SSI Live Podcast

USAWC professors and esteemed guests discuss topics ranging from military strategy to geopolitical issues. The US Army War College Press produces "Decisive Point" as a companion series to the quarterly journal "Parameters". In "SSI Live," professors discu

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SSI Live Podcast – Ep 85 – Latin America’s Shift Left – Ellis

Posted January 7, 2022

Recent elections in Honduras and Chile appear to indicate that left-leaning parties are on the rise across Latin America. Is this the case and, if so,...

SSI Live Podcast – Ep 84 – Can the West get Counterinsurgency Right? – Mason

Posted September 8, 2021

The fall of Afghanistan raises serious questions about whether the United States and the West more broadly are able to successfully implement what military...

SSI Live Podcast – Ep 83 – Explaining Afghanistan’s Downfall – Mason

Posted September 7, 2021

How did Afghanistan fall to the Taliban after 20 years of effort by the United States and its allies? SSI Live host Dr. John R. Deni invited his SSI...

SSI Live Podcast – Ep 82 – Striking the Balance – US Army Force Posture in Europe, 2028 – Pfaff, Clark

Posted September 21, 2020

Within the context of Europe, the US Army must develop a force posture that best navigates the tensions between deterring or defeating armed conflict...

SSI Live Podcast – Ep 81 – Addressing Hypercompetition in the Indo-Pacific Theater – Freier, Schaus

Posted July 24, 2020

Given the multifaceted great power competition underway in the Indo-Pacific theater, how can the United States military best position itself? What role...