Explore Episodes

The western Balkans, including Bosnia and Kosovo, were the scene of some of the bloodiest warfare and atrocities in Europe post-World War Two until Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Approximately twenty-five years after the last of the fighting in the...

  How does the Intelligence Community focus its collection and analysis? Retired CIA officers Norman Roule and Yong Suk Lee discuss how intelligence collection among America’s 18 separate intelligence agencies is planned and coordinated and how that collection is analyzed...

In this edition of Overheard, Phil Wasielewski talks to Dr. Arturo Munoz and Dr. Diane Zorri about the academic papers they presented at last year’s FPRI-sponsored conference on Lessons Learned from post-9/11 Irregular Wars. The three will discuss how...

In this episode, Phil Wasielewski follows up on the recent Overheard podcast Russia’s Other War in Europe to examine just how Russia worked to manipulate voting and voter sentiments this past October in the former Soviet Republics of Georgia and Moldova....

Was the June 2024 conviction of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for violating the Espionage Act a victory for national security or a defeat for freedom of the press? What are the rights and responsibilities that journalists and media organizations have about publishing classified information? CNN journalist...

The Overheard podcast discusses Russian political warfare operations and objectives in Georgia and Moldova with the people who are fighting back against Moscow’s efforts. Join Philip Wasielewski as he discusses Russia’s covert war in its former Soviet space with Batu Kutelia, David...

On the 20th anniversary year of the legislation creating the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Phil Wasielewski discusses the effects of this law and what impact it has had on the intelligence community with former acting Director...

Phil Wasielewski and US Army Special Operations Command historian Troy Sacquety explore how the Office of Strategic Services waged a little known but strategically impactful irregular war against the Japanese army in Burma with the help of local guerrilla...

This week Phil Wasielewski is joined by retired Special Forces colonel Hy Rothstein to discuss irregular warfare in Afghanistan, lessons learned, and lessons that still need to be learned. ...

Join host Philip Wasielewski for a discussion with General Cleveland on lessons learned in irregular warfare operations during his career in Special Forces.   ...