Marawi. A senior lecturer in terrorism, asymmetric conflict, and urban operations at Charles Sturt Univers...
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The Future of Urban Warfare Training from 2021-02-19T03:47
In this episode, John Spencer is joined by Rob Taylor, company director of 4GD, a UK-based organization that specializes in developing unique close-combat training facilities—what ...
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The Battle of Ramadi, 2006–2007 from 2021-02-05T03:57
In this episode, Dr. Louis DiMarco, a professor of military history at the US Army Command and General Staff College, presents a short lecture on the 2006 Battle of Ramadi, Iraq. He describes th...
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Beneath the Streets from 2021-01-22T03:52
Why are subterranean environments so uniquely challenging for military forces? And why is underground warfare occurring increasingly frequently? Dr. Daphne Richemond-Barak—author of the bo...
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The Second Battle of Fallujah and the Future of Urban Warfare from 2021-01-08T02:58
In this episode, John Spencer is joined by Lt. Gen. James Rainey. He is the commander of the US Army's Combined Arms Center, and in 2004, he was the battalion commander of 2nd Battalion,...
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All I Want for Christmas is an Urban Warfare Capability Set from 2020-12-25T06:01
As the chair of urban warfare studies at MWI, John Spencer spends a lot of time thinking about the gaps between the tasks that soldiers will be required to perform in urban environments ...
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Seeing Through Walls from 2020-12-11T03:37
In this episode, John Spencer is joined by Alex Giles. He is the chief commercial officer for ICENI Labs, science and technology research that recently won a competition—the "Seeing into t...
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Why Is Urban Warfare So Challenging? from 2020-11-27T03:16
This episode takes a slight departure from the format typical of the Urban Warfare Project Podcast. John Spencer—the podcast's regular host and a leading expert on the subject of ...
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Explosive Ordnance Disposal and the City from 2020-11-13T04:08
Like many military functions, the challenges of explosive ordnance disposal are compounded by urban terrain. This episode explorse those challenges. Host John Spencer is joined by Master...
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Urban Warfare and Military Ethics from 2020-10-30T03:15
In this episode, John Spencer is joined by Dr. Deane Baker, an associate professor at the University of New South Wales, Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy. He specializes ...
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Defending the City of Ubungsdorf from 2020-10-16T03:14
This episode features a conversation with Col. Joseph Hilbert, who recently completed a two-year assignment as the commander of the Operations Group at the Joint Multinational Readiness ...
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A Roundtable Discussion with Three Leading Experts on Urban Warfare from 2020-10-02T04:09
This is a special episode of the Urban Warfare Project Podcast. The Association of the United States Army hosts a podcasts called Army Matters...
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Russia's Urban Warfare Tech from 2020-09-18T01:53
In this episode, John Spencer is joined by Samuel Bendett. An analyst with the Center for Naval Analyses, he specializes in Russian unmanned military systems and artificial intelligence....
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Smart Cities from 2020-09-04T02:56
In this episode, John Spencer is joined by Dr. Sokwoo Rhee. The Associate Director of Cyber-Physical Systems Innovation at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, he is currently lea...
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Urban Policing 101 from 2020-08-21T02:30
In this episode of MWI’s Urban Warfare Project Podcast, John Spencer is joined the Colorado Springs Police Chief Vince Niski to discuss urban policing. In the conversation, Chief ...
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Multi-Domain Operations at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center from 2020-08-07T03:38
This episode features a conversation with Nicholas Marchuk, the special operations forces training and testing development lead at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center. Unlike other US Arm...
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Understanding Global Cities from 2020-07-24T02:04
In this episode, John Spencer is joined by Dr. Saskia Sassen, the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. She is the author of eight books, including Listen
Attacking the City of Dara Lam from 2020-07-10T01:53
This episode features a conversation with Col. David Gardner, the commander of the Operations Group at the Army's Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana. He explains the types o...
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A Talk With The US Army’s Underground Warfare Expert from 2020-06-26T03:05
In this episode of MWI’s Urban Warfare Project Podcast, John Spencer is joined by retired Sgt. Maj. Joe Vega. He works for the US Army’s Asymmetric Warfare Group and is...
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A Senior Enlisted Perspective on Combat in Megacities from 2020-06-12T02:26
This episode of the Urban Warfare Project Podcast features a conversation with Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel Hendrex. Currently serving as the command sergeant major of III Corps a...
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Attacking the City of Razish from 2020-05-29T17:42
In this episode, John Spencer is joined by three guests. Col. Michael Simmering is the Commander Operations Group at the National Training Center. Lt. Col. Andrew Steadman and Lt. Neil Col....
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Fighting ISIS in the City from 2020-05-15T03:46
In this episode, John Spencer is joined by Maj. Gen. Roger Noble. An officer in the Australian Army, in 2016 he served as the deputy commanding general of the Combined Joint Forces Land Com...
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Is Urban Combat the Great Equalizer? from 2020-05-01T02:28
This episode features John Spencer's discussion with Col. Douglas Winton, chair of the Department of Military Strategy, Planning, and Operations at the US Army War College. They tackle the quest...
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Feral Cities, Pandemics, and the Military from 2020-04-17T01:24
In this episode of MWI’s Urban Warfare Project podcast, John Spencer is joined by Dr. Richard Norton, aprofessor of national security affairs at the US Naval War College and a retired US N...
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When War Goes Underground from 2020-04-03T03:39
This episode of the Urban Warfare Project podcast is unique, because it isn't strictly about urban warfare. In fact, the stories shared by retired Sgt. 1st Class William Rothrock actually occurr...
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Preparing the Military for the Complexity of Megacities from 2020-03-20T03:31
In this episode of MWI’s Urban Warfare Project podcast, John Spencer is joined by retired Col. Patrick Mahaney, the cofounder and director of the National Center for Urban Operations. Duri...
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The Battle of Sadr City, March–May 2008 from 2020-03-06T23:15
In this episode of MWI’s Urban Warfare Project podcast, John Spencer is joined by retired Lt. Col. Rob MacMillan. He served as the battalion operations officer of 1-68 Armor during th...
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Protecting Civilians in Urban Combat from 2020-02-07T18:25
In this episode of the Urban Warfare Project podcast, from the Modern War Institute at West Point, John Spencer is joined by Sahr Muhammedally from the Center for Civilians in Conflict, a nongov...
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Army Doctrine and the Urban Battlefield from 2020-01-01T11:59
In this episode of the Urban Warfare Project podcast, from the Modern War Institute at West Point, John Spencer is joined by Col. Rich Creed, director of the Army’s Combined Arms Doctrine ...
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Out of the Mountains, Revisited from 2019-12-07T22:50
In the first episode of the Urban Warfare Project podcast, from the Modern War Institute at West Point, John Spencer is joined by Dr. David Kilcullen, author of Out of the Mountains: Th...
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