All Episodes

263: Frank Vogl on Criminal Finance and Foreign Policy

262: Conan Higgins on recovering from diplomatic disasters

261: Mapping Beijing’s United Front: Cheryl Yu on PRC Influence Networks in the U.S. and Canada

260: Iran's revolt against the regime with Zolal Habibi

219: Nick Dubaz, Civil Affairs in Africa

259: Christine Balling on working with Civil Affairs in Columbia

Report: Patrick Alley on Global Influence (Part II)

Repost Patrick Alley on Global Influence (Part I)

258: Inside the Fight Against Violent Extremism with Michael Duffin

257: Iran Protests and Democratic Future with Zolal Habibi (Part II)

256: Iran’s Protests and Democratic Future with Zolal Habibi (Part I)

255: Building Trust in the Pacific: Civil Affairs and Humanitarian Engagement in the Solomon Islands with Timothy Feldhaus

Holiday Replay with Wes Aniton and Ted Lipka

Holiday Replay: Fogbow

Holiday Replay with Giancarlo Newsome

Holiday Replay: Veterans Without Orders

254: Iran’s Criminal Playbook. Sam Cooper on Cartels, Diaspora Networks, and Strategic Evasion

253: Ambiguity and Influence: SFC Chase Penner on Military Deception and PSYO

252: The Art of the Possible: Joel Rubin on Turning Political Space into Policy

251: The Unicorn in the AO: Major Goff’s Civilian Lens on Military Emergency Response

250: Decoding Iran’s Digital Playbook: Influence, Psyops, and Cyber Threats by Max Lesser

249: Strategic Human Capital with COL Kramer & LTC Martinez

248: Culture First: Natacha Ciezki on Building Trust and Strategy in African Engagements

247: Building the Next Generation of Foreign Policy Leaders—with Vasu Vaitla

246: Countermines, Cruise Missiles, and Cold Showers: Brad Penely on Resilience and Irregular Warfare

245: Spirit of America: Jim Hake on Mobilizing Private Support for U.S. Foreign Policy

244: Building U.S. Relations: First Contact, Follow-Through, and Complex Engagements by Chris Brewer

243: Foreign Aid Is Now DOD’s Problem: USAIDs Seth Middleton Explains Why

242: Wildlife in the Fight: Matt Moran on Natural Resources and Civil Affairs

241: Leadership at the Edge: A Command Perspective with JohnPaul LeCedre (Part II)

240: Leadership at the Edge: A Command Perspective with John Paul LeCedre (Part I)

239: Xi Jinping’s Power Moves: Samuel Wong on China’s Political Shakeups

238: The Diamond Game: Dennis Cosgrove on Strategy, Service, and Security

237: Disaster Management by Ian Thigpen

236: State Department Reforms by Dan Spokojny, FP21 (Part 2)

2025 CA Symposium and call for papers

235: State Department Reforms by Dan Spokojny, FP21 (Part 1)

234: Wes Aniton / Tedd Lipka on USMC Civil Affairs Reserves

233: Patrick Jenevein, Dancing with the Dragon

232: Lee Bratcher on Blockchain and national security

231: Adam Zivo on the Serbia protests

230: James Turner on Information Operations in Competition - Part II

229: James Turner on Information Operations in Competition - Part I

228: Stephanie DeRiso on Cultural Support Teams

227: Boyan Pancevski, Russia's war with the West (Part II)

226: Bojan Pancevski, Russia's war with the West (Part I)

225: USMC 1st CAG Civil Affairs

224: Jon Shaffner, South American governance and security

223: Giancarlo Newsome on Innovation in Civil Affairs

222: Why Should We Care about the Indo-Pacific

221: Veterans Without Orders

220: Ali Maisam Nazary: The Taliban Resistance Movement

218: Gretchen Peters, Winning Against Global Networks (Part II)

217: Gretchen Peters, Winning Against Global Networks (Part I)

216: Mic Mulroy: Fogbow and Veteran Humanitarian NGOs

215: Ismael Lopez on OHDACA and Humanitarian Relief (Part II)

214: Ismael Lopez on OHDACA and Humanitarian Relief (Part I)

213: Colleen Ryan on OSCE and European Border Security

212: Christopher Meyer on PRC strategic corruption and political warfare (Part II)

211: Christopher Meyer on PRC strategic corruption and political warfare (Part I)

210: Andreas Eckel on NATO Civil Military Cooperation

209: Kurt Dykstra and Joshua Weikart on joining Civil Affairs

208: Grant Newsham on the Japan Defense Forces and PRC threat (Part II)

207: Grant Newsham on the Japan Defense Force and PRC threat (Part I)

Holiday Replay, 163: Sam Cooper on China political and Economic Warfare

Holiday Replay, 171 Civil Military What?

Holiday Replay, 179: Civil Affairs Innovation with Colonel Brad Hughes, part II

Holiday Replay, 178: Civil Affairs Innovation with Colonel Brad Hughes, part I

Holiday Replay, 160 Curtis Fox: Part I, Russian Hybrid Warfare

206: One CA Year in Review Part II

205: One CA Year in Review Part I

204: Rocco Santurri on Korea stabilization

203: Review of The NATO CIMIC Conference

202: Andrew Gonzalez on Marine Civil Affairs in the Pacific (Part II)

201: Andrew Gonzalez on Marine Civil Affairs in the Pacific (Part I)

200: Jörg Grössl on the NATO Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of Excellence

199: Jeffrey Fiddler and the U.S. Gaza Relief Mission

198: David Luna, State-sponsored criminality in strategic competition

197: Scott Mann "Nobody is Coming to Save You"

196: Jeffrey Fiddler on the DOD response to COVID 19

195: Cleo Paskal on PRC operations in Guam

194: Doug Stevens on faith-based diplomacy

191: Drew Biemer on Energy Sector Civil Affairs

190: Pavlo Kukhta on Ukraine Reconstruction

189: Phillip Smith in discussion with Brian Hancock

188: Part II, Mickey Bergman on Diplomacy in the Shadows

187: Part I, Mickey Bergman on Diplomacy in the Shadows

186: Major Gustavo Ferreira testifies at the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission.

185: Scott Mann, Life After Afghanistan

182: Natacha Ciezki, from Zaire to America

181: Proxy Wars, by Pawel Bernat, Juneyt Gurer, and Cyprian Kozera

180: Sandor Fabian: Europe is Learning the wrong lessons from the conflict in Ukraine

177: Patrick Passewitz on the Sicilian Model

176: Part II, interview with J. David Thompson

175: Part I interview with J. David Thompson

174: Direct Commissions with Heater Cotter

173: Achieving post conflict stabilization with Prof. Beatrice Heuser (Pt.2)

172: Achieving post conflict stabilization with Prof. Beatrice Heuser (Pt.1)

170: Combat First Aid in Ukraine by Michael Baker

169: Part II, Bas Wouters on Influence and Persuasion