Conversations on Strategy Podcast
Episodes
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 61 – Antulio J. Echevarria II – Weaponizing Risk: Recalibrating Western Deterrence
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Antulio J. Echevarria II discusses how NATO might better leverage risk to strengthen the alliance’s extended deterrence. Can NATO i...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 60 – C. Anthony Pfaff, Brennan Deveraux, Sarah Lohmann, Christopher Lowrance, Thomas W. Spahr, and Gábor Nyáry – The Weaponization of AI: The Next Stage of Terrorism and Warfare
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Conversations on Strategy, Major Brennan Deveraux interviews select authors of The Weaponization of Artificial Intelligence: The Ne...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 59 – Mr. Patrick N. Kelleher and Brigadier General Ronnie D. Anderson Jr. – Logistics and Readiness
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Conversations on Strategy, Mr. Patrick N. Kelleher and Brigadier General Ronnie D. Anderson Jr. discuss the importance of logistics...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 58 – Dr. C. Anthony Pfaff, COL Michael Shekleton, and COL Clayton T. Manning – The Strategic Questions Research List (SQRL)
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Major Brennan Deveraux interviews Dr. C. Anthony Pfaff, Colonel Michael Shekleton, and Colonel Clayton T. Manning on the recently pub...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 57 – LGen Michael C. Wright – On Canada’s Army
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Commander of the Canadian Army Lieutenant General Michael C. Wright discusses the Canadian Army, modernization, Ukraine, technology, and more. Listen ...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 56 – Dr. R. Evan Ellis – The Panama Canal
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TranscriptThis podcast was recorded on January 28, 2025, and updated on February 11, 2025.In this episode, Dr. R. Evan Ellis discusses the Panama Cana...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 55 – Dr. James D. Scudieri, Colonel Jon Klug – Lieutenant General Robert C. Richardson, Jr. Central Pacific Theater Army Commander for Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, 1943–1945
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. James D. Scudieri and Colonel Jon Klug analyze Lieutenant General Robert C. Richardson Jr.’s extensive operational reports and his role as Theat...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 54 – Dr. John A. Nagl and COL Katie Crombe A Call to Action - Lessons from Ukraine for the Future Force
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode’s topic is A Call to Action: Lessons from Ukraine for the Future Force, with Dr. John A. Nagl and Colonel Katie Crombe. They discuss t...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 53 – LTG Ben Hodges (US Army, retired) – America and the International Order
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
LTG Ben Hodges (US Army, retired) America and the International Order In this episode, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges (US Army, retired) discusses Ame...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 52 – Andrew Scobell and Larry Kuznar – Exploring Strategic Culture
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode delves into the concept of strategic culture and how it influences international relations, military strategy, and deterrence, particular...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 51 – LTC Zachary Griffiths, COL Todd Schmidt, and MAJ Brennan Deveraux – Military Review and The Harding Project
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Lieutenant Colonel Zachary Griffiths, Colonel Todd Schmidt, and Major Brennan Deveraux from the Harding Project and Army University P...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 50 – Dr. C. Anthony Pfaff, Dr. Brian Carlson, Dr. Michael Lynch, Dr. John Deni, MAJ Brennan Deveraux – 2024 Annual Estimate of the Strategic Security Environment (Podcast).mp3
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode will be published soon.
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 49 – Darrin L. Frye – “Nanoweaponry and the Resolution Revolution: Making Danger Invisible”
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Darrin L. Frye, associate professor of science and technology and innovative futures at the Joint Special Operations University, ...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 48 – COL Thomas Spahr and Zach Kallenborn – Technology and Warfare
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, COL Thomas Spahr and Zach Kallenborn discuss technology and warfare and what practitioners and leaders can learn from America’s pas...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 47 – Kristan J. Wheaton – “Spatial Anchors and Dangerous Liaisons: Terrorist Collaboration in an Augmented Age”
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If leaders of terrorist organizations can recruit, indoctrinate, plan, and operate using AR with little drop-off in effectiveness while staying safely...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 46 – Michael W. Parrott – “Weaponizing Food Insecurity: The Violent Extremist Threat to Precision Agriculture in the United States”
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores the intersection of food insecurity and precision agriculture in the United States with author Michael W. Parrott, an expert in ...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 45 – Sarah Lohmann – “ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence, and the Terrorist Toolbox”
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sarah Lohmann discusses the use of AI in terrorism, emphasizing its potential for both good and malicious intent. She highlights terrorists’ uti...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 44 – COL Eric Hartunian and LTC Paul Milas – On Emerging Technologies and Terrorism: An American Perspective
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Colonel Eric Hartunian and Lieutenant Colonel Paul Milas, co-editors with Susan Sims of Emerging Technologies and Terrorism: An American Perspective, ...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 43 – Zachary Griffiths and Leyton Summerlin – The Harding Project
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lieutenant Colonel Zachary Griffiths and Sergeant First Class Leyton Summerlin of the Harding Project discuss military discourse and why it matters, t...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 42 – BG Shane P. Morgan and MAJ Brennan Deveraux – On Lessons Learned and Unlearned: The Drivers of US Indirect-Fire Innovation
