Released 5 July 2022.Strategic leaders must possess a range of skills to work successfully in complex environments. To use those skills to best effect, they rely on character traits that enhance the likelihood of their effectiveness as leade

Dr. Alexander G. Lovelace – “Tomorrow’s Wars and the Media”

Jun 30th, 2022 13m 21s

Released 30 June 2022.Distilling lessons from the author’s book, The Media Offensive: How the Press and Public Opinion Shaped Allied Strategy during World War II, this podcast provides applicable suggestions for the US military today. As in

Zachary Kallenborn – “InfoSwarms: Drone Swarms and Information Warfare”

Jun 23rd, 2022 12m 44s

Released 23 June 2022.This podcast discusses drone swarms, which can be used at sea, on land, in the air, and even in space, are fundamentally information-dependent weapons. No study to date has examined drone swarms in the context of inform

MAJ Brandon Colas – “Defining and Deterring Faits Accomplis”

Jun 17th, 2022 12m 6s

Released 17 June 2022.This podcast examines faits accomplis—how states attempt to seize disputed territory using military force, hoping to avoid war in the process—and offers suggestions for how to deter them. Since 1945, faits accomplis hav

CPT Mark T. Vicik – “Strengthen Arctic Governance to Stop Russian and Chinese Overreach”

Jun 15th, 2022 12m 49s

Released 15 June 2022.This podcast argues shortfalls in the international institutions governing the Arctic have allowed Russia and China to expand control over the region. It provides an overview of regional governance and power dynamics, o

Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria II – “Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine in 2022: Implications for Strategic Studies”

Jun 8th, 2022 12m 1s

Released 26 May 2022.This podcast examines critical issues for the field of strategic studies raised by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including the waning of major war, strategic coercion, and “War Amongst the People.” Drawing on previous sc

MAJ Ryan J. Orsini – “Economic Statecraft and US-Russian Policy”

Jun 7th, 2022 6m 27s

Released 7 June 2022.This podcast assesses the American-Russian economic relationship, identifying how Russia exploits strategic asymmetries to gain advantage in the space below armed conflict and how the United States can modernize its econ

COL George Shatzer – “SRAD Director’s Corner: Russia’s Strategy and Its War on Ukraine”

Jun 1st, 2022 9m 39s

Released 1 June 2022.In this podcast, Colonel George Shatzer, director of the Strategy Research and Analysis Department of the Strategic Studies Institute at the US Army War College, discusses books of relevance to US Joint planners and stra

Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria II – “Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine in 2022: Implications for Strategic Studies”

May 26th, 2022 12m 1s

Dr. Meghan Fitzpatrick, Dr. Ritu Gill, and Maj. Jennifer F. Giles – “Information Warfare: Lessons in Inoculation to Disinformation”

May 23rd, 2022 14m 27s

Released 23 May 2022.While propaganda and disinformation have been used to destabilize opposing forces throughout history, the US military remains unprepared for the way these methods have been adapted to the Internet era. This article explo

COL Zhirayr Amirkhanyan – “A Failure to Innovate: The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War”

May 16th, 2022 16m 8s

Released 16 May 2022.The root cause for the defeat of the Armenian forces in the second Nagorno-Karabakh War was flawed military doctrine inherited from the Soviet Union. This article analyzes the major problems faced by Armenia, uncovers the

Dr. Patrick Paterson – Civil-Military Relations: Guidelines in Politically Charged Societies

May 5th, 2022 12m 12s

Released 5 May 2022.Current events warrant a review of US civil-military relations doctrine. This article examines eight principles of military subordination to elected civilian officials and addresses the fundamental question at the heart o

Henry D. Sokolski – Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future

May 5th, 2022 16m 3s

Released 5 May 2022.Does it matter if more countries have nuclear weapons? Will the weaponization of space make nuclear weapons less of a threat or even obsolete? In this podcast, author Henry D. Sokolski gives an overview of his monograph,

Dr. James R. McKay, Dr. H. Christian Breede, Dr. Ali Dizboni, and Dr. Pierre Jolicoeur – “Developing Strategic Lieutenants in the Canadian Army”

