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Brass Tactics
by Joe McGiffin, Pete Mitchell
Learn anything you wanted to about international relations and national security--and plenty that you didn't! Hosts Joe and Pete break down the big questions out there on how things are and where to go from there with no political bias and no B.S. so that you can make your own informed choices on foreign policy affairs.
Episodes
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Rock the Casbah Reloaded
Recapping the recent US involvement with the Middle East***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Achilles" and "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution…
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Ep 29: Oval Office Oration
Discussing the Zelenskyy press fiasco***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Achilles" and "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0...
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EP 28: Vanceguard
Talking through some of the implications of VP Vance's Munich Conference Speech***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Achilles" and "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative...
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Plaza de Gaza and Ukraine too
Wondering what the U.S. plans with Gaza and the war in Ukraine? So are we... What will the DOD look like after it faces the might of DOG?***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Achilles" and "Heavy Interlude" by...
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DO(D)GE
What will the DOD look like after it faces the might of DOG?***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Achilles" and "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By…
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New Year, New Tactics
Pete and Joe return with a once over of what they think this year will bring. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Achilles" and "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative...
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Peter Ist Ein Berliner
Pete and Joe go over what was discussed at the recent military history conference Peter attended in Berlin. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Achilles" and "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod…
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Brass Buzzwords
Pete and Joe discuss CJADC2 and some of the related buzzwords floating around the defense community today. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Achilles" and "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)...
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Not With a Bang...
Pete, Matt, and Joe discuss prospects of how the ongoing war in Ukraine might end.***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Achilles" and "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative...
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Ukounterattack Part II
Pete and Joe talk their analysis of the air defense and artillery perspectives of the Kursk offensive. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under...
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Ukounterattack Part 1
Pete and Joe talk their analysis of the Kursk offensive. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: "Heavy Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0...
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Iran Shenan-Agains?
Pete and Joe talk the uncomfortable wait for an Iranian response to the Israeli surgical strike. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: “Crisis” Intro and "Heavy Interlude" outro by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)...
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National Defunct Strategy?
Pete and Joe talk the latest National Defense Strategy review. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credits: “Achilles” Intro and "Heavy Interlude" outro by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative…
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Book Tactics
Brass Tactics goes to the bookshelves for our reading list recommendations. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution...
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Of MOSS and MOUSE: Principles of War
It has been a while since we bored you with some military theory so we thought we could take a swing at the principles of war this week. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod...
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Brass Tickets
Brass Tactics goes to the war movies! ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0...
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99 Fire Balloons and Other Asymmetric Stories
The cast discusses asymmetric warfare with a special focus on how balloons have been used for tactical advantages consistently since their inception. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin...
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The Warrior's Worth
Pete, Joe, and Matt revisit force projection from a new perspective: the cost of deploying military force. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under...
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May the Force Project You
Joe and Pete bring on their friend Matt to talk about force projection--a linchpin in the US national security strategy ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)...
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Isretaliation
Joe and Pete discuss the Iranian retaliation strike after a two-week hiatus. Welcome to the world Joe's new baby! ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed...
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The Palestine Question
Joe and Pete get around to their own perspective on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. Today's conflict in that region can clearly be traced to misguided approaches to foreign policy in the previous century. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position…
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The Wylie Way of War
Joe's better half steps in this week to talk about J.C. Wylie's old and underrated book, Military Strategy: A Theory of Power Control. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod...
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A Short Turn on the Long Game
This week, Joe and Pete talk about China's Grand Strategy while reviewing Rush Doshi's book: The Long Game.***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under...
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The Mighty 'Merican M.I.C.
Sean once again joins Pete and Joe to discuss the modern American Military-Industrial Complex and breakdown the ongoing debate on what to do about it. ***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin...
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Putin Perspective
Pete and Joe discuss the Carlson-Putin interview and the different perspectives from which listeners can learn about Russia, Ukraine, and even the United States. ***All opinions expressed are those of the individuals alone and no other entity’s*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin...
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All about M.E.? The M.I.D.L.I.F.E. Crisis
This week, Charles Faint, Chair for the Study of Special Operations at the Modern War Institute and founder of the Havok Journal: Voice of the Veteran Community, joins Pete and Joe to discuss some of the most basic framing tools for understanding foreign policy: the elements of national power....
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Evolution of Military Affairs: Part II
Joe and Pete finish up discussing the evolution of warfare . ***All opinions expressed are those solely of those individuals and no other entity's*** ***Our music credit: “Circus of Freaks” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0...
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The Evolution of Military Affairs: Part 1
***All opinions expressed are those of the speakers and reflect the position of no other entities*** This is the first of a two-part episode which looks at the history of warfare through a theory called "Revolutions in Military Affairs." Sorry for the late posting and audio quality issues-we had…
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Defense Innovation
***ALL OPINIONS EXPRESSED ARE THOSE OF THE INDIVIDUALS ALONE AND NO OTHER ENTITY's*** On this conversation with our colleague, Sean Marquis, we discuss the history and drivers of national security innovation, in particular where the "next big thing" ideas come from and the role that the...
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The American Urge to Intervene
***ALL OPINIONS EXPRESSED ARE THOSE OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND NO OTHER ENTITIES*** Thank you for giving our very first episode a listen! Since this was our first episode, we wanted to start off by putting US foreign policy tendencies in a historic and cultural context. Why does the United States of...
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Learn anything you wanted to about international relations and national security--and plenty that you didn't! Hosts Joe and Pete break down the big questions out there on how things are and where to go from there with no political bias and no B.S. so that you can make your own informed choices on foreign policy affairs.
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Joe McGiffin, Pete Mitchell
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Learn anything you wanted to about international relations and national security--and plenty that you didn't! Hosts Joe and Pete break down the big questions out there on how things are and where to go from there with no political bias and no B.S. so that you can make your own informed choices on...
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