On the afternoon of September 17, the first reports began spreading online. Small explosions had occurred around Lebanon—all at seemingly the same moment. Ultimately counted in the thousands, the...

Would Patton or Montgomery be effective battlefield commanders in the twenty-first century? Does the changing character of warfare drive transformations in the ways in which senior officers exercise...

On July 30, an Israeli strike near Beirut, Lebanon killed a senior Hezbollah commander. The next day, a Hamas political figure was killed in Tehran. Iran quickly threatened to retaliate against...

Just days ago, Ukraine’s government confirmed it had received the first batch of F-16s provided by its international supporters. More than a year had passed since a eleven countries announced at...

The term "cohesion" features prominently in discussions of military effectiveness, especially at the small-unit level. Most people have at least an intuitive sense of what it means, but...

It is conventional wisdom that a cyber issues increasingly influence the conduct of all activities—including military activities. But what does conflict in cyberspace actually look like? Short of...

What is Russia's political object in its war against Ukraine? What is Ukraine's? And if these are fundamentally irreconcilable, what developments might still bring the war to an end? These questions...

In April of this year, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division finished a nine-month deployment to the Middle East. Spread across eight bases in Iraq and Syria, the brigade’s forces were...

Twenty years ago, in the 2004 National Military Strategy, the Joint Chiefs of Staff described cyberspace as a battlespace "domain." But just as the physical warfighting domains have become...

Russian leaders—most notably, Vladimir Putin—have long expressed the view that artificial intelligence will be crucial to Russian security in the future. This sentiment has driven a pursuit in...

Many people look at a map of the Indo-Pacific region and assume that—characterized as it is by long distances and vast stretches of ocean—it is principally the air and maritime domains where...

When Iran launched more than a hundred ballistic missiles, dozens of cruise missiles, and at least 150 drones at Israel over the weekend, air and missile defenses were quickly called into action....

On April 4, 1949, representatives of twelve governments came together to sign the North Atlantic Treaty and create the NATO alliance. In the seventy-five years that have passed since then, the world...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, John Amble speaks to Sandor Fabian. A former officer in the Hungarian military's special operations forces, he has extensively researched the concept of...

For eight decades, the world has navigated the risk of nuclear war. But what will be required to so in the future? And because that risk is not static, how do we measure, conceptualize, and respond...

In recent months, the Middle East has seen a surge of activity from a variety of actors. The Houthi movement in Yemen has launched dozens of attacks on commercial ships transiting the Red Sea,...

After Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, much of the analysis of the ongoing war has naturally focused on its military dimension. And of course, the military conduct of the ongoing war...

Most people know something about the most famous amphibious operations in military history—the D-Day landings in Normandy during World War II, for example, or Gallipoli during World War I. But what...

The Hamas attacks against Israel on October 7 and the ongoing Israeli military campaign in Gaza are the latest, tragic chapters in a complex, decades-long conflict between Israel and a variety of...

Observers watched the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War closely, searching for indicators of the character of warfare on tomorrow's battlefields. The lessons extracted have covered advanced technology and...

When Hamas fighters launched a coordinated and large-scale series of attacks against Israel on October 7, it became the deadliest day Israel had suffered since its founding. The brutal attacks have...

As Israeli ground forces mobilize for what appears to be a looming battle in Gaza to destroy Hamas military capability, how much can we predict about how that battle will play out? In this episode,...

On October 3, 1993, US special operations forces launched a mission in Mogadishu. It was part of Operation Gothic Serpent, which was aimed at capturing Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The...

Unprovoked. Brutal. Illegal. Reckless and ruthless. Inhumane and cynical. These are the ways Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and its conduct of the ongoing war have been characterized by Western...

The decisions last year by the governments of Finland and Sweden to apply for NATO membership signified a momentous departure from a longstanding tradition of nonalignment for both countries. The...

As the world has watched the war in Ukraine and seen the evidence of the threat posed by Russia, among those who sense that threat most acutely are the three Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and...

This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with August Cole. He is the coauthor, along with Peter Singer, of a new book called Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution. It’s...

When Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022, one of their first targets was Mariupol, an important port city on the Sea of Azov and vital to Russian plans to establish a land bridge...

