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Social Science of WarThe Harding Project and Army Professional WritingLast September, the Harding Project launched with the objective of renewing professional writing in the US Army. A priority of General Randy George, the Army chief of staff, the project is built on the premise that professional discourse will produce a more ready force, one prepared to meet the challenges it will confront as the character of warfare evolves more and more rapidly. In this episode, Major Gabe Royal is joined by Lieutenant Colonel Zachary Griffiths, the director of the Harding Project, and Dr. Nora Bensahel, a professor of practice at the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies...
2024-06-1839 min
Where We LiveFewer Americans are considering careers in the military and branches are looking for solutions to recruitingDuring the last fiscal year, the army alone missed their recruiting goal by 25%. All branches of the military are struggling to recruit new cadets. With an all-volunteer service, the military relies on recruitment efforts to get more people to serve. But fewer Americans than ever are eligible to do so. And attracting the next generation of cadets has been a challenge. Today, we talk about the military recruiting crisis. We will hear from Captain Benjamin Keffer, Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Recruiting Command. Later, we hear how some extremist groups are working to...
2024-04-1941 min
The TridentEpisode 2: The Edge of Tomorrow: Analyzing Emerging IW TrendsGuests LTG David Barno and Dr. Nora Bensahel join host Col. Dave Brown and co-host Dr. Timothy Hoyt to analyze emerging trends in the character of Irregular Warfare (IW), as seen in the on-going conflicts in both Ukraine and Gaza.Article: Learning from Real Wars: Gaza and Ukraine - War on the Rocks, D. Barno & N. Bensahel, War on the Rocks, Dec 6, 2023.------------------------Guests:Lieutenant General David W. Barno, USA (Retired): Professor of Practice at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He is also a contributing editor and columni...
2024-02-151h 00Where We LiveFewer Americans are considering careers in the military and branches are looking for solutions to recruitingDuring the last fiscal year, the army alone missed their recruiting goal by 25%. All branches of the military are struggling to recruit new cadets. With an all-volunteer service, the military relies on recruitment efforts to get more people to serve. But fewer Americans than ever are eligible to do so. And attracting the next generation of cadets has been a challenge. Today, we talk about the military recruiting crisis. We will hear from Captain Benjamin Keffer, Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Recruiting Command. Later, we hear how some extremist groups are working to...
2024-01-3041 min
The InquiryWhy is the US Army struggling to recruit new soldiers?In 1973 America ended a draft that had been in effect since before it entered the second World War, and for the last fifty years the US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines have been an all-volunteer military.But, recently, of the four major branches which make up the US armed services, only the Marines have achieved their target for new recruits. And the biggest force, the Army, has been struggling most of all. In the past two years its missed its recruiting target by several thousand. In this edition of the Inquiry, Sandra Kanthal looks...
2024-01-1123 minWhere We LiveFewer Americans are considering careers in the military and branches are looking for solutions to recruitingDuring the last fiscal year, the army alone missed their recruiting goal by 25%. All branches of the military are struggling to recruit new cadets. With an all volunteer service, the military relies on recruitment efforts to get more people to serve. But fewer Americans than ever are eligible to do so. And attracting the next generation of cadets has been a challenge. Today, we talk about the military recruiting crisis. We will hear from Captain Benjamin Keffer, Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Recruiting Command. Later, we hear how someextremist groups are working to ge...
2023-10-0640 min
Small World, Big ProblemsThe United States Armed Forces' recruiting crisis explainedThe United States Armed Forces are facing the biggest recruiting crisis in fifty years. At the same time, there is a growing cultural gap between the military and civilian sectors of the American public. Politicians, generals, and academics are all concerned, but the situation doesn't seem to be getting any better. This week, we sit down with Dr. Nora Bensahel and LTG David Barno to discuss the recruiting crisis, the civil military gap, and how, if left unchecked, these issues may affect the United States in the long term. For more information on the recruiting crisis, check...
2023-08-1149 min
Decisive Point PodcastDecisive Point Podcast – Ep 2-13 – Dr. Nora Bensahel – “Transforming the US Army for the Twenty-First Century”In an era of great power competition centered on warfighting domains other than land, the US Army faces difficult and likely painful choices. This reality, coupled with looming budget cuts, means the Army must reconsider its approach to capabilities and total force structure, its role in homeland security, and the relationship between its active and reserve components.
Read the article: https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol51/iss1/6/
2023-06-1500 min
The #BruteCastDr. Nora Bensahel and LtGen David Barno, USA (Ret.), "Current Challenges in Military Adaptation: Ukraine and Thoughts for Future Conflicts"#TeamKrulak community, thanks to the auspices of our friends at the Air Force's Tesseract office, we're pleased to welcome two of the biggest names in military adaptation and innovation to the #BruteCast! Dr. Nora Bensahel and LtGen David Barno, USA (Ret.) join us to talk about military adaptation and the future of war, including their insights on what they have seen unfold on the battlefields of Ukraine.
