
Ceasefire? (E136)
As I post this, the cease-fires in Lebanon and Iran are still holding, and much longer than I expected. We usually think of cease fires as a...
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As I post this, the cease-fires in Lebanon and Iran are still holding, and much longer than I expected. We usually think of cease fires as a...

Every time the United States or Israel use military force, there are immediate claims that those military forces are committing war crimes....

The United States is in yet another war. The usual pundits say that we cannot win while others say we have already won. The same people seem...

I am not sure, but I think that I mention the Laws and Customs of War in about half of my episodes. (Clausewitz, of course features in almos...

I believe that the Law of War remains valid in modern warfare and is essential to establishing peace after war. Despite that belief we see S...

In podcast episode 128, posted just before Operation Epic Fury began, I outlined how I think that an attack on Iran could be just, necessary...

In the last episode, I said that I would compare we know about Operation Epic Fury against the Weinberger-Powell doctrine for the use of Ame...

I keep on trying to podcast about other things and current events keep distracting me. In my previous episode in this series, “The Persian P...

By the time anyone reads or listens to this podcast, the situation with Iran may be completely different than when I write this. In keeping...

Can strategic bombing of cities ever be justified? In the previous episode of this podcast series (E126), Col. Altieri said that the air for...

The philosopher of war, Carl von Clausewitz, described three legs that support the architecture of war: Primordial violence, the play of cha...

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Recently, there has been controversy over public statements from some politicians about the responsibility of members of the armed forces to...

This series on Terrorism is wrapping up with the problem of state sponsored terrorism. This form of international terrorism is most clearly...

In the last few episodes, I explained that international terrorism can be considered a war form and how it has been practiced through histor...

If terrorism, unlawfully attacking civilian targets to achieve a political outcome, is a modern war form, a different manner of armed confli...

I decided to change the trajectory of this series. Rather than continue with the history of terrorism, I am jumping ahead to how terrorism f...

This continues my description of terrorism and warfare. The previous episode defined terrorism. This episode traces terroristic attacks from...

What is terrorism? Is it something as old as warfare or something that has changed the nature of war? Is fighting terrorism the same as coun...
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