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Conversations on Strategy Podcast

U.S. Army War College Public Affairs•www.dvidshub.net

Conversations on Strategy features quick analyses of timely strategic issues. Topics are geared toward senior military officials, government leaders, academicians, strategists, historians, and thought leaders interested in foreign policy, strategy, history, counterinsurgency, and more. The series first aired in March 2022 and includes more than 25 episodes that range in length from 15–30 minutes long. Guests include Press authors and subject matter experts from the US Army War College and other PME and academic institutions who discuss hot topics like the Russia-Ukraine War, China, Taiwan, artificial intelligence, manned-unmanned teaming, infrastructure, terrorism, urban warfare, the Middle East, and more. The entire series can be found at: https://www.dvidshub.net/podcast/581/conversations-on-strategy-podcast

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Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 13 – Alessandro Lazari – “Comparing Policy Frameworks - CISR in the United States and the European Union” from Enabling NATO’s Collective Defense CISR (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 1)

For over a quarter century the United States and the European Union have been diligently planning and implementing policies and procedures to protect the critical infrastructure sectors that are vital to the prosperity and security the majority of their citizens enjoy. Given the evolving nature of threats against critical infrastructure, recent US and EU efforts have focused on enhancing collective critical infrastructure security and resilience (CISR) posture. The core objective of these CISR i...

Jun 05, 2023•Transcript available on Metacast

Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 12 – Steve Beiber – “Water Sector Resilience in the Metropolitan Washington Case” from Enabling NATO’s Collective Defense CISR (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 1)

In most urbanized societies, water is taken for granted and little thought is given to how fragile the supply of this vital resource can be. A water emergency, however, such as a treatment plant outage, a water source contamination event, or natural disaster has the potential for significant disruption to society and the infrastructure that depends on water to function. Most other sectors of critical infrastructure, as well as activities of daily living, are highly dependent on the water sector....

Jun 05, 2023•Transcript available on Metacast

Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 11 – Chris Anderson – “Communications Resilience” from Enabling NATO’s Collective Defense CISR (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 1)

Communications form the critical backbone of the modern world, connecting more people and more devices more completely than ever before. The benefits of this hyper-connected society drive ever-increasing reliance on secure, reliable, and resilient communications. Potential adversaries to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization certainly understand the importance of communicationsthose they seek to target and those they use themselvesso it is critical to fully understand the sector, the risks it f...

Jun 05, 2023•Transcript available on Metacast

Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 10 – Ronald Bearse – “Understanding Critical Infrastructure” from Enabling NATO’s Collective Defense CISR (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 1)

Released 6 January 2023 This podcast based on Chapter 1 in Enabling NATOs Collective Defense: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resiliency (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 1 answers the questions: What is critical infrastructure? Why is it important? What is the difference between critical infrastructure protection (CIP) and critical infrastructure security and resilience (CISR)? What are some of the key terms defined in national CISR policy? What are the core areas of activity or work streams involved...

Jun 05, 2023•Transcript available on Metacast

Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 9 – Dr. Carol Evans – Enabling NATO’s Collective Defense CISR (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 1)

In 2014 NATOs Centre of Excellence-Defence Against Terrorism (COE-DAT) launched the inaugural course on Critical Infrastructure Protection Against Terrorist Attacks. As this course garnered increased attendance and interest, the core lecturer team felt the need to update the course in critical infrastructure (CI) taking into account the shift from an emphasis on protection of CI assets to security and resiliency. What was lacking in the fields of academe, emergency management, and the industry p...

Jun 05, 2023•Transcript available on Metacast

Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 8 – John Spencer – Urban Warfare

21st Century Warfare, Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, collapse, Doha Accord, Grand Strategy, international relations, Military Change and Transformation, Military Strategy and Policy, Pakistan, Security force assistance, Statecraft, strategy, Strategy and Policy, Taliban, Ukraine, War and Society Episode Transcript: Urban Warfare Stephanie Crider (Host) Decisive Point introduces Conversations on Strategy, a US Army War College Press production featurin...

Jun 05, 2023•Transcript available on Metacast

Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 7 – Dr. Thomas F. Lynch III, Dr. Todd Greentree, Dr. Conrad Crane – Deconstructing the Collapse of Afghanistan National Security and Defense Forces

The rapid collapse of Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in August 2021 was widely anticipated and due to its structural constraints and qualitative decline from 201821. This article provides a targeted analysis of ANDSF operational liabilities and qualitative limitations, referencing often overlooked statements by US and Afghan political and military officials, data from official US government reports, and prescient NGO field analyses. The painful ANDSF experience illuminates s...

Jun 05, 2023•Transcript available on Metacast

Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 6 – Dr. Ariel Cohen and Dr. Robert Hamilton – The Russian Military and the Georgia War - Lessons and Implications

Released 8 August, 2022 How does the war in Georgia in 2008 relate to the war in Ukraine in 2022? Join Dr. Ariel Cohen and Dr. Robert Hamilton for an in-depth discussion, using their 2011 monograph, The Russian Military and the Georgia War: Lessons and Implications, as a launching point. Click here to read the review and reply to the monograph. Episode Transcript: Stephanie Crider (Host) Decisive Point introduces Conversations on Strategya US Army War College Press production featuring distingui...

Jun 05, 2023•Transcript available on Metacast

Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 5 – Dr. Phillip Dolitsky and Dr. Lukas Milevski – On “The Grand Strategic Thought of Colin S. Gray”

Released 3 June 2022 In this podcast, Mr. Phillip Dolitsky and Dr. Lukas Milevski discuss the article The Grand Strategic Thought of Colin S. Gray, which was published in the Winter 2021-22 issue of Parameters. Click here to read the review and reply to the original article. Episode Transcript Stephanie Crider (Host) Decisive Point introduces Conversations on Strategy, a US Army War College Press production featuring distinguished authors and contributors who explore timely issues in national se...

Jun 05, 2023•Transcript available on Metacast

Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 4 – Dr. Bettina Renz – Russia and Ukraine

Released 8 April 2022. This podcast is inspired by Dr. Bettina Renzs 2016 Parameters article Why Russia Is Reviving Its Conventional Military Power. Dr. Renz revisits her original work and shares her insights on the current situation in Ukraine. Click here to read the article. Episode Transcript: Stephanie Crider (Host) Decisive Point introduces Conversations on Strategy, a US Army War College Press production featuring distinguished authors and contributors who explore timely issues in national...

Jun 05, 2023•Transcript available on Metacast

Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 3 – Dr. Michael Desch – Soldiers in Cities - Military Operations on Urban Terrain

Released 6 April 2022. This podcast is based on a compendium that resulted from a conference on Military Operations in an Urban Environment cosponsored by the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce in conjunction with the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs, the U.S. Army War College, and the Association of the United States Army. At the time of the conference, the concept of homeland defense was emerging as an increasingly important mission for the U.S. military. Click her...

Jun 05, 2023•Transcript available on Metacast

Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 1 – Dr. Jared M. McKinney, Dr. Peter Harris, Eric Chan – Broken Nest - China and Taiwan (Part 1)

Deterring a Chinese invasion of Taiwan without recklessly threatening a great-power war is both possible and necessary through a tailored deterrence package that goes beyond either fighting over Taiwan or abandoning it. This podcast explores cutting-edge understandings of deterrence with empirical evidence of Chinese strategic thinking and culture to build such a strategy and offers counter-arguments as well. Read the original article: https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol51/iss4/4/ Ep...

Jun 05, 2023•Transcript available on Metacast