On Friday, when Yevgeny Prighozin released a video that took aim at senior Russian leaders and criticized the management of the war in Ukraine, it was the first in a series of extraordinary events...

Why do states—and nonstate actors—choose to use armed drones as weapons of war? How does that decision affect these actors' international reputations? How do questions of law and morality intersect...

In a number of clear and obvious ways, the war in Ukraine has not gone well for the Russian military. That has forced it to adapt many of its tactics. More than fifteen months into the war, some of...

How does Turkey perceive its position as a state actor in an increasingly multipolar world? In terms of grand strategy, what are its fundamental interests and objectives? And what are the keys to...

In this episode of the Modern War Institute Podcast, John Amble is joined by Dr. James Giordano. He is a professor at Georgetown University, where he serves as the chief of the Neuroethics Studies...

Would Patton or Montgomery be effective battlefield commanders in the twenty-first century? Does the changing character of warfare drive transformations in the ways in which senior officers exercise...

In geopolitical terms, the Arctic is characterized by a number of unique features that set it apart from other regions. Its governance structures, the way Arctic states engage with one another, the...

This week, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow to a warm reception from his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. While much of the world has lined up in opposition to Russia over its...

For much of America’s post-9/11 wars, the US military worked to build capable and effective security forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. This mission took on various guises. There were special...

One year ago, on February 24, Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. The opening days and weeks saw Russia's initial ambitious moves thwarted, most notably its thrust toward Kyiv. Ukrainian forces...

This episode of the Modern War Institute Podcast features a conversation with MWI's own John Spencer. He serves as chair of urban warfare studies at MWI and is a leading expert in the subject or...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, John Amble speaks to Sandor Fabian. A former officer in the Hungarian military's special operations forces, he has extensively researched the concept of...

Ukrainian forces have been praised for the degree to which they have used innovation—technological and tactical—during their ongoing war with Russia. This is particularly true with regard to the use...

In September, Mahsa Amini was arrested in Tehran by authorities who accused her of improperly wearing her headscarf. When she died while in detention, it became a spark that lit a tinderbox of...

This episode of the MWI Podcast features two very special guests. Dr. Richard Shultz is the Lee E. Dirks Professor of International Politics and Director of the International Security Studies...

The recent death of Ayman al-Zawahiri marks a rare inflection point for a terrorist organization that has had just two leaders in the more than three decades of its existence. That makes it a unique...

As the US Space Force approaches its third birthday later this year, what does the domain in which it operates actually look like? In this episode of the MWI Podcast, John Amble is joined by Dr....

The term "cohesion" features prominently in discussions of military effectiveness, especially at the small-unit level. Most people have at least an intuitive sense of what it means, but...

In this episode of the Modern War Institute Podcast, John Amble is joined by Simon Akam. He is a journalist and the author of a new book, The Changing of the Guard: The British Army Since 9/11. The...

How have European far-right extremists responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? How has the Russian government leveraged members of Russia's far right in service of its objectives in the war? And...

When the idea of great power competition began to gain traction with the publication of the 2017 National Security Strategy and the 2018 National Defense Strategy, it soon became clear that it was...

What are the hallmarks of an adaptable military force, especially in wartime? What types of leaders best create cultures of adaptability in their formations? How do such forces employ rapidly...

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February, the Modern War Institute has published a large number of articles and released a series of podcast episodes offering analysis and commentary on the...

Several weeks ago, about two months after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, we published an article examining the role of amphibious operations in the invasion. More specifically, it looked at the fact...

The recently announced decisions by the governments of Finland and Sweden to apply for NATO membership signify a momentous departure from a longstanding tradition of nonalignment for both countries....

"Ukraine's Secret Weapon Against Russia: Turkish Drones." Variations of that headline have appeared in a seemingly endless series since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February. News outlets and...

The ongoing war in Ukraine is giving observers a chance to forecast how future conflicts will take shape. Drones, advanced sensors, and other technologies are playing impactful roles in the fight....

On March 18, a Russian military strike hit a target in western Ukraine. Moscow claimed that the strike was carried out with a Kh-47M2 air-to-surface hypersonic missile. Also in March, a US...

In this episode of the Modern War Institute Podcast, John Amble is joined by retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges. He began his thirty-seven-year career in the US Army as a platoon leader in Germany, and he...

