The Ancient Art of Modern Warfare
By Chris Mayer National Security and Strategy Consultant
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Aug 15, 2023
An excellent introduction to the theory and practice of war.
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Exploring changes in the practice of war while the fundamental nature and principles of war are unchanging. Includes mercenaries, PMSC, Hybrid Warfare, revolution in military affairs. For in-depth information see my blog at blog.ctmayer.net
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That Ancient Art of Modern Terrorism Part 6: State Sponsored Terrorism (E122)
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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Counter-terrorism In Practice (E121)
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Combatting International Terrorism (E120),
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Terrorism and War (E119)
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Oct 04, 2025 |
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Is Terrorism Ancient or a Modern Development? (E118)
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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The Ancient Art of Modern Terrorism (E117)
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Can There be Peace in Gaza (E116)
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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A Modest Proposal for Peace in Ukraine (E115)
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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What does Putin want? (E114)
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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Pope Leo and Ending War
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Putin's Sledgehammer (E112)
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May 28, 2025 |
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Nations, States, and Countries (E111)
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May 21, 2025 |
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Moving Forward with the Ancient Art of Modern Warfare (E110)
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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E109: Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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War is a Political Instrument
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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E107: The Unchanging Nature of War
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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E106: Summarizing the Ancient Art of Modern Warfare, Part 1
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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E104 Plan B: Rejecting Peace
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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E105 Contractors on the Battlefield
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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E104: The Potential for Peace
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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E103: Proportionality in Contemporary War
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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E102: Catching Up
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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E101: Second Battle of Kursk, Part 2
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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E100: The Second Battle of Kursk
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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E99: Applying Friction and the Trinity for contemporary War and Peace
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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The Paradoxical Trinity of War (and Peace)
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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E97: Friction in War
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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E96: What is Peace?
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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E95: Justum Pacem
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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E94: Fighting a War that leads to Peaace
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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E93 Starting on the Path to Peace
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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E92 Deciding to End War
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May 26, 2024 |
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E91 From War to Peace
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May 18, 2024 |
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Thucydudes and the Ancient Art of Modern Warfare
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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E89 Sun Who?
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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E88: Who is thes Clausewitz Guy?
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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E87: Identifying the End State
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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E86: Is an End State Important?
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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E85: Naming the Rose Part 5 -- Why don’t we take action?
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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E84: Naming the Rose, Part 4 -- Tools for Accountability
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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Naming the Rose Part 3
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Naming the Rose, Part 2
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Dec 09, 2023 |
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E81: Naming the Rose
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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E80: Rules for the Use of Force for Private Security Companies
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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E79: Rules for the Use of Force
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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E78: ROE and the Law of War
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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E77: Rules of Engagement
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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E76: Limited War with China
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Wagner Decapitated?
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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E74: Niger -- Military Coup as Hybrid Warfare?
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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E73 Triumph of the Will
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Aug 12, 2023 |
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E72: Warfighting Capabilities
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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E71: War College for Civilians
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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E70: Why We Shouldn’t Help Ukraine
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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E69: Ukraine -- Why Should We Care?
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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E68: Whither Wagner?
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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E67: Is Russia at War?
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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E66: The Role of Citizens in Going to War
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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E65: The Battlefield Staff Ride
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May 21, 2023 |
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E64 Military Coup d’États
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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E63: Why Wagner?
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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E62: Mercenaries, Terrorism, and War Crimes
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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E61: War and Terrorism
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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E60: The Myth of Limited War
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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E59: Conventional Warfare is NOT Dead
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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E58: Is Combat Aviation Still Relevant?
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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The Tank is NOT Dead, Long Live the Tank!
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Sep 03, 2022 |
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E56: The Law of War; I’m not dead yet!
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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E55 Other Roles for the Military Instrument of National Power
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May 18, 2022 |
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E54: The Military Element of National Power, Part 3 -- Mercenaries
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May 11, 2022 |
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E53 The Military Elelemt of Power Part 2 Russian Militias
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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E52 The Military Element of Power, Part 1 Militias
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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E51: Information Warfare
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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E50: Economic Warfare
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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E49: Do we learn from history?
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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E48 The American Way of War w Col Jayson Altieri
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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E47:Great Commander Pt 3 - von Moltke and the General Staff
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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E46 Great Commanders Part 2: Alexander
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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E45: Commanders Part 1
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Nov 20, 2021 |
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E44: Cultural Warfare
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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E43: How to Lose a War
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Oct 09, 2021 |
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E42 All Successful Wars Are Alike
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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E41: Mercenary Risk Management
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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E40: Interlude
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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E39: On Mercenary Warfare Paragraph 5 -- Command and Control
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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E38: On Mercenary Warfare, Paragraph 4: Logistics
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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E37: On Mercenary Warfare, Paragraph 3: Execution
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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E36 On Mecernary Warfare Paragraph 2, The Mission
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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E35: On Mercenary Warfare, Paragraph 1 - The Situation
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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E34: War in the East?
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May 16, 2021 |
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E33: Cancelling History
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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E32: Unrestricted Warfare
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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Holding PMSCs Accountable
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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E30: Lupus Auribus Tenere
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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E29: Napoleon's Corporal
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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Spacepower: the Theory
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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E27 From AERO to SPACE
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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E26: From the Sea to the Stars
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May 31, 2020 |
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E25: Spacepower P3 From Landpower Dominance to Spacepower Theory
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May 20, 2020 |
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E24 Spacepower Theory P2: The Theory of War
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May 04, 2020 |