Hoover Institution: Strategika

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What's Hoover Institution: Strategika about?

A podcast series that analyzes ongoing issues of national security in light of conflicts of the past—the efforts of the Military History Working Group of historians, analysts, and military personnel focusing on military history and contemporary conflict.

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Hoover Institution: Strategika episodes:

10.17.2016
The Iran Time Bomb with Kori Schake
Kori Schake explains why the long-term destabilizing effects of the Iran deal likely offset its short-term benefits, and gives advice on how the next president should handle the potential danger.
10.17.2016
Empowering Iran: The Weaknesses Of The Nuclear Deal With Tom Donnelly
Tom Donnelly describes how the U.S.'s nuclear deal with Iran opened for the door for the regime in Tehran to strengthen its position in the region and the world.
09.07.2016
Underestimating Our Enemies, with Ralph Peters
Ralph Peters warns that the willpower and resolve of Islamic terrorists counterbalance's the West’s material and financial advantages.
09.07.2016
Terrorism, in Perspective, with Williamson Murray
Military and diplomatic historian Williamson Murray explains why terrorist attacks on the West have grown smaller in scope since 9/11 — but warns of nightmare scenarios that may still remain on the horizon.
09.07.2016
The Legacy of 9/11
On the fifteenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Peter Mansoor reflects on America's subsequent war on terrorism ... And on what must be done to ultimately emerge victorious.
05.22.2016
Military Readiness in an Age of Uncertainty with Thomas Donnelly
Tom Donnelly lays out the first principles of military readiness and analyzes whether America is prepared for the foreign policy challenges ahead.
05.17.2016
Military Readiness: The Admiral’s Perspective with James Ellis
Admiral James Ellis describes the principles that are needed to keep America secure at a time of geopolitical uncertainty.
04.15.2016
Iran: The Fork in the Road with Kori Schake
Kori Schake examines the variables that will determine whether the nuclear deal with Iran pushes the country towards radicalism or reconciliation.
04.15.2016
The Threat from Iran with Angelo Codevilla
Angelo Codevilla examines the fallout from the Iranian nuclear deal and predicts how it will affect America national security in the future.
02.26.2016
Understanding ISIS with Mark Moyar
Mark Moyar looks at how ISIS fits into the broader history of terrorism, and examines what it’s ambitions for a caliphate mean for American national security.
02.26.2016
ISIS and Islam with Raymond Ibrahim
Raymond Ibrahim explains how Islamic history and theology have influenced the development of ISIS.
09.09.2015
Why Arms Control Agreements Are Superfluous, with Angelo Codevilla
Angelo Codevilla argues that arms control agreements have little practical worth and that the recent agreement with Iran will actually aid Tehran’s pursuit of a nuclear weapon.
09.09.2015
Can the United States Restrain Iran? with Walter Russell Mead
Walter Russell Mead analyzes the strategic calculations underlying the nuclear deal for both President Obama and the Iranian regime.
09.09.2015
Arms Control, Ancient and Modern with Barry Strauss
Barry Strauss examines the historical track record of arms control agreements and what it means for America’s nuclear deal with Iran.
08.14.2015
Cultural Decline and the Military with Andrew Roberts
Andrew Roberts considers the implications of military policies that increasingly value political correctness over the ability to fight and win wars.
08.13.2015
How the Military Has Resisted Political Correctness, with Thomas Donnelly
Thomas Donnelly looks at how the U.S. military has made progress on race, gender, and sexual orientation without succumbing to the temptations of political correctness.
06.25.2015
A History of Violence: The Changing Face of Warfare, with Thomas Donnelly
Thomas Donnelly explains why the United States thought it could use technology as a substitute for military manpower — and how the effort came up short.
06.25.2015
The Relentless Innovators: The Military’s Culture of Excellence with Bing West
Bing West explains how the American military’s history of self-criticism has been a key ingredient in its continued success — and how political and economic factors threaten to upend that dynamic.
05.27.2015
The Once and Future Alliance” with Peter Mansoor
Military historian Peter Mansoor explains the historical trajectory of NATO, how it adjusted after the demise of the Soviet Union, and why it will survive the current threats from Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
05.27.2015
Will the West Still Fight? with Josef Joffe
Josef Joffe examines the decline in America’s willingness to preserve global order, the erosion of warrior culture in Europe, and what they mean for the future of international security.
04.01.2015
An Abundant Energy Future? with Walter Russell Mead
Walter Russell Mead looks at the economic and strategic ramifications of the growth in US energy production.
04.01.2015
More Energy, Fewer Problems? with Williamson Murray
Williamson Murray reflects on what the surge in US energy production will mean for US relations with Russia and the Middle East.
03.31.2015
Energy Resources: A Curse or a Blessing? with Kori Schake
Kori Schake looks at what the flowering of US energy resources means for the United States, the Middle East, Russia, and Venezuela.
03.17.2015
How to Combat Putin with Paul Gregory
Paul Gregory looks at the economic, diplomatic, and military options that the West can pursue to arrest Vladimir PutinÕs aggression.
03.13.2015
Understanding Putin with Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson looks at the motivations behind Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine, chronicles the shortcomings of the US response, and considers whether NATO is up to the challenge of an expansionist Moscow.
03.13.2015
America’s Ambiguous Russia Policy with Angelo Codevilla