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lieutenant Colonel Zachary Griffiths and Sergeant First Class Leyton Summerlin of the Harding Project discuss military discourse and why it matters, t...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 41 – Paul Lushenko, Rob Sparrow, and Adam Henschke – AI, Trust, Culture, and the Military (Part 2)
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contesting Paul Scharre’s influential vision of “centaur warfighting” and the idea that autonomous weapon systems will replace human warfighters...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 40 – Paul Lushenko, Rob Sparrow,and Adam Henschke – AI, Trust, Culture, and the Military
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Contesting Paul Scharre’s influential vision of “centaur warfighting” and the idea that autonomous weapon systems will replace human warfighters...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 39 – Dr. Jared M. McKinney, Dr. Peter Harris, Col. Rich D. Butler, and Josh Arostegui – Deterrence Gap - Avoiding War in the Taiwan Strait - Part 2
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The likelihood China will attack Taiwan in the next decade is high and will continue to be so, unless Taipei and Washington take urgent steps to resto...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 38 – Dr. Jared M. McKinney, Dr. Peter Harris, Col. Rich D. Butler, and Josh Arostegui – Deterrence Gap: Avoiding War in the Taiwan Strait - Part 1
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The likelihood China will attack Taiwan in the next decade is high and will continue to be so, unless Taipei and Washington take urgent steps to resto...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 37 – Luke P. Bellocchi, Jamie Critelli, and Gustavo Ferreira – On China’s Global Impact
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Luke P. Bellocchi, Major Jamie Critelli, and Captain Gustavo Ferreira address strategic concerns the United States should conside...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 36 – Jody Prescott and Brenda Oppermann – Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Ethical Military Leadership
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jody Prescott and Brenda Oppermann discuss conflict-related sexual violence and the role of leadership vis-à-vis sexual and gender-based violence. Wh...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 35 – R. Evan Ellis – The Impact of the Middle East Conflict on South America
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How are the Middle East and South America connected, and what does it mean for the United States and other countries in the Western Hemisphere? From g...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 34 – Paul Lushenko – On Drones in Conflict
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Colonel Paul Lushenko, PhD, discusses drones and their use in Gaza and Ukraine. Lushenko is a faculty instructor, and director of spe...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 33 – Dr. C. Anthony Pfaff, COL Christopher J. Lowrance and Kristan Wheaton – On Artificial Intelligence
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Integrating artificially intelligent technologies for military purposes poses a special challenge. In previous arms races, such as the race to atomic ...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 32 – Michael E. Lynch and Howard G. Coombs – International Competition in the High North 2022 Conference Volume
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 16th annual Kingston Consortium on International Security conference, “International Competition in the High North,” took place on October 11–...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 31 – COL Richard D. Butler, Josh Arostegui, and Dr. Luke P. Bellocchi – On “The Strategic Importance of Taiwan to the United States and Its Allies”
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Taiwan has become increasingly important to the United States and its allies as the Russia-Ukraine War has united democracies against authoritarian ex...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 30 – Dr. Jared M. McKinney and Dr. Peter Harris – Deterrence Gap: Avoiding War in the Taiwan Strait
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The likelihood China will attack Taiwan in the next decade is high and will continue to be so, unless Taipei and Washington take urgent steps to resto...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 29 – Conrad C. Crane and Brian McAllister Linn – On Today's Recruiting Crisis
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Conrad C. Crane and Dr. Brian McAllister Linn address the Army’s recruiting crisis—especially for combat arms. Talent management was identifie...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 28 – Mitchell G. Klingenberg – Americans and the Dragon: Lessons in Coalition Warfighting from the Boxer Uprising
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Drawing from archival materials at the US Army Heritage and Education Center and the United States Military Academy at West Point, numerous published ...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 27 – COL Eric Hartunian On The Annual Estimate of the Strategic Security Environment
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Annual Estimate of the Strategic Security Environment serves as a guide for academics and practitioners in the defense community on the current ch...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 26 – Christopher J. Bolan, Jerad I. Harper, and Joel R. Hillison – Revisiting “Diverging Interests: US Strategy in the Middle East”
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The October 2023 attacks on Israel by Hamas are only the latest in a series of global crises with implications for the regional order in the Middle Ea...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 25 – Dr. Allison Abbe and Dr. Claire Yorke – On Strategic Empathy
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast explores the benefits of strategic empathy and its value as a leadership tool. Read the issue here: https://press.armywarcollege.edu/par...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 24 – Jonathan Klug and Mick Ryan – On White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan.mp3
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, US Army Col. Jon Klug and retired Australian Major General Mick Ryan discuss Ryan’s most recent book, White Sun War: The Campaign f...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 23 – Anthony Pfaff and Adam Henschke – The Ethics of Trusting AI
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the monograph Trusting AI: Integrating Artificial Intelligence into the Army’s Professional Expert Knowledge and the Parameters article “...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 22 – Paul Scharre and Robert J. Sparrow – AI: Centaurs Versus Minotaurs—Who Is in Charge?
