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Dr. Tarzi explains some of the history behind why Gaza is where it is and what it is. In our continuing series, we take a quick step back from current events in order to provide some historical context to the current geopolitical situation in that region.

We sat down with the director of Middle East Studies at Marine Corps University to discuss what we know and what we don't know about the current conflict occurring in Israel.

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This episode is in Spanish. Subtitled translations can be found on our YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-u7jk2u8Sc

A discussion on leadership challenges from a Communications Officer, LtCol Arun Shankar. LtCol Shankar is a non-Resident Fellow at the Krulak Center. He's an 0505, MAGTF Planner, as well as a former National Security Affairs Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He's currently with USSPACECOM.

A discussion with Dr. Claude Berube, director of the US Naval Academy Museum, on Maritime Security Companies and Maritime NGOs.

The articles mentioned in the recording:

https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=ciwag-case-studies

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0030438707000774

For a link to the Gallup Poll mentioned:

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A discussion of territorial disputes on the ocean floor focusing on the South China Sea with Krulak Center Non-Resident Fellow Drake Long.

The Science of Military Strategy document mentioned at the top of the episode can be found here: https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/CASI/documents/Translations/2022-01-26%202020%20Science%20of%20Military%20Strategy.pdf

Before World War II, the U.S. Navy relied on an ad hoc system to manage logistical support for its ships. The scale and geography of the war in the Pacific nullified earlier ways of acquiring and distributing sufficient materiel. This booklet explores the ways in which the Navy conceptualized and implemented overseas logistics from the age of sail through the Pacific War. These processes, both in their planned form and actual operation, reveal two significant themes: (1) logistics is line work; and (2) preparation and planning ahead of time are critical for the successful execution of operations, without which the Navy struggled to supply forward-deployed personnel.

Today’s strategic environment has returned the conversation back to Great Power Competition, the competition of two large nations in the pursuit of their interests and to influence interstate relations. As our focus has shifted from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan towards our pacing threat in the Pacific, so has our focus away from Irregular Warfare. But, not every nation is a great power, and as we’ve seen from the end of World War II and especially since the end of the Cold War, not every military conflict is between two great powers. Where do we focus our limited attention in this new strategic environment? We are joined by Krulak Center non-Resident Fellow, Preston McLaughlin in this discussion.

We're back #TeamKrulak community, it's the first episode of the Kiwi era. For obvious reasons, we've concentrated on the South China Sea as we talk about the First and Second Island Chains in regards to our pacing threat, China. This episode, we welcome back non-Resident Fellow Dr. Joanna Siekiera as she discusses China and and its affects on European Security along with possible ways forward.

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