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A Politicians View on the Utility of Hard Power

A Politicians View on the Utility of Hard Power

FromWestern Way of War


A Politicians View on the Utility of Hard Power

FromWestern Way of War

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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Jul 23, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Tobias Ellwood (Chair UK Parliament's Defence Committee) talked to Peter Roberts about how political views on the military have changed (risk averse, reactive, lacklustre), the 'Special relationship', pandemic response, Trump, and moving from an operational design focused on punishment to one that denies. Russia, China, Iran, terrorism, and cyber threats, and why global institutions are obsolete. Plus, the lack of military leadership in the UK.
Released:
Jul 23, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (78)

A collection of discussions with those in the Profession of Arms that tries to understand the issues around how to fight, and succeed, against adversaries in the 2020s. We pose the questions as whether a single Western Way of Warfare (how Western militaries fight) has been successful, whether it remains fit for task today, and how it might need to adapt in the future? It is complemented by the ‘Adversarial Studies’ project that looks at how adversaries fight.