Western Way of War

A collection of discussions with those in the Profession of Arms that tries to understand the issues around how to fight, and succeed, against adversaries in the 2020s. We pose the questions as whether a single Western Way of Warfare (how Western militaries fight) has been successful, whether it remains fit for task today, and how it might need to adapt in the future? It is complemented by the ‘Adversarial Studies’ project that looks at how adversaries fight.The views or statements expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the podcast does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by RUSI employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the view of RUSI.

So What Did We Learn, if Anything?
Dec 23, 2021 – 55:54
Ben Wallace: Not Tinkering Around the Edges
Dec 16, 2021 – 29:56
Dr Matthew Harries: Matters of nuclear weapons
Dec 9, 2021 – 29:17
Joann Robertson: Rethinking Logistics
Dec 2, 2021 – 31:32
Sam Cranny Evans: Chinese Ground Forces
Nov 25, 2021 – 31:10
Natia Seskuria: Russian Borderisation Tactics
Nov 18, 2021 – 31:42
Alessio Patalano: The Evolution of Warfare at Sea
Nov 11, 2021 – 31:51
Kafia Omar: A Deadly Decade for Children
Nov 4, 2021 – 32:22
Sarah Ashbridge: Are We Proud of the Contract Between the Military and Society?
Oct 21, 2021 – 32:33
Justin Bronk: An Unhealthy Dependence on Air Power
Oct 14, 2021 – 26:46
Malcolm Davis: Kill the Chicken to Scare the Monkey
Oct 7, 2021 – 36:34
Prof Jim Holmes: There is a Problem with Western Navies
Sep 30, 2021 – 31:25
Katarzyna Zysk: Russian Creativity and Risk-Taking
Sep 23, 2021 – 31:34
Anant Mishra: Street Smart Warfare
Sep 15, 2021 – 30:49
John Spencer: Urban Warfare as the Great Leveller
Sep 8, 2021 – 40:31
Heather Venable: Gen Z - The Best Tacticians in History?
Sep 2, 2021 – 32:12
Minogue and Haines: Education in Conflict Zones
Aug 26, 2021 – 30:24
Rory Stewart: Failure, and the Villains of the Western Campaign in Afghanistan
Aug 19, 2021 – 37:01
Tarak Barkawi: The Vocation of Arms
Aug 12, 2021 – 29:39
General James McConville: Not Fighting the Last War Better
Aug 5, 2021 – 40:41
Eliot Cohen: Industrialised Precision Warfare
Jul 29, 2021 – 24:22
Dr Jennifer Cole: Convergence and Civil Defence
Jul 22, 2021 – 28:10
General Jim Mattis: Reality is a Terrible Adversary
Jul 15, 2021 – 42:14
Highlights Season 2: More Optimistic Than Expected
Jun 10, 2021 – 26:19
Jack Watling: Special Forces in Great Power Competition
Jun 3, 2021 – 33:57
Elsa B Kania: Catalysts for Change in the Chinese Military
May 27, 2021 – 40:50
Michael Kofman: We Got It (Mostly) Right
May 20, 2021 – 32:22
Emma Sky: Fighting without winning
May 13, 2021 – 31:03
Archer Macy: How Do You Know?
May 6, 2021 – 35:44
General Martin Dempsey: Failures of imagination
Apr 29, 2021 – 32:47
Michèle Flournoy: The Enemy Went to School
Apr 22, 2021 – 29:27
No Neat Battlefields
Apr 15, 2021 – 34:01
Revolutions Of War
Apr 8, 2021 – 30:40
Evolving the Western Way of War into (and out of) COIN
Apr 1, 2021 – 32:28
Using the War Law to Assert Legitimacy
Mar 25, 2021 – 33:51
Distinctions in war
Mar 18, 2021 – 30:47
Just War Theory and Not Just War
Mar 11, 2021 – 29:29
Fighting for the soul of Western militaries
Mar 4, 2021 – 32:52
Rose Roth, language and youth
Feb 25, 2021 – 32:40
Hybrid is Everything and Everything is Hybrid
Feb 18, 2021 – 32:47
The Fluidity of Nuclear Doctrine
Feb 11, 2021 – 34:07
No More Walking Away: No More Policy Vacuums
Feb 4, 2021 – 34:41
The Future Rules of Warfare
Jan 28, 2021 – 32:53
Is the West Developing Innovation Fatigue?
Jan 21, 2021 – 25:05
It Was The Surge In Ideas That Mattered Most.
Jan 14, 2021 – 57:49
Vapourwear, Transformations and AirLand Battle
Jan 7, 2021 – 29:21
When Did We Stop Inventing Stuff?
Dec 31, 2020 – 34:12
Is the Era of Manoeuvre Warfare Dead?
Dec 24, 2020 – 31:16
Electronic Warfare and Cumulative Risk
Dec 17, 2020 – 30:03
Soothsaying, Prophecy and Luck
Dec 10, 2020 – 37:01