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Ep 101: Iskander Rehman on Wars of Protraction
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50 minutes
Released:
Dec 5, 2023
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Podcast episode
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Iskander Rehman, Ax:son Johnson Fellow at SAIS’s Kissinger Center and author of Planning for Protraction: A Historically Informed Approach to Great-power War and Sino-US Competition, joins the show to talk about how future wars might be more a test of national endurance than expected.
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Times
• 01:56 Introduction
• 04:01 Sharp and short wars
• 09:07 After the first salvo
• 12:33 Geography as a predictor
• 15:21 Will nuclear deterrence work?
• 21:16 “An informationized local war”
• 25:13 What matters in protracted wars
• 28:59 Innovation and adaptation
• 33:51 The role of national leadership in protracted conflict
• 38:49 Sino-U.S. competition
• 44:50 Absorbing massive casualties
• 48:06 Polybius
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Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack
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Times
• 01:56 Introduction
• 04:01 Sharp and short wars
• 09:07 After the first salvo
• 12:33 Geography as a predictor
• 15:21 Will nuclear deterrence work?
• 21:16 “An informationized local war”
• 25:13 What matters in protracted wars
• 28:59 Innovation and adaptation
• 33:51 The role of national leadership in protracted conflict
• 38:49 Sino-U.S. competition
• 44:50 Absorbing massive casualties
• 48:06 Polybius
Follow along on Instagram
Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack
Released:
Dec 5, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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