Dr. Bensahel and LtGen Barno mention the "Strategic Outpost" column they write at War on Rocks, which can be found here: https://warontherocks.com/category/special-series/strategic-outpost/. You can contact th...
2023-05-151h 04
Tesseract PodcastAdaptation Under Fire with Lt Gen David Barno, Ret. and Dr Nora BensahelIn this episode, SSgt Matt Miranda sat down with Lt Gen David Barno, Ret. and Dr. Nora Bensahel, authors of Adaptation Under Fire: How Militaries Change in Wartime. In this episode, we discuss their book, the difference between adaptation and innovation, and case studies highlighting the importance of adaptability in conflict. Lt. Gen. David W. Barno, USA (Ret.) is a Visiting Professor of Strategic Studies and Senior Fellow at the Merrill Center in The Johns Hopkins University - Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. He was the senior American commander of U...
2022-12-141h 06
Conversation SixDave Barno and Nora BensahelDave Barno and Nora Bensahel on the lessons from the Ukraine war
2022-07-0706 min
Modern War InstituteAdapting During WarWhat 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 how does doctrine drive or limit adaptation? Dr. Nora Bensahel and retired Lt. Gen. Dave Barno—authors of the book Adaptation Under Fire: How Militaries Change in Wartime—join this episode to discuss these questions and more. The episode was originally recorded and released in early 2021, and returning to it helps to provide a framework within which to understand the ways in which adaptation—or failures to adapt—have played in...
2022-06-3052 min
Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsAdaptation under Fire: How Militaries Change in Wartime by Nora Bensahel, Lt. General David BarnoPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/539826 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adaptation under Fire: How Militaries Change in Wartime Author: Nora Bensahel, Lt. General David Barno Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 28, 2021 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Every military must prepare for future wars despite not really knowing the shape such wars will ultimately take. In the face of such great uncertainty, militaries must be able to adapt rapidly in order to win. Adaptation under Fire identifies the characteristics that make militaries more adaptable, illustrated through historical examples and the recent...
2021-09-2830 min
Decisive Point PodcastDecisive Point Podcast – Ep 2-13 – Dr. Nora Bensahel – “Transforming the US Army for the Twenty-First Century”In an era of great power competition centered on warfighting domains other than land, the US Army faces difficult and likely painful choices. This reality, coupled with looming budget cuts, means the Army must reconsider its approach to capabilities and total force structure, its role in homeland security, and the relationship between its active and reserve components. Read the article: https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol51/iss1/6/Keywords: US Army, budget cuts, force structure, active and reserve components
2021-06-0500 minModern War InstituteHow Militaries AdaptWhat 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 how does doctrine drive or limit adaptation? Dr. Nora Bensahel and retired Lt. Gen. Dave Barno—authors of the book Adaptation Under Fire: How Militaries Change in Wartime—join this episode to discuss these questions and more.
2021-05-1352 min
New Books in National SecurityAn interview with David Barno and Nora BensahelFew human enterprises are as complex, dynamic, and unpredictable as war. Armed conflict substitutes the relatively ordered reality of peace with the undeniably chaotic reality of combat. Militaries, by design, seek to make sense of and prepare for that chaos. And as long as there have been organized militaries, there have been military officers, theorists, and observers, like Ardant du Pique or B.H. Liddell Hart, who sought to predict the fundamental nature of the next war. But as Lieutenant General David Barno and Dr. Nora Bensahel observe in Adaptation Under Fire: How Militaries Change in Wartime (Oxford University Pr...
2021-01-0859 min
The Dead Prussian PodcastEpisode 97 - On Adaptation Under Fire | The Dead Prussian PodcastIn this episode, Mick chats with Dr Nora Bensahel and Lieutenant General (retired) David Barno their new book recently published, Adaptation Under Fire. They discuss how militaries change during wartime. Nora and David give their answers to the final question. Become a member of our social network, the #TDPCommunity, to access bonus content from this episode. You can also grab a book & crack on here.
2020-09-1458 min
Sirens: A Bombshell productionI Do My Hair Toss, Check My EmailsThis week the ladies are back with a normal-ish episode, complete with special guest Nora Bensahel! She helps them dive deep on COVID-19 impacts on the defense budget. From there, they explore possible changes to the "global order," Loren offers a tutorial on Hungary and Israel, and Radha schools us on trade issues. The ladies wrap up with a discussion of the most pressing issue of the day - haircuts. And issue a heartfelt socially distant hug to the Iyengar family. Links "Coronavirus: Iran and the US Trade Blame Over Sanctions," BBC, April 17, 2020 Jessie Yeung, "The US is Halting funding...
