Ep 209: Jonathan Schanzer on the Israel-Iran Ceasefire
Jonathan Schanzer, executive director at FDD, joins the show to break down his time on the ground in Israel at the beginning of the war and what may come with the Israel-Iran ceasefire in place.
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• 01:27 Introduction
• 02:10 Extraction
• 05:50 Different
• 09:25 In the shelter
• 12:03 Damage taken
• 16:18 Stress
• 17:45 Getting out
• 24:57 Road ahead
• 30:40 Iranian risks
• 32:10 Hamas
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Ep 208: Mike Doran on America’s Strikes in Iran
Mike Doran, senior fellow and director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at the Hudson Institute, joins the show to break down America’s strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities and what might come next.
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• 01:00 Reactions
• 08:00 Deception
• 12:00 More to come
• 17:00 Self-deception
• 24:00 Next few days
• 31:00 Escalation
• 34:00 Not over
• 41:00 Trump is serious
• 44:00 Restraintists
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Ep 207: Mark Dubowitz on the Israel-Iran War and American Intervention
Mark Dubowitz, CEO of FDD, joins the show to bring us up to speed on the Israel-Iran conflict, and the possibility of America’s intervention.
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• 01:00 Achievements
• 05:00 Retaliation
• 09:00 Hard math
• 16:00 Intervention
• 24:00 Outcomes
• 30:00 Ground operations
• 32:00 Another Iraq?
• 38:00 Resolve and stability
• 42:00 “Iraq Syndrome”
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Ep 206: Cleo Paskal on China’s Central Pacific Strategy
Cleo Paskal, non-resident senior fellow at FDD and author of Crossroads of Competition, joins the show to discuss China’s campaign for influence and control at the scene of America’s bloody island-hopping campaign in WW2.
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• 01:35 Introduction
• 04:03 Pacific desert
• 07:45 Control
• 13:48 Post 1945
• 22:43 Significance
• 24:31 Yap
• 29:43 Divisions
• 32:18 Diplomatic maintenance
• 35:54 Designs
• 41:30 Strategic concerns
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Ep 205: Mark Dubowitz on Israel’s Unfolding Campaign in Iran
Mark Dubowitz, CEO of FDD, joins the show to breakdown last night’s spectacular Israeli strikes against the Iranian Regime and its nuclear program, and what comes next.
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• 02:00 Deception
• 06:00 Targets
• 09:00 The Scientists
• 11:00 Complacency
• 14:00 Israeli goals
• 19:00 Regime change
• 23:00 Strikes and talks
• 29:00 Drones
• 31:00 Counterpunch?
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This podcast seeks to learn what war teaches. There has been a steady decline in the study of military history and its associated theoretical discipline, strategy.This podcast seeks to fill that gap through in-depth interviews on military and diplomatic history. Our guests have included former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Cold War historian John Lewis Gaddis, and former China Select Committee chairman Mike Gallagher. We discuss the battlefield commanders, diplomats, strategists, policymakers, and statesmen who have had to make wartime decisions in the ancient and modern eras. The subject of an episode may be an historical battle, campaign, or conflict; the conduct of policy in the course of a major international incident; the work of a famous strategist; the nature of a famous weapon; or the legacy of an important military commander or political leader.
Aaron MacLean is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute. He has worked as a foreign policy advisor and legislative director to Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and spent seven years in the U.S. Marine Corps.
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