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Ep 207: Mark Dubowitz on the Israel-Iran War and American Intervention Jun 20, 2025

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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 Jun 17, 2025

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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 Jun 13, 2025

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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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Ep 204: Annie Jacobsen on Nuclear War Jun 10, 2025

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Annie Jacobsen, journalist and author of Nuclear War: A Scenario, joins the show to discuss nuclear weapons and their use.

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• 01:20 Introduction

• 02:50 Finding the music

• 07:02 Reporting

• 09:15 Hidden information

• 11:22 The scenario

• 13:50 Launch on warning

• 17:30 Villians

• 20:45 Annihilation

• 26:25 The Black Book

• 30:40 North Korea

• 34:03 Interception

• 37:42 ICBMs

• 43:39 Deterrence

• 49:29 Obama

• 52:50 Right to know

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Ep 203: Stephen Rabe on the Invasion of Normandy Jun 06, 2025

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Stephen Rabe, historian and author of The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy: A Story of Resistance, Courage, and Solidarity in a French Village, joins the show to discuss one of the countless, incredible stories from D-Day.

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• 01:18 Introduction

• 01:25 Marine

• 02:50 Origins

• 06:48 Normandy

• 09:29 507th

• 15:20 Training

• 18:23 Overlord

• 21:21 The Villagers

• 25:20 A change in plans

• 30:07 HQ Battalion

• 36:17 Armageddon

• 39:00 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division

• 44:01 Staying behind

• 46:37 Return

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Ep 202: Fred Kagan on Ukraine’s Attack and the Future of War Jun 03, 2025

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Fred Kagan, senior fellow and the director of the Critical Threats Project at AEI, joins the show to discuss Ukraine’s drone operation targeting Russia’s strategic air assets.

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• 01:46 Introduction

• 02:25 What just happened?

• 07:48 Escalation risk

• 10:20 Control

• 12:39 Implications

• 21:10 Stratagems

• 24:04 Effects

• 30:40 Economic pressure

• 37:20 Continuing operations

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Ep 201: Zachary Griffiths & McKinsey Harb on the U.S. Army May 30, 2025

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Lt. Col. Zachary Griffiths & Maj. McKinsey Harb joined the show to discuss the U.S. Army’s new Field Manual 1, FM 1 -THE ARMY: A PRIMER TO OUR PROFESSION OF ARMS.

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• 01:22 Introduction

• 01:51 West Point

• 05:43 Culture shift

• 08:50 FM 1

• 12:00 Ben Salomon

• 18:06 Warrior

• 24:04 Tensions

• 31:05 Recruiting

• 35:18 Leader/follower

• 42:19 Mission command

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Ep 200: Rick Atkinson on the American Revolution at 250 May 27, 2025

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Rick Atkinson, historian and author of The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780, joins the show to discuss the causes, conduct, and epic consequences of the American Revolution.

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• 02:08 Introduction

• 02:21 Journalism

• 04:30 Mogadishu

• 09:30 Lessons

• 12:49 Ideology

• 16:36 Diplomacy

• 20:21 Boston

• 22:59 “Blows must decide”

• 28:05 British strategy

• 31:27 Washington

• 36:49 Franklin in Paris

• 41:15 Friendless Britain

• 45:57 Legacy

• 51:24 250th Celebration

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Ep 199: Jonathan Hackett on Our Failures in Iraq & Afghanistan May 23, 2025

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Jonathan Hackett, former U.S. Marine Corps interrogator and author of Theory of Irregular War, joins the show to discuss America’s post-9/11 wars and how irregular warfare works.

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• 01:12 Introduction

• 01:30 A good interrogator

• 03:26 Afghanistan

• 06:15 In the interrogation room

• 12:10 The Reid Technique

• 14:27 Galula

• 17:10 A military solution

• 23:32 Voluntary acceptance

• 25:34 Irregular War

• 28:20 The war we have

• 31:33 COIN

• 36:10 Speaking the language

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Ep 198: Robert D. Kaplan on Crisis May 20, 2025

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Robert D. Kaplan, Robert Strausz-Hupé Chair in Geopolitics at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and author of Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis, joins the show to discuss the world’s current state of “permanent crisis”.

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• 01:40 Introduction

• 02:00 Far Rockaway

• 04:55 Balkan Ghosts

• 08:20 Geography and technology

• 10:55 Weimar

• 13:43 Mediocrities

• 17:44 Reading deeply

• 20:30 Shakespeare

• 23:20 Where to watch

• 26:59 Xi and Taiwan