This episode fuses scholarship and the unique experience of a leader who held five combat commands as a general officer to tackle the essential challenges of defeating an enemy force in urban environments. Don't miss it! mwi.westpoint.edu/urban-warfare-…

Israeli leaders evidently understand one of the chief lessons of Clausewitz's work: beware of fighting a war on multiple fronts. mwi.westpoint.edu/stepping-back-…

MWI Podcast: Landpower in the Pacific mwi.westpoint.edu/mwi-podcast-la…

Iran's recent attack could be seen as both a military failure and politically effective. Arguably, the features of current-generation drones all but guaranteed that outcome. mwi.westpoint.edu/what-irans-dro…

'I first met the local warlord at a memorial service for three American soldiers killed in a suicide bombing the day after I arrived in Kandahar in February of 2010.' mwi.westpoint.edu/the-war-of-a-t…

Stepping Back from the Brink: A Clausewitzian Explanation for Israel's Restraint toward Iran mwi.westpoint.edu/stepping-back-…

'Humans have this unique tendency to live on land, decisions are made on land, nations exist and their wealth exists on land, and the land has to be protected. And we help them do that.' mwi.westpoint.edu/mwi-podcast-la…

What Iran’s Drone Attack Portends for the Future of Warfare mwi.westpoint.edu/what-irans-dro…

Nowruzi is a village on the banks of the Arghandab River, not far from Kandahar. An infantry company's experience there in 2010 offers clues about why the United States struggled for twenty years to achieve a sustainable political outcome in Afghanistan. mwi.westpoint.edu/the-war-of-a-t…

Straight out of flight school, Jordan Terry joined his unit in Afghanistan. On one of his very first days flying, he found himself in an hours-long fight in support of US and Afghan forces on the ground. Listen to his story. mwi.westpoint.edu/podcast-the-sp…

'The strike that killed seven humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen calls for a rethinking of military practices regarding the mitigation of civilian harm in war.' mwi.westpoint.edu/could-emerging…

Don't miss the latest episode of the MWI Podcast! John Amble is joined by General Charles Flynn, commanding general of US Army Pacific. mwi.westpoint.edu/mwi-podcast-la…

'Gaza, I think, is the most fiendishly difficult urban setting of any since 1945 and that includes Hue City and a number of the other major urban battles of Vietnam.' mwi.westpoint.edu/urban-warfare-…

'The challenges faced by Able Company—my infantry company of one hundred men—there in 2010 are recognizable to anyone who was charged with implementing policy in Afghanistan: a fragmented political landscape with no cohesive ally.' mwi.westpoint.edu/the-war-of-a-t…

'For all of these reasons and others, research shows that drones are relatively low on the escalation ladder compared to ground attacks or strikes from inhabited aircraft.' mwi.westpoint.edu/what-irans-dro…

A chief lesson coming from the war in Ukraine is that European states must expand their conventional military capabilities to defend themselves. What if that lesson is wrong? mwi.westpoint.edu/the-illusion-o…

'We have more campaign streamers in the US Army on our colors—on the Army colors—in this theater than all other theaters or all other wars combined.' mwi.westpoint.edu/mwi-podcast-la…

Emerging technology could help to reinforce the protection humanitarian organizations are legally entitled to on the battlefield. Here's how. mwi.westpoint.edu/could-emerging…

As a company commander in an Afghan village in 2010, an Army officer slowly and painstakingly began to understand the village's local dynamics. His experience sheds light on the ultimate outcome of the United States' twenty-year war in Afghanistan. mwi.westpoint.edu/the-war-of-a-t…

What does it take to defeat an enemy force entrenched in a city? Retired General David Petraeus joins John Spencer to discuss. mwi.westpoint.edu/urban-warfare-…