How do Russians think about strategy and international relations and how does it shape the way Russia sees warfare, peace, and everything in between?

I hope you’re ready to join me and my new friend and expert, Dr. Ofer Fridman, as we dive into the core of Russian military thinking and how the lessons of perpetual conflict, dominance in the information space, and the use of all instruments of power apply to our world today.

Books by Dr. Ofer Fridman to better understand Russian thinking

Strategiya: The Foundations of the Russian Art of Strategy https://a.co/d/2JfIi3i

Russian "Hybrid Warfare": Resurgence and Politicization https://a.co/d/es7NU1w

Deciphering Russian Enigma: In 15 Questions and 30 Answers https://a.co/d/1LW3ZVi

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What lessons can we uncover from a short Russian War against a democratic neighbor and former soviet republic?

I hope you're ready to join me and my close friend, Colonel Chad Ramskugler, in discussing the Russo-Georgian War of 2008 and how the lessons of alliances, preparing for war, and quick execution apply to us today.

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What lessons can we uncover from a Russian War that turned defeat into victory?

I hope you’re ready to join me and my close friend, Anthony Benedosso, in discussing the Second Chechen War and how the lessons of phase zero operations, controlling the narrative, and proxy warfare apply to us today.

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What lessons can we uncover from a Russian border war following the end of the Cold War?

I hope you’re ready to join me and my close friend Anthony Benedosso in discussing the First Chechen War and how the lessons of phase zero operations, controlling the narrative, and proxy warfare apply to us today.

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What lessons can we uncover from previous United States expansion experiments that can shed some light on why and how the US might acquire the sovereign territory of the Panama Canal from Panama and Greenland from Denmark?

I hope you're ready to join me for today’s episode to discuss how the lessons of strategic timing, leveraging long-term potential, clear objectives, and diplomatic finesse apply to us today.

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What lessons can we uncover from the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 that the Syrian Rebels used to take down the Assad regime in Syria?

I hope you're ready to join me for a special episode to discuss how the lessons of:

1.The Shifting Role of Outside Powers, 2.Uniting Old Enemies Against a Common Foe, 3. Financial Incentives and Undermining Assad’s Forces, 4. Breaking Ties with Extremism and 5. Breaking the Enemy’s Will apply to us today.

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What lessons can we uncover from a preemptive war that displaced one enemy, only to replace it with a more complex and dangerous enemy?

I hope you're ready to join me and my friend Dr. Grant Martin in discussing the 1982 South Lebanon War and how the lessons of groupthink, false control of war, and narrative apply to us today.

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What lessons can we learn from Cold War deterrence theory that can blunt Iran's influence in the Middle East?

I hope you're ready to join me and my new friend and expert Dr. Carter Malkasian in discussing how a new approach to deterrence in the Middle East applies to us today.

America’s Crisis in Deterrence, Foreign Affairs Article

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/americas-crisis-deterrence

Link to Dr. Carter Malkasian’s Works

https://a.co/d/4TRt35O

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