Almost immediately after Russian forces invaded Ukraine two weeks ago, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy began calling for NATO to implement a no-fly zone over his country to negate the...

"Is Germany a Reliable American Ally?" That's the question asked in the headline of an opinion piece published recently in the Wall Street Journal. It joins a chorus of similar inquiries—most...

From 2016 to 2018, Liam Collins—then a colonel in the US Army—traveled frequently to Ukraine, meeting with senior officials in the government and military there. He was part of an effort on the part...

This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with August Cole. He is the coauthor, along with Peter Singer, of a new book called Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution. It’s...

When we look back on the events of 2021, what did we learn about modern war? How has competition taken shape? What can we discern about the interests of states like China and Russia—and how they are...

For much of the past twenty years of America’s post-9/11 wars, the US military worked to build capable and effective security forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. This mission took on various guises:...

Over the past several weeks, tens of thousands of Russian troops have gathered in the area near Russia's border with Ukraine. But what does it signify? It is a challenge to determine whether the...

Last month, record-breaking numbers of Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone, raising tensions in the region and propelling Taiwan—and China's designs on...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, John Amble speaks to Sandor Fabian. A former officer in the Hungarian military's special operations forces, he has extensively researched the concept of...

Why do states—and nonstate actors—choose to use armed drones as weapons of war? How does that decision affect these actors' international reputations? How do questions of law and morality intersect...

In the past twenty years, during the US-led post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a million members of the National Guard have deployed to those two combat zones. Throughout that period, soldiers...

As the United States approaches the twenty-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and marks the end of US involvement in Afghanistan, what of the other half of what, perhaps inevitably, have...

China is increasingly labeled America's "pacing threat" by US national security leaders. That makes it more important than ever to understand China with an appropriate degree of nuance. How do...

President Joe Biden recently made his first international trip. Over several days in Europe, he met with the leaders of the other G-7 countries and held a bilateral meeting with Russian president...

The Army has been undergoing a major transformation for the past several years, focused increasingly on enhancing its readiness to conduct large-scale combat operations and calibrating its...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, MWI’s John Amble is joined by James Verini. He is an award-winning journalist who has reported from all over the world—including a series of articles...

What are the hallmarks of an adaptable military force? What types of leaders best create cultures of adaptability in their formations? How do such forces employ rapidly changing technologies? And...

In this episode of the Modern War Institute Podcast, John Amble is joined by retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges. He began his thirty-seven-year career in the US Army as a platoon leader in Germany, and he...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, John Amble speaks with Dr. Amy Kruse. When the conversation was recorded, she was the chief scientific officer at the Platypus Institute, an organization that...

This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with Matt Larsen, known in many corners of the Army as the father of the modern combatives. He was a key figure in the Army’s effort to...

Most people know something about the most famous amphibious operations in military history—the D-Day landings in Normandy during World War II, for example, or Gallipoli during World War I. But what...

In 2018, the Army established the new Army Futures Command, a huge undertaking that has been described as the biggest reorganization in nearly half a century for the service. In this episode of...

This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with Robert Work. From 2014 to 2017, he served as deputy secretary of defense, overseeing the Pentagon's day-to-day operations and the...

This episode of the Modern War Institute Podcast features a conversation with MWI's own John Spencer. He serves as chair of urban warfare studies at MWI and is a leading expert in the subject or...

In this episode of the Modern War Institute podcast, MWI editorial director John Amble speaks to Dr. James Giordano. Dr. Giordano is a professor at Georgetown University, where he is the chief of...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, Maj. Jake Miraldi speaks to bestselling author and MWI senior fellow Max Brooks. Max is most well known as the author of books like World War Z and The...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, we’re joined by Dr. Moriba Jah, an associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin....

This episode of the MWI Podcast features two very special guests. Dr. Richard Shultz is the Lee E. Dirks Professor of International Politics and Director of the International Security Studies...

Would Patton or Montgomery be effective battlefield commanders in the twenty-first century? Does the changing character of warfare drive transformations in the ways in which senior officers exercise...

This episode of the Modern War Institute Podcast features a conversation with Rebecca Lissner and Mira Rapp-Hooper. In their new book, An Open World: How America Can Win the Contest for Twenty-First...