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Who is in charge when it comes to AI? People or machines? In this episode, Paul Scharre, author of the books Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the ...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 21 – C. Anthony Pfaff and Christopher J. Lowrance – Trusting AI: Integrating Artificial Intelligence into the Army’s Professional Expert Knowledge
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Integrating artificially intelligent technologies for military purposes poses a special challenge. In previous arms races, such as the race to atomic ...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 20 – Dr. Roger Cliff – China’s Future Military Capabilities
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The 2022 National Defense Strategy of the United States of America identifies China as the “pacing challenge” for the US military. This podcast ex...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 19 – Zenel Garcia and Kevin Modlin – Revisiting “Sino-Russian Relations and the War in Ukraine”
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Zenel Garcia and Kevin Modlin draw on recent visits of Chinese officials to Russia to support their contention that Sino-Russian rel...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 18 – Lukas Cox – On “Countering Terrorism on Tomorrow’s Battlefield and Critical Infrastructure Security and Resiliency”
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Conversations on Strategy, Lucas Cox shares his thoughts on being an intern working on two collaborative studies for NATO.Read the ...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 16 – Dr. Heather S. Gregg and Dr. James D. Scudieri – On “The Grand Strategy of Gertrude Bell” - From the Arab Bureau to the Creation of Iraq
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The remarkable life of early-twentieth-century British adventurer Gertrude Bell has been well documented through her biographies and numerous travel b...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 15 – Frank J. Kuzminski – “NATO Space Critical Infrastructure” from Countering Terrorism on Tomorrow’s Battlefield (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 2)
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Every day, malicious actors target emerging technologies and medical resilience or seek to wreak havoc in the wake of disasters brought on by climate ...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 17 – Wuraola Oyewusi – “Medical Resilience and Pandemics” from Countering Terrorism on Tomorrow’s Battlefield CISR (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 2)
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Wuraola Oyewusi Medical resilience is a key critical infrastructure in a nation’s preparedness against vulnerabilities. Pandemics such as COVID-19 a...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 14 – Dr. Sarah J. Lohmann – Countering Terrorism on Tomorrow’s Battlefield (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 2)
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Every day, malicious actors target emerging technologies and medical resilience or seek to wreak havoc in the wake of disasters brought on by climate ...
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)
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For over a quarter century the United States and the European Union have been diligently planning and implementing policies and procedures to protect ...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 12 – Steve Bieber – “Water Sector Resilience in the Metropolitan Washington Case” from Enabling NATO’s Collective Defense CISR (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 1)
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 e...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 11 – Chris Anderson – “Communications Resilience” from Enabling NATO’s Collective Defense CISR (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 1)
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Communications form the critical backbone of the modern world, connecting more people and more devices more completely than ever before. The benefits ...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 10 – Ronald Bearse – “Understanding Critical Infrastructure” from Enabling NATO’s Collective Defense CISR (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 1)
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast based on Chapter 1 in Enabling NATO’s Collective Defense: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resiliency (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 1 answ...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 9 – Dr. Carol Evans – Enabling NATO’s Collective Defense CISR (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 1)
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2014 NATO’s Centre of Excellence-Defence Against Terrorism (COE-DAT) launched the inaugural course on “Critical Infrastructure Protection Again...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 8 – John Spencer – Urban Warfare
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
21st Century Warfare, Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, collapse, Doha Accord, Grand Strategy, international...
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
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The rapid collapse of Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in August 2021 was widely anticipated and due to its structural constraints ...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 6 – Dr. Ariel Cohen and Dr. Robert Hamilton – The Russian Military and the Georgia War - Lessons and Implications
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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, usi...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 5 – Dr. Phillip Dolitsky and Dr. Lukas Milevski – On “The Grand Strategic Thought of Colin S. Gray”
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Mr. Phillip Dolitsky and Dr. Lukas Milevski discuss the article “The Grand Strategic Thought of Colin S. Gray,” which was publish...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 4 – Dr. Bettina Renz – Russia and Ukraine
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is inspired by Dr. Bettina Renz’s 2016 Parameters article “Why Russia Is Reviving Its Conventional Military Power.” Dr. Renz revisi...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 3 – Dr. Michael Desch – Soldiers in Cities - Military Operations on Urban Terrain
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is based on a compendium that resulted from a conference on “Military Operations in an Urban Environment” cosponsored by the Patterso...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 2 – Dr. Roger Cliff – Broken Nest - China and Taiwan (Part 2)
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast analyzes the cutting-edge understandings of deterrence with empirical evidence of Chinese strategic thinking and culture to build such...
Conversations on Strategy Podcast – Ep 1 – Dr. Jared M. McKinney, Dr. Peter Harris, Eric Chan – Broken Nest - China and Taiwan (Part 1)
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Deterring a Chinese invasion of Taiwan without recklessly threatening a great-power war is both possible and necessary through a tailored deterrence p...