War on the Rocks
Episodes
PODCAST: The Islamic State's War in Iraq and Syria
15 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is the podcast in which War on the Rocks fixes the Middle East...ok, we kid, but it is a fascinating conversation with some of the most astute an...
Cybersecurity over Sazeracs
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We got together a great panel of experts to talk all things cybersecurity, with a little bit of ClintonEmail.com and comedy troupes mixed in. Listen h...
PODCAST: Asian Maritime Security and a Rising China
21 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Last night, just hours before President Obama delivered the State of the Union address, Ryan Evans sat down with Mira-Rapp Hooper of CSIS, Bryan McGra...
PODCAST: South Asia meets East Asia
13 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Small of the German Marshall Fund, Stephen Tankel of American University and WOTR, and Joshua White of the Stimson Center joined Ryan Evans to ...
PODCAST: Spitballing Offset Strategy
23 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We recently sat down with the gang at the Center for a New American Security to discuss offset strategies. As you can see from the photo, we had all t...
On Strategy and Strategists
04 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Editor's note: Recently, the Clements Center of the University of Texas at Austin and the King's College London War Studies Department held an impor...
PODCAST: Naval and Maritime Strategy
21 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Admiral Chris Parry (ret.) of the Royal United Services Institute, Bryan McGrath of Hudson's Center for American Seapower, and Evan Montgomery of CSBA...
PODCAST: Asian Security – Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Confrontation with China
08 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down to talk Asian security at the Jefferson Hotel's Quill Bar. Our guests included: Dean Cheng, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation. Rob...
Podcast: In Search of a Middle East Strategy
19 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the sharpest minds on the Middle East in town sat down over drinks to tackle some of the most troublesome problems in the world's most trouble...
PODCAST: America's Search for Security with Sean Kay
11 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Yesterday, Ryan Evans sat down with Sean Kay over a couple beers at the Jefferson Hotel's wonderful Quill Bar to discuss America's foreign policy tra...
PODCAST: Bourbon with a splash of counter-insurgency
31 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
What about counterinsurgency? At a time when all eyes are focused on the potential outbreak of a "conventional" war in Ukraine, Doug Ollivant, David U...
Broken Mirrors Episode 5: The Operation of Intelligence in a Democracy
28 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second of a two-part podcast set on the concept, and uses, of Strategic Intelligence. In this episode, Marc and Tom discuss how intelligen...
A Conversation with the Chairman: General Martin E. Dempsey
25 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with General Martin E. Dempsey in his office to talk strategy, the profession of arms, military compensation reform, and professional mili...
PODCAST: Contemporary Nuclear Strategy
17 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Evans sat down with an august panel of gentlemen and a gentlelady to discuss issues related to contemporary nuclear strategy. The guests: Elbri...
PODCAST: Cyberwar and Cybersecurity
07 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Max Fisher of the Washington Post and Ryan Evans sat down recently with Peter Singer and Allan Friedman of the Brookings Institution to discuss their ...
PODCAST: Counter-Terrorism, Drones, Syria, & More
24 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
JM Berger, Will McCants, and Clint Watts sat down with Ryan Evans at the Jefferson Hotel to talk about a range of subjects related to counter-terroris...
Strategic Surprise, Intelligence and Terrorism: Developing a Tolerance for Disaster
18 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first of a two-part podcast set on the concept, and uses, of Strategic Intelligence. In this episode, Tom and I lay out the actual, soci...
PODCAST: Nuclear Strategy and the Cold War
10 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Last night, I sat down to talk nuclear strategy with William Rosenau of the Center for Naval Analysis, defense analyst Elbridge Colby, Robert Zarate o...
50 years on, can we still learn from JFK's strategy?
07 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Editor's Note: We are pleased to feature this talk by Sir Lawrence Freedman, which took place this week at the British Embassy in Washington, DC. Sp...
Broken Mirrors, Episode 3: Fear & (In)Security Theatre
31 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"Nil terribile nisi ipse timor" In this episode, Tom Quiggin and I take a hard, realist look at the concept, and tactic, of terrorism. In the first ...
PODCAST: The War in your Wallet: The Real Invisible Hand
04 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, we take a look at a rarely discussed, structural vulnerability in advanced societies: the payments and settlements system. We first p...
PODCAST: Pivoting around and around in the Middle East
25 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Last night, some of Washington's finest national security minds met me at the cabinet room in the Jefferson Hotel bar to talk shop. Elbridge Colby...
PODCAST: Broken Mirrors, Episode 1
03 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Editor's Note: War on the Rocks is proud to start featuring podcasts from its Canadian affiliate, Broken Mirrors. In this inaugural episode of Broke...
PODCAST: Syria, Secrets, and Some Snark
28 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Last night, Eli Lake of the Daily Beast and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, a WOTR contributor, joined Senior Editor Mark Stout and me at the Jefferson Hotel...
Podcast: Talking Terrorism with Pantucci and Simcox
19 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday, I sat down for a great talk over drinks with Raffaello Pantucci, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, and Robin...
Podcast: War from the Ground up with Simpson and McInnis
01 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Last Thursday I invited Emile Simpson and Kathleen McInnis to join me at the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel in London to talk about Emile's book, "Wa...
PODCAST: More Irregular Warfare Fun
31 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part Two of my session with Lieutenant Colonel Brian A. Payne and David Kasten of the U.S. Army Irregular Warfare Center (AIWC) at the Jeffer...
Podcast: Talking COIN with the folks from the Army Irregular Warfare Center
29 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
I recently sat down with Lieutenant Colonel Brian A. Payne and David Kasten of the U.S. Army Irregular Warfare Center (AIWC) at the Jefferson Hotel b...
First WOTR Podcast: Bill Rosenau, Will McCants, and Afshon Ostovar
08 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The other day, I sat down with War on the Rocks contributors Bill Rosenau, Will McCants, and Afshon Ostovar - all of the Strategic Studies Center at t...