Guests Lindsay Cohn and Jessica Blankshain discuss how relationships between armed forces and civilian leadership shape the U.S. recruitment and mobilization of a naval force. This leads into a detailed discussion of the recent Russian mobilization/draft and its implications.

Guests:

Jessica Blankshain, PhD, is associate professor in the National Security Affairs Department at NWC. She specializes in civil-military relations, bureaucratic politics, and organizational economics. She is the Chair of the Faculty Advisory Council at NWC.

Lindsay Cohn, PhD, is associate professor in the National Security Affairs Department at NWC. Her research and publications focus on military organizations, civil-military relations, international law of war, and foreign policy/public opinion.