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Decisive Point Podcast

U.S. Army War College Public Affairs

Decisive Point, the Parameters podcast companion series, furthers the education and professional development of senior military officers and members of the government and academia who are concerned with national security affairs. Questions or feedback? E-mail [email protected]

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169 episodes

  1. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 7-6 – Thomas Bruscino – “War Fighting: The Case of Ulysses S. Grant” 27:08
  2. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 7-5 – Jason Jabbari – “What the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Tells Us About Educational Resilience” 11:13
  3. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 7-4 – Lucas Ziller – “A Hybrid Deterrence Model for Countering China” 20:15
  4. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 7-3 – Erik A. Davis – Drones and the Changing Character of War 21:48
  5. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 7-2 – Troy J. Bouffard and Lester W. Grau – The Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor 29:01
  6. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 7-1 – Gareth Prendergast and John A. Nagl – Turning Tactical Victories into Strategic Success: Counterinsurgency in the Irish Civil War, 1922–23 22:51
  7. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 6-10 – Henry Sokolski – “A Case for Military Proportionality: Disabling Nuclear Plants” 18:01
  8. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 6-9 – Tim Devine and Jonathan Gerson – on “Restoring the Primacy of Army Mobilization Planning: Lessons from the Interwar Period (1919–41)” 30:03
  9. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 6-8 – Antulio J. Echevarria II and Brennan Deveraux – Standing Up the Strategic Competition Center 17:45
  10. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 6-7 – Mahdi Al-Husseini, Samuel J. Diehl, and Samuel L. Fricks – On “Bridging Sky and Sea: Joint Strategies for Medical Evacuation in the Indo-Pacific” 25:17
  11. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 6-6 – Bruce Busler and Ryan Samuelson – Deploying and Supplying the Joint Force from a Contested Homeland 30:26
  12. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 6-5 – Frank G. Hoffman and Antulio J. Echevarria II– The 2026 National Defense Strategy 24:38
  13. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 6-4 – Ilmari Käihkö, Jan Willem Honig, and Antulio J. Echevarria II – Ukraine’s Not-So-Whole-of-Society at War: Force Generation in Modern Developed Societies 29:08
  14. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 6-3 – Troy J. Bouffard and Lester W. Grau – Russian Arctic Land Forces and Defense Trends Redefined by NATO and Ukraine 21:26
  15. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 6-2 – Neil N. Snyder and Charles “Chuck” Allen – The Consequences of Declining Patriotism in the United States 36:28
  16. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 6-1 – Neil N. Snyder – Tyranny of the Inbox: Managing the US National Security Agenda 22:33
  17. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-35 – Shang-Su Wu and Collin Koh – The Philippines’ Security in the Face of China’s Rising Threats 20:30
  18. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-34 – Michael Fitzpatrick and Hugo Harvey-Valdés – On “Korea and the Arsenal of Democracy” and “Allies, Partners, or Puppets?: American and Chilean Armies, 1961–69” 25:15
  19. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-33 – Justin Malzac – Korea: The Enduring Policy Blindspot 23:49
  20. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-32 – Hamid Lellou and Amin Tarzi – US Relations with Africa and the New Cold War 31:47
  21. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-31 – Michael P. Ferguson and Richard Kohn – The American Way of Studying War: What Is It Good For? 29:05
  22. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-30 – Regan Copple – “The Fallacy of Unambiguous Warning” 9:47
  23. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-29 – Richard D. Hooker Jr. – “Eisenhower as Supreme Allied Commander: A Reappraisal” 12:35
  24. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-28 – Colin D. Robinson – “Why the Afghan and Iraqi Armies Collapsed: An Allied Perspective” 10:05
  25. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-27 – Michael T. Hackett, John A. Nagl – “A Long, Hard Year: Russia-Ukraine War Lessons Learned 2023” 14:54
  26. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-26 – Daniel W. Henk and Allison Abbe – "Restoring Priority on Cultural Skill Sets for Modern Military Professionals" 16:25
  27. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-25 – C. Anthony Pfaff – “Avoiding the Escalatory Trap: Managing Escalation During the Israel-Hamas War” 8:31
  28. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-24 – Steven Metz – “The Challenges of Next-Gen Insurgency” 8:24
  29. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-23 – Jeff McManus – “Operating Successfully Within the Bureaucracy Domain of Warfare: Part Two” 10:17
  30. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-22 – Carrie A. Lee – “The Military and the Election: Thinking Through Retired Flag Officer Endorsements” 9:45
  31. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-21 – Patricia M. Shields – “Exploring the Nexus of Military and Society at a 50-Year Milestone” 16:20
  32. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-20 – Carrie A. Lee – “Introduction to the US Army War College Civil-Military Relations Center”
  33. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-19 – MAJ Brennan Deveraux and MAJ Cliff R. Parsons – “Professional Discourse Is Shaping the Force” 13:33
  34. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-18 – MG David C. Hill, Dr. David D. Dworak, and LTC Aaron Blair Wilcox – “The Forward Edge of the Fifth US Army War College”
  35. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-17 – Dr. Jeff McManus –“Operating Successfully Within the Bureaucracy Domain of Warfare: Part One”
  36. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-16 – BG Leon L. Robert Jr., US Army (retired), and COL Carl J. Wojtaszek – “Closing the Gap: Officer Advanced Education STEM+M (Management)”
  37. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-15 – Oleh Hukovskyy –“The Combat Path: Sustaining Mental Readiness in Ukrainian Soldiers”
  38. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-14 – COL Thomas W. Spahr – “Raven Sentry: Employing AI for Indications and Warnings in Afghanistan”
  39. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-13 – Andrea Malouf – “Iraq’s Ministry of Interior: NATO, Capability Building, and Reform”
  40. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-12 – Dr. Zenel Garcia and Dr. Phillip Guerreiro – “What American Policymakers Misunderstand about the Belt and Road Initiative”
  41. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-11 – Michael J. Kelley – Understanding Russian Disinformation and How the Joint Force Can Address It
  42. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-10 – Colonel Rich Butler and Josh Arostegui – “Building a Purposeful Research Agenda”
  43. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-9 – Christina Lai – “Taiwan’s Contribution to Liberal Order and the Future of US-Taiwan Relations”
  44. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-8 – MG Brian N. Wolford, COL Marvin Haynes, COL James “Cowboy” Landreth, COL Eric Hartunian, and COL Rich Butler – “Recognizing the Increasing Importance of the US-ROK Alliance”
  45. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-7 – Eric A. Heinze – “International Law, Self-Defense, and the Israel-Hamas Conflict”
  46. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-6 – Sheena Chestnut Greitens – China’s Use of Nontraditional Strategic Landpower in Asia
  47. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-5 – Andrew Payne – The Politics of Restraint in the Middle East
  48. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-4 – Jeffrey H. Michaels – Rethinking the Relevance of Self-Deterrence
  49. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-3 – Andrew Carr – Strategy as Problem-Solving
  50. Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-2 – David J. Katz – “Toward a Strategic Art for Sanctions”