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On Victory and the Search for a Status Quo Ante Bellum

“Our nation runs the risk of winning a war, only to refight it years later, due to a failure to focus on a decisive victory that enables an enduring peace.”

Adm Charles A. Richard

Why Barack Obama and Bill Clinton Are So Involved in Kamala Harris' Presidential Campaign

Bill Clinton and Barack Obama "are both in good health, they've won twice, they're very good in front of the cameras and in front of people," Barbara Perry analyses. And above all, "the race is extremely tight."

Barbara Perry

How Do You Adapt Under Fire?

Eric and Eliot welcome Australian MG (ret.) Mick Ryan to the show to discuss his new book, "The War For Ukraine: Strategy and Adaptation under Fire."

Eric Edelman

US Election Preview, with Professor Jennifer Lawless

We look ahead to the U.S. elections taking place on November 5th with Professor Jennifer Lawless, the Leone Reaves and George W. Spicer Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia.

Jennifer Lawless

Harris Is on a Media Blitz. What Does She Need to Accomplish Before Election Day?

“There's no downside” to her various media appearances, says Barbara Perry, a presidential studies professor at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. “Unless she should make some sort of critical, erroneous statement, but she doesn't seem gaffe-prone, so I don't think that's a worry.”

Barbara Perry

Harris struggles to loosen Trump’s grip on the media

“He is a stuntman,” said Barbara Perry, a presidential studies professor at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. “She is doing the normal things that a candidate does and he is completely abnormal in every way.”

Barbara Perry