The DIME acronym, representing the instruments of national power—diplomatic, informational, military, and economic—is a widely used mental model in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Matthew O’Connor is concerned...
Retired U.S. Army General Paul Nakasone recently addressed the resident class at the U.S. Army War College, and he also sat down for an episode of A Better Peace...
While public attention often focuses on the immediate bloodshed and political fallout of current conflicts, a less visible but equally critical crisis is unfolding: environmental devastation and infrastructure collapse....
Ever wonder what goes into the President's Daily Brief (PDB)? It's not your average morning news. Stephanie Sellers, a former PDB briefer, is currently the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)...
Imagine a conflict so intricate it involved not one, but essentially three wars! The Thirty Years War, spanning from 1618 to 1648, was a complex web of religious strife,...
Retired Rear Admiral Paul Becker joins host Darrell Driver in the studio to discuss the role of intelligence in U.S. Homeland Security. Intelligence is discovering what an adversary seeks...
In the fall of 2024, elections in Moldova and Georgia highlighted how Russia uses hybrid warfare to meddle in other countries' affairs. Moldova managed to stay on its pro-European...
The successful adoption of new technology in the military depends on the organization's culture, the technology's applicability and ease of incorporation into existing systems and processes, and, perhaps most...
KOREA ON THE BRINK: GENERAL JOHN WICKHAM AND POLITICO-MILITARY CRISIS MANAGEMENT
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The recent 2024 declaration of martial law in South Korea brought back memories of the country’s turbulent past and raised questions about the United States’ role in South Korean...
You might have seen recent proposals for the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa along with a few other recent additions) to create a common currency as...
In 2017, the U.S. Army established Security Force Assistance Brigades (SFABs) to organize, train, equip, and advise foreign security forces. Tom Spahr spoke with two former SFAB commanders, Dustin...
On 3 February 2025, the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC) hosted the former commander of U.S. Central Command, General Frank McKenzie, USMC, Retired, to discuss his book...
Russian aggression, amplified in 2022, continues to threaten regional and global stability. The Swedish Army’s response to this threat must be to integrate modern capabilities to counter conventional and...
The complex and evolving relationship between the military and the media has spanned various periods in U.S. history. In a discussion with War Room editor-in-chief JP Clark, Thomas Crosbie,...
It’s time to head to the Dusty Shelves once again. Rick Chersicla revisits Robert Leonhard's seminal work on the role of time in warfare, Fighting by Minutes: Time and...
Hold on tight, this episode is a whirlwind of data-infused targeting, intel, and logistics. Joe O'Callaghan joins host Tom Spahr in the virtual studio to discuss the Department of...
In the wake of the 2023 Silicon Valley Bank collapse, Steve Speece draws parallels between financial and national security risk management. He argues that the Russia escalated the...
Trường Chinh, the former general secretary and leading theoretician of the Vietnamese Communist Party, is often overlooked for his contributions to Vietnam's revolutionary war strategies. Frank Jones examines Chinh's...
It's time for another episode in our On Writing series. Host Michael Neiberg is joined in the studio by Tim Cook, the chief historian at the Canadian War Museum....
The U.S. Army is at a critical juncture in determining how to best integrate drones into both its doctrine and organization. While the creation of a specialized Drone Corps...