Ep. 71 – Building Militaries in Fragile States, with Dr. Mara Karlin

February 20, 2019 00:23:08
Ep. 71 – Building Militaries in Fragile States, with Dr. Mara Karlin
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Ep. 71 – Building Militaries in Fragile States, with Dr. Mara Karlin

Feb 20 2019 | 00:23:08

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Show Notes

Dr. Mara Karlin has served in national security roles under five US secretaries of defense and is the author of the book Building Militaries in Fragile States. She explains how this objective has become such an important feature of US strategy, and discusses why it's so important and so difficult.

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