Angelo Codevilla chronicles the history of America’s uncertain posture toward Russia and Ukraine, analyzes the scope of Vladimir Putin’s ambition, and proposes a Western policy response to deter further aggression from Moscow.
01.09.2015
Understanding the Threat from Radical Islam with Joshua Muravchik
Joshua Muravchik explains why radical Islam can’t be combated without a clearer understanding of its underlying principles.
01.09.2015
Undermining the Islamist Ideology with Col. Joseph Felter
Retired colonel Joseph Felter argues that Western efforts to combat the scourge of radical Islam have focused too much on symptoms and not enough on root causes.
11.26.2014
What China Really Wants with Angelo Codevilla
Angelo Codevilla explains the strategic ambitions of China and what it means for the futures of Japan and the United States. (Playing time: 14:51)
11.26.2014
Chinese-Japanese Tensions with Miles Maochun Yu
The Joint Special Operations University’s Mark Moyar describes a hostile but stable relationship between Japan and China—and examines what the United States can do to keep the peace.
11.26.2014
China and Japan: A Tense Equilibrium with Mark Moyar
The Joint Special Operations University’s Mark Moyar describes a hostile but stable relationship between Japan and China—and examines what the United States can do to keep the peace.
10.10.2014
The Long Conflict: Why the Israeli-Palestinian Question WonÕt Be Settled Anytime Soon
Historian Andrew Roberts analyzes the Israel-Palestinian conflict in the context of other prolonged struggles throughout world history and explains why an unhappy equilibrium is likely to continue for the foreseeable future.
10.10.2014
Reasons for Hope: How Arab Countries Can Advance the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
Kori Schake examines why previous efforts to stem fighting between Israelis and Palestinians have failed, how the trend could be reversed, and what challenges continue to face would-be peacemakers.
10.10.2014
Mowing the Grass: Why Half-Measures Won't Solve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Thomas Henriksen looks to Israeli history for lessons about how insurgent efforts in Gaza can be snuffed out and how the region can move closer to peace.
10.01.2014
The Quest for a Caliphate with Edward Luttwak
Edward Luttwak of the Hoover Institution's Military History Working Group describes the historical context behind ISIS's desire to establish a caliphate and explains its implications for Western policy makers.
09.03.2014
Can ISIS Govern? with Mark Moyar
The terror group ISIS wants to establish a caliphate. But can they govern conquered territory without turning local populations against them? Hoover's Mark Moyar provides his analysis.
09.03.2014
How to Defeat ISIS with Peter Mansoor
Now that ISIS controls parts of Syria and Iraq, what can be done to prevent the expansion of its power in the Middle East? How much of a threat does it present to the West? How should the United States...
08.15.2014
Fighting to Win with Angelo Codevilla
Angelo Codevilla looks to ancient Greece and Rome to understand what influence cuts to the US military will have on the future of American strategy.
08.15.2014
Planning for Defeat with Kiron Skinner
Kiron Skinner examines how the Obama administration's cuts to military spending will affect America's role in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe.
07.30.2014
A Brief History of Nuclear Weapons with Josef Joffe
Josef Joffe presents three categories of nuclear states, all with different sets of motivations and examines why major nations such as Japan, South Korea, and Germany have avoided the nuclear temptation.
07.30.2014
A World of Nuclear Instability with Josiah Bunting III
Josiah Bunting III explains why we haven't seen nuclear weapons used since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nearly seventy years ago and why we shouldnÕt expect another seven decades of nuclear forbearance.
07.18.2014
The Nuclear Future with Williamson Murray
Williamson Murray examines the prospects for nuclear proliferation in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East and considers the implications for global security.
06.10.2014
The Wars of the Future with Fred Kagan
Fred Kagan analyzes whether advances in military technology will upend the way we fight wars or simply conform to preexisting dynamics of armed conflict.
06.10.2014
The More Wars Change, the More They Stay the Same with Peter Mansoor
Peter Mansoor argues that innovations such as drones, cyberwarfare, and satellites aren't the game-changers they're often made out to be Ñ and contends that there could be dire consequences if their proponents fail to realize their limitations.
06.10.2014
A History of Surprise: War and Unpredictability with Andrew Roberts
Andrew Roberts looks at how predictions of the effect of technology on warfare have constantly come up short - and what the implications are for modern Western powers.
05.12.2014
Vladimir Putin, Murderer of Myths with Ralph Peters
Ralph Peters analyzes Vladimir Putin's recent aggression towards Ukraine and explains how the Russian president's actions fly in the face of many of the most cherished beliefs of western policy leaders.
05.08.2014
Vladimir Putin's Ambitions with Thomas Donnelly
Thomas Donnelly explains why resisting Russian expansion into Ukraine is an American security interest, examines whether Vladimir Putin's ambitions will continue to grow, and makes recommendations for an American response.
05.08.2014
Understanding Ukraine with Kori Schake
Kori Schake explains how the history of Ukraine informs the current impasse with Russia, how the present conflict is likely to play out, and what the implications are for the future.
05.08.2014
A Better Way in Afghanistan with Bing West
Bing West looks at the failures of American strategy during the war in Afghanistan Ñ from nation-building and counterinsurgency to efforts to defeat the Taliban Ñ and provides recommendations for what can be done to avert total disaster in the...
04.22.2014
Israel and the Arab Turmoil, with Itamar Rabinovich
Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Itamar Rabinovich provides a guided tour of the threats facing Israel from throughout the Middle East.