Apr 27th, 2022 7m 56s

Released 27 April 2022.This Canadian contribution to Parameters’ Strategic Lieutenant series shows how domestic context creates the conditions for professional military education reform to a greater extent than the global strategic context. T

Mr. Bert B. Tussing, Dr. John Eric Powell, and COL Benjamin C. Leitzel – “Contested Deployment”

Apr 26th, 2022 15m 16s

Released 26 April 2022.Early in academic year 2018, a group of US Army War College faculty and students came together in pursuit of an integrated research project devoted to an examination of contested deployment and the growing realization t

Dr. Jason Healey – “A Bizarre Pair: Counterinsurgency Lessons for Cyber Conflict”

Apr 26th, 2022 14m 33s

Released 27 April 2022.The lessons of counterinsurgency have deeper implications for cyber conflict than previous research has identified. Two decades of experience in Iraq and Afghanistan provide insights into the cyber strategy of defending

COL Gerald J. Krieger – “Water Wars of the Future: Myth or Reality?”

Apr 25th, 2022 10m 57s

Released 25 April 2022.This article provides background and context for regional trends and historic agreements focused on the Nile River Basin, offers a comprehensive assessment of security challenges, and presents focus areas for future inv

LTC Andrea M. Peters, LTC Michael A. Washington, LTC Lolita Burrell, and COL James Ness – “Rethinking Female Urinary Devices for the US Army”

Apr 19th, 2022 13m 20s

Released 19 April 2022.As women assume more combat roles in the US military and continue to operate in austere environments with varied mission sets, the Department of Defense must rethink its approach to equipment and uniform development to

COL Maximillian K. Bremer and Dr. Kelly A. Grieco – “Air Littoral: Another Look” Revisited

Apr 18th, 2022 10m 4s

Released 18 April 2022.In this podcast, COL Maximillian K. Bremer and Dr. Kelly A. Grieco apply concepts from their 2021 article “Air Littoral: Another Look” to current events in Russia and Ukraine.Click here to read the original article.

Dr. Tor Bukkvoll – “Russian Special Operations Forces in Crimea and Donbas”

Apr 14th, 2022 12m 3s

Released 14 April 2022.In this podcast, Tor Bukkvoll revisits his 2016 Parameters, article and examines Russian Special Forces and their potential use in Ukraine today.Click here to read the article.Episode Transcript: Stephanie Cride

Dr. C. Anthony Pfaff – “Chinese and Western Ways of War and Their Ethics”

Apr 13th, 2022 10m 26s

Released 13 April 2022.In this podcast, Pfaff argues understanding the ethical logic available to one’s adversaries will allow US leaders and planners to leverage China’s behavior and optimally shape US policies and actions.Click here to re

David J. Katz – “Multidimensionality: Rethinking Power Projection for the 21st Century”

Apr 8th, 2022 11m 51s

Released 8 April 2022.In this podcast, strategist David Katz argues American military strategists must incorporate multidimensional power projection into their planning processes to counter adversarial actions by gray-zone actors. By developi

CPT Gustavo Ferreira and MAJ Jamie Critelli – “China’s Global Monopoly on Rare-Earth Elements”

Apr 6th, 2022 14m 13s

Released 4 April 2022.This article delivers a novel economic analysis of US dependence on China for rare-earth elements and sheds light on how Western nations may exploit the limitations of limit pricing to break China’s global monopoly in ra

LTC Danielle Holt and COL Susan Davis – “Interrupting Bias in Army Talent Management”

Apr 4th, 2022 10m 23s

Released 4 April 2022.This article addresses the impact of diversity, equity, and inclusion on talent management. It explains how systemic bias impairs the US Army’s ability to harness cognitive diversity. It stresses the value of cognitive d

On “The Alt-Right Movement and US National Security” Review and Reply

Mar 30th, 2022 7m 30s

Released 30 March 2022.This commentary responds to Matthew Valasik and Shannon E. Reid’s article “The Alt-Right Movement and US National Security” published in the Autumn 2021 issue of Parameters (vol. 51, no. 3). Click here to read the art