The Dead Prussian Podcast aims to explore War and Warfare through discussion and analysis of military theory, historical events, contemporary conflicts, and expert interviews.
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The Modern War Institute Podcast, produced with the generous support of the West Point Class of 1974, is the flagship podcast of the Modern War Institute at West Point, featuring discussions with guests including senior military leaders, scholars, and others on the most important issues related to modern military conflict.
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Exploring the great strategic minds, both military and civilian, among them Sun Tzu, Clausewitz, and John Boyd. Also exploring outlier organisations from business, and sports. Looking at how this can be understood from a Mental Models perspective, and how strategy, training, and learning can be taken to new levels by understanding how the mind works, and how team performance really are fundamentally determined by the speed of learning, and how useful the shared mental models are? The teams, ...
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This podcast by the professors of the Strategy and Policy (S&P) Department at the U.S. Naval War College mirrors the week-to-week case studies in the S&P curriculum. Strategic questions are discussed and debated, covering the case backgrounds, how the historic strategic theories match the cases, and how strategy could best be applied. Finally, the case studies are viewed against contemporary strategic global challenges.
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Pagers, Walkie-Talkies, and a Shadow War
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When news emerged from Lebanon recently that several thousand pagers belonging to members of Hezbollah had exploded, observers quickly began piecing together an assessment of what happened. It looked to be an Israeli intelligence operation—and a wildly successful one, both operationally and psychologically. But why did Israel pick now to conduct it…
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Episode 118 - On Beyond Storytelling in Military Strategy | The Dead Prussian
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Mick chats with scholar, military officer, and writer Lieutenant Colonel Sean 'Nick' Blas, PhD, about strategic narratives. They discuss Jonathan's article on Beyond Storytelling: Strategic Narratives in Military Strategy. Mick and Nick also discuss how modern militaries can ensure integration between military actions and strategic narratives. Nick…
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Episode 117 - On the Theory of Irregular War | The Dead Prussian
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Mick chats with military theorist, USMC veteran, and author Jonathan Hackett about irregular war. They discuss Jonathan's book on this concept, The Theory of Irregular War. Mick and Jonathan also discuss how modern militaries can address the challenges of preparing for irregular war. Jonathan provides an answer to the final question. You can also g…
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Episode 116 - On Mission Injury | The Dead Prussian
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Mick chats with political scientist, veteran, and Air Force officer Dr Kelly Atkinson about Mission Injury. They discuss Kelly's article on this concept, Mission Injury: The Force After Afghanistan. Mick and Kelly also discuss the impact of the outcomes of the wars on terror on the veterans and institutions who served in them. Kelly provides an ans…
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Would Patton be an effective battlefield commander today? Do the characteristics of successful commanders generally remain constant over time? Or do they evolve alongside—and in response to—the changing character of warfare? And if they do change, what traits will commanders need on the battlefields of today and tomorrow? Dr. Anthony King, the auth…
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Israeli-Iranian Rivalry and the Middle Eastern Security Landscape
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For weeks, after an Israeli strike that killed a senior Hezbollah commander and the killing of a Hamas leader in Tehran, tensions between Israel and Iran have spiked. So far, Iran has yet to follow through on its threats to retaliate against Israel. But these heightened tensions, like the period earlier this year when Israel killed senior officers …
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After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Ukrainian government began asking its international supporters to provide it with combat aircraft. By 2023, a number of NATO members had agreed to provide training on the US-made F-16 to Ukrainian pilots, and last summer it was announced that a number of F-16s would be provided to Ukraine. No…
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Why Military Cohesion Matters
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The term "cohesion" features prominently in discussions of military effectiveness, especially at the small-unit level. We all know intuitively what it means, but understanding how to develop and nurture it in practice is a challenge. That's even more true as technological advances continue to make constant connectivity with the outside world easier…
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Competition and Conflict in Cyberspace
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How does cyberspace differ from the other warfighting domains—land, sea, air, and space? What challenges do those differences pose? Does cyber require unique approaches to talent manage to ensure the US military can recruit, promote, and retain the talent it needs? What resources are needed to effectively compete in cyberspace, and are those differ…
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Clausewitz and the War in Ukraine
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The Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz is held in high regard among US military scholars. But it can be challenging at times to apply his ideas—with necessary nuance—to real-world security challenges. In this episode, Dr. Donald Stoker, a professor at the National Defense University’s Eisenhower School and the author of Clausewitz: His …
