Social Science of War

News & Politics Podcasts

A production of the Department of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy, the Social Science of War podcast brings together leading research and practitioner perspective to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing the US Army.

Episodes

US Alliances Politics in the Indo-Pacific

The Harding Project and Army Professional Writing

Public Opinion and the Use of Force

Learning from Iraq

Iraq in Retrospect, Twenty Years Later

Technology and the Future of Land Warfare

Americans’ Changing Views of Civil-Military Relations

Why Defense Reform in Ukraine is Crucial

Drone Proliferation to Terrorists Proxies

Civil-Military Relations and Partisanship in the Armed Forces

Adapting the Army to Strategic Competition

Land Warfare in Europe, Part 2: Large-Scale Combat Operations in Ukraine

Land Warfare in Europe, Part 1: The Politics of Coalition Warfare

Theory and Practice of Proxy Warfare in Strategic Competition

Shaping in Strategic Competition: How to Win Friends and Influence People with Military Power

The War That Shall Not Be Named: Lessons from Afghanistan for the Army

Army Service and Talent Management in the All-Volunteer Era

Persistent, Deniable, Defensive: Cyber Operations and the Army

Welcome to the Social Science of War: Lessons from Ukraine for the Army