What's Hoover Institution: Strategika about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Hoover Institution: Strategika episodes:

The Iran Time Bomb with Kori Schake

Empowering Iran: The Weaknesses Of The Nuclear Deal With Tom Donnelly

Underestimating Our Enemies, with Ralph Peters

Terrorism, in Perspective, with Williamson Murray

The Legacy of 9/11

Military Readiness in an Age of Uncertainty with Thomas Donnelly

Military Readiness: The Admiral’s Perspective with James Ellis

Iran: The Fork in the Road with Kori Schake

The Threat from Iran with Angelo Codevilla

Understanding ISIS with Mark Moyar

ISIS and Islam with Raymond Ibrahim

Why Arms Control Agreements Are Superfluous, with Angelo Codevilla

Can the United States Restrain Iran? with Walter Russell Mead

Arms Control, Ancient and Modern with Barry Strauss

Cultural Decline and the Military with Andrew Roberts

How the Military Has Resisted Political Correctness, with Thomas Donnelly

A History of Violence: The Changing Face of Warfare, with Thomas Donnelly

The Relentless Innovators: The Military’s Culture of Excellence with Bing West

The Once and Future Alliance” with Peter Mansoor

Will the West Still Fight? with Josef Joffe

An Abundant Energy Future? with Walter Russell Mead

More Energy, Fewer Problems? with Williamson Murray

Energy Resources: A Curse or a Blessing? with Kori Schake

How to Combat Putin with Paul Gregory

Understanding Putin with Victor Davis Hanson

America’s Ambiguous Russia Policy with Angelo Codevilla

Understanding the Threat from Radical Islam with Joshua Muravchik

Undermining the Islamist Ideology with Col. Joseph Felter

What China Really Wants with Angelo Codevilla

Chinese-Japanese Tensions with Miles Maochun Yu

China and Japan: A Tense Equilibrium with Mark Moyar

The Long Conflict: Why the Israeli-Palestinian Question WonÕt Be Settled Anytime Soon

Reasons for Hope: How Arab Countries Can Advance the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

Mowing the Grass: Why Half-Measures Won't Solve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Quest for a Caliphate with Edward Luttwak

Can ISIS Govern? with Mark Moyar

How to Defeat ISIS with Peter Mansoor

Fighting to Win with Angelo Codevilla

Planning for Defeat with Kiron Skinner

A Brief History of Nuclear Weapons with Josef Joffe

A World of Nuclear Instability with Josiah Bunting III

The Nuclear Future with Williamson Murray

The Wars of the Future with Fred Kagan

The More Wars Change, the More They Stay the Same with Peter Mansoor

A History of Surprise: War and Unpredictability with Andrew Roberts

Vladimir Putin, Murderer of Myths with Ralph Peters

Vladimir Putin's Ambitions with Thomas Donnelly

Understanding Ukraine with Kori Schake

A Better Way in Afghanistan with Bing West

Israel and the Arab Turmoil, with Itamar Rabinovich