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Defending Against Drones
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No unit in the US Army has more experience defending against drone attacks than 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. During a recent deployment to the Middle East, spread out across eight bases in Iraq and Syria, the brigade was targeted more than one hundred times by drones known as one-way attack unmanned aircraft systems. The brigade…
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Introducing "Ctrl Alt Army"
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In this special episode of the MWI Podcast, we're taking the opportunity to introduce listeners to a brand new podcast series called Ctrl Alt Army: Stories from Cyberspace. Hosted by Dr. Michael Sulmeyer, principal cyber advisor to the secretary of the Army, this podcast series features informal conversations with senior Army leaders about cyber is…
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Episode 115 - On Something Rotten | The Dead Prussian
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Mick chats with the defence analyst, author, and soldier-scholar Dr Jim Storr about command structures and operational planning. They discuss Jim's book, Something Rotten: Land Command in the 21st Century. Mick and Jim also discuss the history of the growth of land command headquarters and the prevalence of process in current military operations. J…
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Russia's Pursuit of Military AI
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Russia is actively pursuing military applications of AI technology. But how much progress has been made in that pursuit? How have sanctions put in place in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine influenced the course of Russian AI research and development? Most fundamentally, how do Russian military leaders actually want to employ AI-enabled tool…
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Landpower in the Pacific
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Many people look at a map of the Indo-Pacific region and assume that—characterized as it is by long distances and vast stretches of ocean—it is principally the air and maritime domains where military capability is most important. But as you'll hear in this episode, landpower services play a vital role in the region. So what is the US Army uniquely …
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How Iran's Missile and Drone Attack Was Defeated
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When Iran recently launched more than three hundred drones, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles in a large-scale attack against Israel, almost every single one was stopped from reaching its target. A combination of ground-based air defenses, ship-launched weapons, and aircraft from multiple nations were involved in the defensive operation. But …
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Seventy-five years ago, on April 4, 1949, representatives of twelve governments came together to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. Much has changed in the intervening period—the Cold War came and went, NATO invoked the Article 5 collective defense clause after the 9/11 attacks, an era of renewed strategic competition has emerged, and large-scale conf…
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Resistance and the National Defense of Small States
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In this episode, John Amble speaks to Sandor Fabian about a very specific approach to national defense: resistance. The war in Ukraine has made clear that comparatively small states can be vulnerable to the threat of aggression from larger neighbors. Resistance, Sandor argues, is the most viable means of defense for these states. But effectively em…
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Nuclear Weapons—Past, Present, and Future
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For eight decades, the world has navigated the risk of nuclear war. But what will be required to so in the future? And because that risk is not static, how do we measure, conceptualize, and respond to changes—like when Russia rattles its nuclear saber? What challenges do so-called tactical nuclear weapons pose to deterrence models based on much lar…
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From Hezbollah to the Houthis—Understanding Iran's Proxy Network
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The Houthi movement in Yemen has launched dozens of attacks against commercial ships in the Red Sea in recent months. Over the same period, militant groups have attacked US forces in the Middle East as many as 160 times—including the deadly drone attack against a base on Jordan’s border with Syria. And cross-border strikes between Hezbollah, operat…
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Sanctions and Security
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While Ukraine's international supporters have provided equipment to enable the country's defense against Russia's aggression for nearly two years, global actors have also responded on a completely separate front—putting in place a massive sanctions regime targeting Russia. What effect have they had on Russia and its ability to make war? More broadl…
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Amphibious Operations—from History to the Future Battlefield
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Most people know something about the most famous amphibious operations in military history—the D-Day landings and Gallipoli, for example. But what about an amphibious night attack on the shores of Tuscany in 1555? Or a Turkish amphibious assault in response to a coup in Cyprus in 1974? This episode features a conversation with Tim Heck, coeditor of…
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Over the past few weeks, we have recorded interviews with guests for the 2024 seasons The Dead Prussian and On Rome podcasts. We have also been recording episodes for our host-read narrative shows Battles and Enemies of Rome, which are currently premium-only shows that will be open-access in 2024. Below are some of the initial topics for you on our…
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