This podcast by the professors of the Strategy and Policy (S&P) Department at the U.S. Naval War College mirrors the week-to-week case studies in the S&P curriculum. Strategic questions are discussed and debated, covering the case backgrounds, how the historic strategic theories match the cases, and how strategy could best be applied. Finally, the case studies are viewed against contemporary strategic global challenges.
Profiles in Strategy
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This podcast by the professors of the Strategy and Policy (S&P) Department at the U.S. Naval War College mirrors the week-to-week case studies in the S&P curriculum. Strategic questions are discussed and debated, covering the case backgrounds, how the historic strategic theories match the cases, and how strategy could best be applied. Finally, the case studies are viewed against contemporary strategic global challenges.
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May 30, 2023
Episode 33: Karl Von Clausewitz
<p>In this episode, <a href="https://usnwc.edu/Faculty-and-Departments/Directory/Jonathan-M-OGorman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jon O’Gorman</a> hosts <a href="https://usnwc.edu/Faculty-and-Departments/Directory/Vanya-Eftimova-Bellinger" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vanya Bellinger</a> in discussing the author of "<a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/825756629" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">On War</a>." First, we discuss if Clausewitz was a product or a critic of the Prussian military reform movement. We then move to the importantance of studying Clausewitz's experience as an officer and military practitioner to understand his theory. We talk about Clausewitz relationship to mentor Prussian Gen. Scharnhorst. We also speak about the Prussian military reform school that helped beat Napoleon and why the same school failed so spectacularly in the first half of the twentieth century with the Schlieffen Plan. Lastly, we talk about Marie Von Clausewitz and her relationship with her husband and the book <em>On War</em>.</p>
May 30, 2023
Episode 34: The CNO Fellows – Admiral Barrera
<p>In this episode <a href="https://usnwc.edu/Faculty-and-Departments/Directory/Jonathan-M-OGorman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jon O’Gorman</a> talks with <a href="https://usnwc.edu/Faculty-and-Departments/Directory/Guillermo-E-Barrera" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Admiral Guillermo Barrera</a> (ret.), former Chief of Naval Operations for the Columbian Navy. Admiral Barrera discusses his time as a naval officer, his time as a former student at the U.S. Naval War College, and his role now as a “CNO Fellow” and senior mentor here. We speak about how his study of strategy as a student aided his role as CNO during the Colombian counterinsurgency against the FARC rebels in the early 2000s. Admiral Barrera has worked in the CNO fellow program for 12 years and is now a U.S. citizen.</p>
May 30, 2023
Episode 32: Urban Warfare
<p>In this episode <a href="https://usnwc.edu/Faculty-and-Departments/Directory/Jonathan-M-OGorman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jon O’Gorman</a> hosts <a href="https://usnwc.edu/Faculty-and-Departments/Directory/David-R-Stone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">David Stone</a>, <a href="https://usnwc.edu/Faculty-and-Departments/Directory/Timothy-D-Hoyt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Timothy Hoyt</a> and <a href="https://usnwc.edu/Faculty-and-Departments/Directory/Nicholas-Evan-Sarantakes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nicholas Sarantakes</a> to explore the question, "When does it makes strategic sense to fight in a city?" We begin by discussing our theorist's opinion about the theory behind the issue, in particular why fighting in cites might or might not make sense from a strategic perspective. We then examine some particular examples, including, among others, Ireland in 1916, Manilla in 1944 and Stalingrad in 1942.</p>
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