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The Ancient Art of Modern Warfare

Exploring how the practice of war changes while the fundamental nature and principles of war are unchanging. Host is COL Chris Mayer, USA RET, former member of the Advance Warfighting Working Group and the U.S. Government's expert on Private Military Companies. Includes Strategy, Revolution in Military Affairs, Hybrid Warfare, Cyber warfare, mercenaries, PMSC, Laws and Customs of War

When the Law of War Fails (E132)

11 mins; March 29, 2026

Operation Epic Fury vs. The Powell Doctrine (E131)

14 mins; March 20, 2026

Revisiting Just Cause (E130)

9 mins; March 16, 2026

The Persian Problem in Practice

11 mins; March 05, 2026

The Persian Problem (E128)

9 mins; February 27, 2026

The Morality of Strategic Bombing (E127)

9 mins; February 18, 2026

A Revolution in Military Affairs? (E126)

26 mins; February 11, 2026

Predicting the future...has a rather bad track record (E125)

8 mins; February 04, 2026

Greenland (E124)

9 mins; January 23, 2026

Disobedience to superior orders? (E123)

10 mins; December 19, 2025

That Ancient Art of Modern Terrorism Part 6: State Sponsored Terrorism (E122)

8 mins; December 06, 2025

Counter-terrorism In Practice (E121)

9 mins; November 17, 2025

Combatting International Terrorism (E120),

9 mins; October 14, 2025

Terrorism and War (E119)

8 mins; October 03, 2025

Is Terrorism Ancient or a Modern Development? (E118)

7 mins; September 27, 2025

The Ancient Art of Modern Terrorism (E117)

8 mins; September 22, 2025

Can There be Peace in Gaza (E116)

8 mins; September 04, 2025

A Modest Proposal for Peace in Ukraine (E115)

7 mins; August 28, 2025

What does Putin want? (E114)

8 mins; August 24, 2025

Pope Leo and Ending War

8 mins; August 14, 2025

Putin's Sledgehammer (E112)

6 mins; May 27, 2025

Nations, States, and Countries (E111)

8 mins; May 21, 2025

Moving Forward with the Ancient Art of Modern Warfare (E110)

8 mins; March 04, 2025

E109: Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace

8 mins; February 04, 2025

War is a Political Instrument

8 mins; January 10, 2025

E107: The Unchanging Nature of War

8 mins; December 13, 2024

E106: Summarizing the Ancient Art of Modern Warfare, Part 1

7 mins; December 07, 2024

E104 Plan B: Rejecting Peace

5 mins; November 20, 2024

E105 Contractors on the Battlefield

8 mins; November 17, 2024

E104: The Potential for Peace

7 mins; November 08, 2024

E103: Proportionality in Contemporary War

10 mins; October 18, 2024

E102: Catching Up

8 mins; September 29, 2024

E101: Second Battle of Kursk, Part 2

8 mins; September 05, 2024

E100: The Second Battle of Kursk

8 mins; August 16, 2024

E99: Applying Friction and the Trinity for contemporary War and Peace

9 mins; August 11, 2024

The Paradoxical Trinity of War (and Peace)

8 mins; July 19, 2024

E97: Friction in War

8 mins; July 13, 2024

E96: What is Peace?

8 mins; June 28, 2024

E95: Justum Pacem

8 mins; June 17, 2024

E94: Fighting a War that leads to Peaace

6 mins; June 11, 2024

E93 Starting on the Path to Peace

8 mins; June 02, 2024

E92 Deciding to End War

8 mins; May 26, 2024

E91 From War to Peace

6 mins; May 17, 2024

Thucydudes and the Ancient Art of Modern Warfare

7 mins; March 21, 2024

E89 Sun Who?

8 mins; March 10, 2024

E88: Who is thes Clausewitz Guy?

8 mins; February 14, 2024

E87: Identifying the End State

8 mins; January 27, 2024

E86: Is an End State Important?

7 mins; January 21, 2024

E85: Naming the Rose Part 5 -- Why don’t we take action?

