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.
What were the strategic calculations that drove the United States and Israel to launch a military operation aimed at a wide range of targets...
CJ Chivers, award-winning New York Times journalist and best-selling author, joins for this episode to discuss his new book, The Fighters. In it, Chivers...
Dr. Mara Karlin has served in national security roles under five US secretaries of defense and is the author of the book Building Militaries...