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by Modern War Institute at West Point

The Modern War Institute Podcast, produced with the generous support of the West Point Class of 1974, is the flagship podcast of the Modern War Institute at West Point. It features discussions with guests including senior military leaders, scholars, and others on the most important issues related to modern military conflict.

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1
The Weapons Defining the Iran Conflict
23:48 Mar 11, 2026
2
The Iran Conflict's Strategic Dimension
1:05:43 Mar 8, 2026
3
What to Make of the New National Defense Strategy
1:22:53 Jan 31, 2026
4
Analyzing Operation Absolute Resolve
46:16 Jan 13, 2026
5
Training, Education, and the Modern Battlefield
54:06 Dec 4, 2025
6
Europe's Airspace Violations and the Counterdrone Challenge
45:44 Oct 15, 2025
7
The Military Technological Arms Race in Ukraine
47:04 Oct 5, 2025
8
China's Strategic Competition with the United States
54:15 Sep 5, 2025
9
The Army and Tomorrow's Technologies
44:32 Aug 20, 2025
10
The US Military's Critical Minerals Challenge
58:46 Jul 26, 2025
11
Bunker Busters and B-2s
39:02 Jul 2, 2025
12
The US Defense Industrial Base, from Steel to Software
46:38 Jun 11, 2025
13
A Survey of Europe's Defense and Security Landscape
50:43 May 31, 2025
14
The Future Battlefield, from Europe to the Indo-Pacific
52:41 May 1, 2025
15
The Collapse of the Continuum of Conflict
50:01 Apr 4, 2025
16
DeepSeek and the US-China AI Race
48:44 Feb 9, 2025
17
Why Security Force Assistance Only Sometimes Works
56:09 Jan 24, 2025
18
How the Assad Regime Fell
40:19 Dec 13, 2024
19
Inside the Battle of Azovstal
29:24 Nov 27, 2024
20
Amateurs Talk, Professionals Write
37:57 Nov 15, 2024
21
Casualty Care in Tomorrow's Wars
1:00:19 Nov 1, 2024
22
The Maven Smart System and the Future of Military AI
54:24 Oct 21, 2024
23
October 1993
1:20:20 Oct 7, 2024
24
Pagers, Walkie-Talkies, and a Shadow War
36:37 Sep 21, 2024
25
The Modern Commander
35:56 Sep 5, 2024
26
Israeli-Iranian Rivalry and the Middle Eastern Security Landscape
34:37 Aug 24, 2024
27
F-16s Over Ukraine
55:30 Aug 8, 2024
28
Why Military Cohesion Matters
50:02 Jul 26, 2024
29
Competition and Conflict in Cyberspace
1:08:39 Jul 12, 2024
30
Clausewitz and the War in Ukraine
46:26 Jun 26, 2024
31
Defending Against Drones
54:44 Jun 13, 2024
32
Introducing "Ctrl Alt Army"
29:31 May 30, 2024
33
Russia's Pursuit of Military AI
34:42 May 15, 2024
34
Landpower in the Pacific
51:28 Apr 30, 2024
35
How Iran's Missile and Drone Attack Was Defeated
41:31 Apr 17, 2024
36
NATO at 75
48:07 Apr 4, 2024
37
Resistance and the National Defense of Small States
57:23 Mar 21, 2024
38
Nuclear Weapons—Past, Present, and Future
42:29 Mar 7, 2024
39
From Hezbollah to the Houthis—Understanding Iran's Proxy Network
44:55 Feb 6, 2024
40
Sanctions and Security
1:04:01 Jan 26, 2024
41
Amphibious Operations—from History to the Future Battlefield
33:58 Dec 27, 2023
42
Understanding Hamas: From Tactics to Strategy
32:58 Nov 14, 2023
43
Shusha, the Battle that Won a War
44:15 Nov 1, 2023
44
What Was Hamas Thinking?
38:50 Oct 23, 2023
45
Combined Arms in Gaza
39:16 Oct 18, 2023
46
The Battle of Mogadishu—Thirty Years On
1:20:20 Oct 3, 2023
47
History, Identity, and Russia's War in Ukraine
46:07 Sep 20, 2023
48
Sweden, Finland, and NATO
39:08 Aug 24, 2023
49
Securing NATO's Baltic Flank
32:43 Aug 10, 2023
50
The Robotic Revolution is Here
35:18 Jul 28, 2023
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