Western Way of War

Western Way of War

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So What Did We Learn, if Anything?

WWoW groupie Emilie Cleret from France's École de Guerre challenges podcast host Peter Roberts over his methodology, principles and the basic idea that a Western Way of War really exists. There is a final (really final – the very last) bonus episode for RUSI members on the RUSI w ...  Show more

Ben Wallace: Not Tinkering Around the Edges

UK Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace talks to Peter Roberts about spending trends, allies, terrorism, campaigning, budgets and reforming the military (and the strategic headquarters of defence). Do we know him any better after this chat? You be the judge. 

Dr Matthew Harries: Matters of nuclear weapons

There is a lot going on with nuclear weapons at the moment - from UK and German announcements, changes in the way China is thinking about nuclear doctrine, and US recapitalisation (including some spoilers about what to expect from the US Nuclear Posture review due out in January ...  Show more

Joann Robertson: Rethinking Logistics

From Sun Tzu to Admiral Hyman Rickover, great military leaders really understood logistics and supply. Yet by outsourcing so much to industrial partners, have Western militaries introduced disproportionate risk to their operations? By rethinking these variables, Joann Robertson t ...  Show more

Sam Cranny Evans: Chinese Ground Forces

Peter talks to the latest RUSI recruit and People's Liberation Army researcher Sam Cranny Evans about the professionalisation and modernisation of the Chinese ground forces since 1980, their doctrine of strategic attrition and defeat-in-detail, the new Combined Armed Brigade stru ...  Show more