In this episode, we talk to Joseph Young and Jason Fritz of American University's School of Public Affairs about a phenomenon they've been studying: private Americans who traveled to the Middle East to fight ISIS. They interviewed many of these individuals, and they share what they learned about them and why they chose to go and fight in Iraq and Syria.
How did ISIS manage to take control of so much territory, imposing its will politically and inflicting an immense amount of damage? How should...
In this episode of the MWI Podcast, MWI's John Amble speaks to James Verini. An award-winning journalist, he spent months reporting from Mosul as...
In 1973, the US military took an enormously consequential step when it adopted an all-volunteer force model. That decision has produced the most professional,...