Episodes

  • E.014 Russo-Georgian War 2008
    Mar 31 2025

    What lessons can we uncover from a short Russian War against a democratic neighbor and former soviet republic?

    I hope you're ready to join me and my close friend, Colonel Chad Ramskugler, in discussing the Russo-Georgian War of 2008 and how the lessons of alliances, preparing for war, and quick execution apply to us today.

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • E.013 Second Chechen War 1999
    Mar 11 2025

    What lessons can we uncover from a Russian War that turned defeat into victory?

    I hope you’re ready to join me and my close friend, Anthony Benedosso, in discussing the Second Chechen War and how the lessons of phase zero operations, controlling the narrative, and proxy warfare apply to us today.

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    53 mins
  • E.012 First Chechen War 1994
    Feb 18 2025

    What lessons can we uncover from a Russian border war following the end of the Cold War?

    I hope you’re ready to join me and my close friend Anthony Benedosso in discussing the First Chechen War and how the lessons of phase zero operations, controlling the narrative, and proxy warfare apply to us today.


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    30 mins
  • E.011 Greenland & Panama - The Art of the Deal
    Jan 29 2025

    What lessons can we uncover from previous United States expansion experiments that can shed some light on why and how the US might acquire the sovereign territory of the Panama Canal from Panama and Greenland from Denmark?

    I hope you're ready to join me for today’s episode to discuss how the lessons of strategic timing, leveraging long-term potential, clear objectives, and diplomatic finesse apply to us today.

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    37 mins
  • E.010 How the Syrian Rebels Defeated Assad
    Jan 7 2025

    What lessons can we uncover from the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 that the Syrian Rebels used to take down the Assad regime in Syria?

    I hope you're ready to join me for a special episode to discuss how the lessons of:

    1.The Shifting Role of Outside Powers, 2.Uniting Old Enemies Against a Common Foe, 3. Financial Incentives and Undermining Assad’s Forces, 4. Breaking Ties with Extremism and 5. Breaking the Enemy’s Will apply to us today.

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    39 mins
  • E.009 The Lebanon War 1982
    Dec 8 2024

    What lessons can we uncover from a preemptive war that displaced one enemy, only to replace it with a more complex and dangerous enemy?

    I hope you're ready to join me and my friend Dr. Grant Martin in discussing the 1982 South Lebanon War and how the lessons of groupthink, false control of war, and narrative apply to us today.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • E.008 How to Deter Iran
    Nov 25 2024

    What lessons can we learn from Cold War deterrence theory that can blunt Iran's influence in the Middle East?


    I hope you're ready to join me and my new friend and expert Dr. Carter Malkasian in discussing how a new approach to deterrence in the Middle East applies to us today.


    America’s Crisis in Deterrence, Foreign Affairs Article

    https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/americas-crisis-deterrence


    Link to Dr. Carter Malkasian’s Works

    https://a.co/d/4TRt35O

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    57 mins
  • E.007 The Yom Kippur War 1973
    Nov 10 2024

    What lessons can we learn from a surprise attack over 51 years ago that maximized emerging technology but still failed?

    I hope you’re ready to join me and my friend Aaron Ritzema in discussing the 1973 Yom Kippur War and how the lessons of warnings and indicators, cognitive bias, and technology and tactics apply to us today.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
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