This episode of the MWI Podcast features a discussion with Ali Wyne. He is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and a nonresident fellow at the Modern War Institute. His recent...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, we're joined by four guests, each of whom is remarkably accomplished and has deep professional experience in the field of national security: Brig. Gen. (ret) Jen...

This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with August Cole. He is the coauthor, along with Peter Singer, of a new book called Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution. It’s...

This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with Craig Whiteside and Haroro Ingram. They are two of the three authors of a book called The ISIS Reader. It is a collection of primary...

Is Kim Jong-Un alive or dead? We don’t actually know—and that's remarkable. It's also remarkable how little media attention the situation in North Korea is receiving—crowded out, perhaps inevitably,...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, Maj. Jake Miraldi speaks to Dr. Sarah Kreps, a professor of government and adjunct professor of law at Cornell University, whose research touches on a range of...

This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with retired US Air Force Gen. Bob Kehler. Gen. Kehler finished his thirty-nine-year military career in 2013—a career that culminated in his...

This episode of the MWI Podcast is one of the most timely episodes we’ve had the opportunity to record and publish. The outbreak of COVID-19 over the past days and weeks has disrupted lives—and to a...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, Maj. Jake Miraldi speaks to Maj. Gen. Patrick Roberson. For most of his thirty-year Army career, he has served in the special operations community. In August...

In this episode of the Modern War Institute Podcast, MWI's John Amble sits down for a conversation with Lt. Gen. Eric Wesley. He is the deputy commanding general of Army Futures Command as well as...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, Maj. Jake Miraldi sits down for a fascinating conversation with Dr. Bear Braumoeller, a political science professor at the Ohio State University. He is the author...

This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James McConville. He began in that role, as the seniormost officer in the United States Army, in August...

This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with Mark Mitchell, who joins Maj. Jake Miraldi. From June to November 2019 Mitchell served as the acting assistant secretary of defense for...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, Maj. Jake Miraldi talks to award-winning New York Times journalist and best-selling author CJ Chivers. His newest book, The Fighters, takes on the task of telling...

In this episode of the Modern War Institute Podcast, MWI's Maj Jake Miraldi sits down for a conversation with Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy. The Army is in an era of transition. The service is...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, John Amble is joined by Dr. Casey Wardynski, the assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs. His office has a remarkably wide portfolio, and...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, MWI’s Maj. Jake Miraldi talks to Dr. Charles Morgan. Dr. Morgan is a forensic psychologist whose work at Yale University, at the National Center for...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, Maj. Jake Miraldi is joined by Michael Singh. He has served as co-chair of the Syria Study Group since it was formed at the direction of Congress to examine the...

In this episode of  the MWI Podcast, MWI's John Amble speaks with Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier. As the Army G-2, he is the seniormost intelligence officer assigned to the US Army headquarters. That makes...

It was big news last year when the Department of Defense began exploring the creation of a space force. But the US military has been involved in space for a long time. The Air Force has...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, MWI's John Amble is joined by James Verini. He is an award-winning journalist who has reported from all over the world—including a series of articles for National...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, Maj. Jake Miraldi is joined by Lt. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, commander of US Army Cyber Command. He discusses the nuances of the cyber domain and operations in that...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, John Amble talks to Martha Wells, author of the four-volume science fiction series The Murderbot Diaries. The central character of those books' plot is a hybrid...

This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with Matt Larsen, known in many corners of the Army as the father of the modern combatives. He was a key figure in the Army’s effort to...

The fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and autonomous technology are exploding in development. So how will these advancements change the way we fight future wars? In this episode...

Just last year, in 2018, the Army established the new Army Futures Command, a huge undertaking that has been described as the biggest reorganization in nearly half a century for the service. In this...

This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with Robert Work. From 2014 to 2017, he served as deputy secretary of defense, overseeing the Pentagon's day-to-day operations and the...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, John Amble speaks with Dr. Amy Kruse, the chief scientific officer at the Platypus Institute, an organization that takes some of the most cutting-edge...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, we're joined by Dr. Moriba Jah, an associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin....