8 mins; January 14, 2024

E84: Naming the Rose, Part 4 -- Tools for Accountability

8 mins; January 06, 2024

Naming the Rose Part 3

7 mins; December 15, 2023

Naming the Rose, Part 2

8 mins; December 09, 2023

E81: Naming the Rose

10 mins; November 30, 2023

E80: Rules for the Use of Force for Private Security Companies

11 mins; November 15, 2023

E79: Rules for the Use of Force

15 mins; November 03, 2023

E78: ROE and the Law of War

10 mins; October 26, 2023

E77: Rules of Engagement

14 mins; October 14, 2023

E76: Limited War with China

15 mins; September 07, 2023

Wagner Decapitated?

10 mins; August 26, 2023

E74: Niger -- Military Coup as Hybrid Warfare?

14 mins; August 19, 2023

E73 Triumph of the Will

14 mins; August 12, 2023

E72: Warfighting Capabilities

13 mins; August 05, 2023

E71: War College for Civilians

12 mins; July 30, 2023

E70: Why We Shouldn’t Help Ukraine

13 mins; July 22, 2023

E69: Ukraine -- Why Should We Care?

12 mins; July 17, 2023

E68: Whither Wagner?

6 mins; June 24, 2023

E67: Is Russia at War?

14 mins; June 17, 2023

E66: The Role of Citizens in Going to War

9 mins; June 08, 2023

E65: The Battlefield Staff Ride

10 mins; May 20, 2023

E64 Military Coup d’États

22 mins; March 12, 2023

E63: Why Wagner?

16 mins; January 24, 2023

E62: Mercenaries, Terrorism, and War Crimes

14 mins; January 10, 2023

E61: War and Terrorism

11 mins; January 02, 2023

E60: The Myth of Limited War

15 mins; December 21, 2022

E59: Conventional Warfare is NOT Dead

17 mins; November 20, 2022

E58: Is Combat Aviation Still Relevant?

25 mins; October 24, 2022

The Tank is NOT Dead, Long Live the Tank!

14 mins; September 02, 2022

E56: The Law of War; I’m not dead yet!

10 mins; June 12, 2022

E55 Other Roles for the Military Instrument of National Power

11 mins; May 17, 2022

E54: The Military Element of National Power, Part 3 -- Mercenaries

15 mins; May 10, 2022

E53 The Military Elelemt of Power Part 2 Russian Militias

17 mins; April 29, 2022

E52 The Military Element of Power, Part 1 Militias

21 mins; April 21, 2022

E51: Information Warfare

16 mins; April 14, 2022

E50: Economic Warfare

15 mins; March 02, 2022

E49: Do we learn from history?

13 mins; February 24, 2022

E48 The American Way of War w Col Jayson Altieri

20 mins; February 15, 2022

E47:Great Commander Pt 3 - von Moltke and the General Staff

15 mins; January 18, 2022

E46 Great Commanders Part 2: Alexander

18 mins; January 04, 2022

E45: Commanders Part 1

14 mins; November 20, 2021

E44: Cultural Warfare

11 mins; November 01, 2021

E43: How to Lose a War

18 mins; October 09, 2021

E42 All Successful Wars Are Alike

19 mins; September 06, 2021

E41: Mercenary Risk Management

54 mins; August 26, 2021

E40: Interlude

11 mins; August 15, 2021

E39: On Mercenary Warfare Paragraph 5 -- Command and Control

20 mins; July 20, 2021

E38: On Mercenary Warfare, Paragraph 4: Logistics

28 mins; July 08, 2021

E37: On Mercenary Warfare, Paragraph 3: Execution

20 mins; June 17, 2021

E36 On Mecernary Warfare Paragraph 2, The Mission

17 mins; June 06, 2021

E35: On Mercenary Warfare, Paragraph 1 - The Situation

15 mins; May 31, 2021

E34: War in the East?

12 mins; May 16, 2021

The Ancient Art of Modern Warfare

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