When, why, and under what circumstances does security force assistance work? This episode focuses on best practices of security force assistance, along with challenges, realistic expectations, and the role it will play for the United States in an era of great power competition with guests Dr. Mara Karlin, author of the book Building Militaries and Fragile States: Challenges for the United States, and Brig. Gen. Scott Jackson, commanding general of the US Army's Security Force Assistance Command.
Intro music: "Unsilenced" by Ketsa
In this first episode of our two-part series focused on irregular warfare in Ukraine, we're joined by Michael Kofman, the research program director in...
What are unconventional warfare and foreign subversion? Will they be important in an era of great power competition? What are some of the second-...
What lessons should the United States military take from twenty years of war in Afghanistan? This episode focuses on US efforts in the Pech...