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, we talk to Peter Newell. A retired US Army colonel, he is the CEO of BMNT, a Silicon Valley-based consultancy, and has also been instrumental in creating a...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, we speak to Elsa Kania, an Adjunct Fellow with the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, whose research is at the...

In this episode of the Modern War Institute Podcast, MWI’s Maj. Jake Miraldi talk to retired Col. Frank Sobchak. He, along with retired Col. Joel Rayburn, authored the Army’s two-volume, 1,300-page...

This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with Ali Wyne, a policy analyst at the RAND Corporation and Non-Resident Fellow with the Modern War Institute. Wyne is one of the most...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, we're joined by four guests, each of whom is remarkably accomplished and has deep professional experience in the field of national security: Brig. Gen. Jen...

Would Patton or Montgomery be effective battlefield commanders in the twenty-first century? Does the changing character of warfare drive transformations in the ways in which senior officers exercise...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, Maj. Jake Miraldi sits down for a conversation with Dr. Mara Karlin. She has served in national security roles for five US secretaries of defense, and is the...

In this episode of the Modern War Institute Podcast, retired US Army Col. Steve Banach joins to discuss the notion of "virtual war." Banach spent 27 years in the Army, including nine years in the...

This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with Ken Pollack, a military analyst and the author of Armies of Sand, a book that examines the question of the effectiveness of Arab...

This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with retired US Air Force Gen. Bob Kehler. Gen. Kehler finished his thirty-nine-year military career in 2013—a career that culminated in his...

This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with Dr. Hal Brands, a Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies...

Artificial intelligence. Quantum computing. Nanotechnology. The Internet of Things. Blockchains. Neuroscience. Biotech. We live in a world of rapid technological development, in these and many other...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, Maj. Jake Miraldi speaks to Dr. Graham Allison. Earlier this year, Dr. Allison completed his 22-year-long tenure as director of Harvard University’s Belfer Center...

P.W. Singer, co-author of the new book LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media, joins for this episode of the MWI Podcast. The book is part history, part analysis of current events, and even part...

Editor's note: Special thanks to the US Army's Mad Scientist initiative, a program of the Army's Training and Doctrine Command, for partnering with MWI to make this podcast happen in conjunction...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, Maj. Jake Miraldi talks to award-winning New York Times journalist and best-selling author CJ Chivers. His newest book, The Fighters, takes on the task of telling...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, MWI’s Maj. Jake Miraldi talks to Dr. Charles Morgan. Dr. Morgan is a forensic psychologist whose work at Yale University, at the National Center for...

This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with Matt Larsen, known in many corners of the Army as the father of the modern combatives. He was a key figure in the Army’s effort to...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast we're joined by Max Boot, a bestselling author, renowned historian, and astute observer of the world's most important geopolitical and security dynamics. During...

In the era of big data, the minds of human analysts are no match for the processing power of computers fed with terabytes of data and armed with powerful algorithms. But MWI Non-Resident Fellow Dr....

In this episode of the Modern War Institute podcast, MWI editorial director John Amble speaks to Dr. James Giordano. Dr. Giordano is a professor at Georgetown University, where he is the Chief of...

In this episode of the Modern War Institute podcast, MWI editorial director John Amble speaks to Dr. Russell Glenn, a senior adviser for plans and policy to the deputy chief of staff, G-2, of the...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, Maj. Jake Miraldi speaks to Dr. Sarah Kreps, an associate professor of government and adjunct professor of law at Cornell University. Dr. Kreps is also an adjunct...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, Maj. Jake Miraldi speaks to Ambassador Doug Lute. A retired US Army lieutenant general, Lute held senior positions in both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, John Amble speaks with Dr. Amy Kruse, the chief scientific officer at the Platypus Institute, an organization that takes some of the most cutting-edge...

The fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and autonomous technology are exploding in development. So how will these advancements change the way we fight future wars? In this episode...

Modernization is one of the Army's current key initiatives. But what will it mean for soldiers in the Army's ranks? How will the recently announced Army Futures Command help prepare the Army for a...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, John Amble talks to Joseph Young and Jason Fritz. Together, they have researched an intriguing phenomenon: private American citizens who have traveled to Iraq and...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, we speak to Elsa Kania, an Adjunct Fellow with the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, whose research is at the...

