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🎙️ New Episode Alert: Strategic Disruption by Special Operations Forces 🎙️ Irregular Warfare Podcast | Episode 102 | April 4, 2024 In our latest episode, dive into the critical role of Special Operations Forces (SOF) in challenging the strategic ambitions of Washington's adversaries. Hosted by Ben Jebb, we unravel the complexities and pivotal strategies in modern warfare and defense. What's discussed: 💡 Civil-Military Dynamics: Explore the intricate relationship between Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict (SOL/IC) and the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM). 🌎 Unique SOF Capabilities: Understand the critical contributions of SOF in peacetime competition and large-scale combat operations. 🤝 Interagency Cooperation: Discover how irregular warfare units leverage their skills to deter adversaries, impose significant costs, and secure advantageous positions. Featuring Insights From: - Christopher P. Maier, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, with extensive experience in counterterrorism and special operations. - Eric Robinson, acting associate director at RAND, specializing in special operations, irregular warfare, and gray zone challenges. 🔗 For a deep dive into how SOF can disrupt strategic designs and more, tune into Episode 102. Share your thoughts and questions with hosts Ben Jebb and Nathan Kaczynski. #SpecialOperations #IrregularWarfare #Defense #MilitaryStrategy #Podcast

Great ideas to implement in #Argentina🇦🇷’s #SOF: #ComandosAnfibios #BuzosTacticos #Comandos #Cazadores #Alacran #Albatros #PeaceKeepingOps 💡 Civil-Military Dynamics: Explore the intricate relationship between Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict (SOL/IC) and the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM). 🌎 Unique SOF Capabilities: Understand the critical contributions of SOF in peacetime competition and large-scale combat operations. 🤝 Interagency Cooperation: Discover how irregular warfare units leverage their skills to deter adversaries, impose significant costs, and secure advantageous positions.

This is a fascinating podcast and report that envisions SOF / IW campaigning as strategic disruption to deny adversaries their best strategy through five unique pillars of capability: resist, support, influence, understand, and target. Expeditionary cyber gets a bit of discussion as well.

PODCAST JUST PUBLISHED: Post-Election 2024 - Defence In A Dangerous World. In this inaugural episode of 2024, Cityforum and Defence Eye delve into the implications of the recent General Election on UK defence policy. Our expert panel, featuring Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham, Francis Tusa, and Tim Ripley, examines the urgent need for defence reform, the challenges of military modernisation, and the potential shifts in strategic priorities under the new government. From funding issues to force structure debates, we analyse what lies ahead for Britain's armed forces in an era of global uncertainty. #UKelection #UKpolitics #Ministryofdefence #Armedforces #military #defence #defenceindustry #raf #strategiccommand #navy #army #defencecapability #defenceinnovation #defencetechnology

Meeting and interacting with someone like CRPF Commandant Chetan Kumar Cheeta must have been an extraordinary experience, especially hearing firsthand about the events of 14 February 2017 and his incredible journey. Moments like these can be deeply inspiring and eye-opening, especially when we get to hear stories of bravery and resilience from those who've experienced them. Covering his first experience in Kashmir, the distinctions between terrorism, insurgency, and Naxalism, as well as the impact of technology in reducing mortality and saving lives in armed conflicts, must have given a broad and deep perspective on the challenges faced by the forces. These discussions are not only enlightening but also crucial in understanding the evolving nature of security and defense in today's world. His perspective on how technology aids the armed forces in such critical operations must have been fascinating to hear. Watch the entire podcast here: https://lnkd.in/gFG8VSQc #Thequriouspod #Luvchaturvedi #IndianArmy #IndianArmedForces

Thanks to Benjamin Jebb and Charles W. Hooper for hosting/joining this important conversation about how China uses paramilitary/police forces for international security cooperation, & why that matters for today's great power competition:

In case you missed it, in this podcast, Phil Ritcheson, Specialist Executive and former Senior Executive at the Executive Office of the President, in the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD), and at NATO, joins Harry Kemsley and Sean Corbett. They explore why intelligence sharing is now more important than ever, the growing need for working with allies and partners and how using open sources facilitates more timely intelligence sharing. However, ensuring that open-source intelligence can be trusted and is assured is critical to maintaining strategic advantage. Listen now https://hubs.la/Q02C15dT0 #intelligence #OSINT

Me and Lindsey Kennedy latest appearance on the Underworld Podcast explores the Southeast Asian small arms trade fuelling mass human trafficking, rapidly expanding organised crime syndicates, the horrific Myanmar civil war and a low level insurgency in South Thailand. Crucially, it’s all being run the region’s cops, military and security forces. Armed forces selling weapons to the very people who will use them against you perfectly sums up just how corruption in Southeast Asia is absolute. https://lnkd.in/egij-4ST