2020-04-2155 min
War on the RocksA Chat with the Commandant: Gen. David H. Berger on the Marine Corps' New DirectionAs listeners of this podcast know, the Marine Corps is taking a new direction. The latest document to lay out this vision is Force Design 2030. The commandant, Gen. David H. Berger, aims to cut the size of the Marine Corps and let go of some legacy systems (most notably tanks) in order to -- in the words of a recent article in the Economist --- turn the Corps into "a commando-like infantry force with nimbler weapons: drone squadrons will double in number and rocket batteries will triple." In Berger's view, the Marine Corps must make these changes in order to wo...
2020-04-0636 minWar on the RocksA Military Straining Against Civilian Control?In front of a live audience and with red wine in hand, the War on the Rocks podcast closed out an important conference on civil-military affairs hosted by the Strategic Studies shop over at the School of Advanced International Studies. The guests of this awesome episode include Mara Karlin, Paula Thornhill, Loren DoJonge Shulman, and Nora Bensahel. Further Reading and Watching: Watch the conference Paula Thornhill, Demystifying the American Military: Institutions Evolution and Challenges Since 1789 (Naval Institute Press, 2019) David Barno and Nora Bensahel, Adaptation under Fire: How Militaries Change in Wartime (Oxford...
2020-02-2435 min
Sicherheitshalber#22 LIVE Iran+USA=WWIII? | Deutsch-französisches Milliardenprojekt "Kampfflugzeug FCAS"“Sicherheitshalber” ist der Podcast zur sicherheitspolitischen Lage in Deutschland, Europa und der Welt. In Folge 22 sprechen Thomas Wiegold, Ulrike Franke, Frank Sauer und Carlo Masala - erstmals live und vor großem Publikum im Humboldt-Saal in der Urania Berlin - über die Tötung Qasem Soleimanis per US-Drohnenschlag und die sich daraus ergebenden Konsequenzen für die Beziehungen zwischen den USA und dem Iran, das Kriegsbild der Zukunft, das Völkerrecht und die iranischen Nuklearambitionen. Als zweites diskutieren die vier Podcaster über das “Future Combat Air System”, eine, um einen Anglizismus zu vermeiden, “fliegende Kampfwolke”, die Deutschland, Frankreich und Spanien bis 2040 gemeinsam...
2020-01-281h 17
The Common Thread PodcastNora Bensahel — Washington DC SeriesSee background information at www.commonthreadpodcast.com/washington-dc. Nora Bensahel is a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at American University. She is an expert in defense policy, military operations and force structure. She has also held positions at RAND Corp. and Center for New American Progress. She frequently co-writes a column with General David Barno, Strategic Outpost, for the War on the Rocks blog. In this episode we discuss the role of women in the military and the existing impediments to leadership roles. We go on to discuss veterans, the future of warfare and touch on cybersecurity.
2017-10-3158 min
The Common Thread PodcastNora Bensahel — Washington DC SeriesSee background information at www.bucommonthread.com/washington-dc. Nora Bensahel is a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at American University. She is an expert in defense policy, military operations and force structure. She has also held positions at RAND Corp. and Center for New American Progress. She frequently co-writes a column with General David Barno, Strategic Outpost, for the War on the Rocks blog. In this episode we discuss the role of women in the military and the existing impediments to leadership roles. We go on to discuss veterans, the future of warfare and touch on cybersecurity.
2017-10-3158 min
CNAS PodcastsWomen in National Security: Dr. Nora BensahelDr. Nora Bensahel is a distinguished scholar in residence at the School of International Service at American University. She was most recently a senior fellow and codirector of the responsible defense program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), where she previously served as deputy director of studies.
2017-10-1300 min
SidebarWhen it comes to acts of war, how far can Trump go?With military action, when can a president bypass Congress and what are the consequences? National security reporter Dan Lamothe, American University's Nora Bensahel, and former advisor to Susan Rice, Loren Schulman, help us answer that question.
2017-04-1428 min
AUSA 2015ILW Contemporary Military Forum #1: Conventional Force-Special Operations Forces InterdependenceLEAD SPEAKER
LTG Kenneth E. Tovo, Commanding General, United States Army Special Operations Command
PANELISTS
LTG Stephen J. Townsend, Commanding General XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg
MG Austin S. Miller, Commanding General United States Army Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning
MG Wayne W. Grigsby, Jr.Commanding General1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley
Nora J. Bensahel, Ph.D.Distinguished Scholar in Residence School of International Service American University
Live from the AUSA Annual Meeting
2015-10-1349 min