Audio by Maj. Laura Quaco | Air Force Judge Advocate General's School | 12.23.2024
In the 2024 Department of Defense Arctic Strategy, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stated about the Arctic, “[t]his increasingly accessible region is becoming a venue for strategic competition, and the United States must stand ready to meet the challenge alongside Allies and partners.” In this episode, Major Laura Wheat interviews Major Keshat Lemberg about the multi-domain legal......
Audio by Kristen Taylor | U.S. Army War College Public Affairs | 09.06.2024
Satellites and anti-satellite capabilities have come to play a major role in modern warfare and strategic competition. How are they being used today in the context of the Russia-Ukraine War? What role are government-owned systems and commercial systems playing, and how are Russia and Ukraine leveraging each? How has the war reinforced or created new norms regarding escalation? SSI Live host......
Audio by Kristen Taylor | U.S. Army War College Public Affairs | 02.28.2024
To compete effectively for global influence, US Army and defense planners should focus on economic globalization in addition to security interests when assessing potential foreign military partners. The results of a quantitative analysis of US-led exercise participants between 1990 and 2016 demonstrate the variety of interests, including economic, that underly a partner’s decision to train......
Audio by Kristen Taylor | U.S. Army War College Public Affairs | 09.02.2022
SSI Live 093 – The Grand Strategy of Gertrude Bell and Implications for US Policy Today – British strategist and diplomat Gertrude Bell shaped the modern Middle East and played a leading role in crafting London’s policies at a time of shifting great power dynamics. In this podcast, Dr. Heather Gregg discusses her monograph on Bell’s life and legacy and the implications for managing......
Audio by Ernest Gunasekara-Rockwell | Air University Public Affairs Multimedia | 08.01.2022
Major Tim Bettis, USAF, "America’s Strategy Is Outrunning Its Force: Why the Military’s Diplomatic Corps Is in Dire Need of Reform," Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs 5, no. 4 (July-August 2022): 176-88, https://media.defense.gov/2022/Jul/31/2003046335/-1/-1/1/13%20BETTIS_VIEW.PDF/13%20BETTIS_VIEW.PDF. This article argues that no clear strategy exists that employs the military's diplomatic......
Audio by Ernest Gunasekara-Rockwell | Air University Public Affairs Multimedia | 08.01.2022
Rushali Saha, "A Case for Indo-Russia Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific," Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs 5, no. 4 (July-August 2022): 111-24, https://media.defense.gov/2022/Jul/31/2003046327/-1/-1/1/03%20SAHA_FEATURE.PDF/03%20SAHA_FEATURE.PDF. The intensification of strategic competition between the United States and China and Russia reminiscent of the Cold War era is hanging geopolitical......