This episode of the MWI Podcast features a conversation with Secretary of the Army Mark Esper. As the senior civilian official in charge of the Department of the Army, his vision for the service and...

In this episode of the Modern War Institute Podcast, retired US Army Col. Steve Banach joins to discuss the notion of "virtual war." Banach spent 27 years in the Army, including nine years in the...

Last summer, three years after ISIS fighters stormed Mosul and took control of the city, Iraq's prime minister formally declared that the group had been dislodged and the entire city had been...

Artificial intelligence. Quantum computing. Nanotechnology. The Internet of Things. Blockchains. Neuroscience. Biotech. We live in a world of rapid technological development, in these and many other...

Over nearly thirty years, Sean Naylor has reported from war zones. As a student he traveled to Pakistan and Afghanistan to cover the mujahideen fighting Soviet troops. In the early 1990s, he...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, Capt. Jake Miraldi talks to Sebastian Junger—journalist, best-selling author, and award-winning filmmaker. Junger is the author of War, an account of combat in...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, Capt. Jake Miraldi speaks to Dr. Graham Allison. Earlier this year, Dr. Allison completed his 22-year-long tenure as director of Harvard University’s Belfer...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, we talk to Gen. David Perkins, the commander of the US Army Training and Doctrine Command. In that capacity, among his many areas of responsibility, is playing an...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, I had the honor of speaking with Gen. David Petraeus. Gen. Petraeus needs little introduction. His remarkable military career, culminating with key command...

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, two guests—retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Bob Dulaney and Dr. Mike Skaff—join to discuss the F-35. The F-35 is the fifth-generation fighter the US military is...

What should we make of the considerable uptick in North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile tests? What are the best tools that the United States and its allies should bring to bear against the...

In the era of big data, the minds of human analysts are no match for the processing power of computers fed with terabytes of data and armed with powerful algorithms. But MWI Non-Resident Fellow Dr....

How and why did the US Navy shift from battleships to aircraft carriers? What drove the US Army's adoption of helicopter aviation? In this episode of the Modern War Institute podcast, MWI's Capt....

Money is a powerful weapon in a combat zone. There are risks of deploying it in the form of economic programs, of course. But when used effectively, "tactical economics" can be a powerful tool with...

In this episode of the Modern War Institute podcast, MWI's Capt. Jake Miraldi speaks to Dr. Jakub Grygiel, the George H.W. Bush Senior Associate Professor of International Relations at the School of...

In this episode of the Modern War Institute podcast, MWI editorial director John Amble speaks to Dr. James Giordano. Dr. Giordano is a professor at Georgetown University, where he is the Chief of...

In this episode of the MWI podcast, Capt. Jake Miraldi speaks to bestselling author and MWI non-resident fellow Max Brooks. Max is most well known as the author of books like World War Z and The...

In this episode of the MWI podcast, Capt. Jake Miraldi sits down for a discussion with Col. Jonathan Neumann. For the past three years, Col. Neumann has served as the director of the Department of...

In this episode of the MWI podcast, MWI editorial director John Amble had a chance to sit down and speak to US Army Capt. Natalie Mallue. In April, Capt. Mallue and another officer became the sixth...

Editor's note: The audio from this episode of the MWI podcast is derived from a video interview conducted jointly with the West Point Center for Oral History. To watch the video, click here.  ...

In this episode of the Modern War Institute podcast, MWI editorial director John Amble speaks to retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling. After a thirty-seven-year career in the US Army, including his final...

Editor's note: Special thanks to the US Army's Mad Scientist initiative, a program of the Army's Training and Doctrine Command, for partnering with MWI to make this podcast happen in conjunction...

In this episode of the MWI podcast, Capt. Jake Miraldi speaks with four guests about writing and its usefulness as a tool for both storytelling and making sense of and creating order from complex...

We talk to the chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces’ Technology and Logistics Branch about subterranean warfare, autonomous platforms, and the future of war.

In this episode of the MWI podcast, Capt. Jake Miraldi talks to bestselling author and MWI non-resident fellow Max Brooks about creativity, and why it is becoming such a vital trait for success on the modern battlefield.

In this MWI podcast, Capt. Jake Miraldi talks to retired Staff Sgt. Sal Giunta, the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War era.