223 | Sean McFate: The New Rules of War for the Age of Durable Disorder

The Realignment

Saager Enjeti, Technology, Policy, News, Marshall Kosloff, International Relations, Politics, News Commentary, Public Policy, U.s. Politics, National Security, Economics

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🗓️ 28 March 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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For Day 18 of The Realignment's daily Ukraine and beyond coverage, Marshall spoke with Dr. Sean McFate, professor of strategy at the National Defense University and author of The New Rules of War: How America Can Win--Against Russia, China, and Other Threats. They discussed Dr. McFate's central argument that conventional warfare no longer furthers broad political objectives, why "peace" as we know it is over, and what Ukraine instructs about what's real and what's hype when it comes to predictions about the future of warfare. SEND US A TIP: https://app.swapstack.co/tips/the-realignment REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment

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0:00.0	Marshall here welcome back to the Realignment.
0:02.8	Everyone welcome back to the show. Happy Monday welcome back to the Realignment's daily
0:11.8	coverage of the Ukraine crisis following Russia's invasion of the country.
0:17.0	Quick note we've got a little less than two weeks left for these daily episodes.
0:22.2	I really appreciate everyone tuning in and for these next two weeks I want to really
0:26.3	give folks guidance for how they should approach these episodes.
0:29.7	My whole objective here is to spend a little over a month building a real catalog for
0:34.0	thinking about this post invasion world.
0:36.7	Not every single episode is going to perfectly be of interest to every listener.
0:40.4	So for example, some people my girlfriend included aren't quite deeply interested in
0:44.8	the technical side of air power but they are interested in intelligence.
0:48.9	So the episode on intelligence was much more of a fit for her than the episode on air
0:54.6	power obviously.
0:55.6	So for these next two weeks really pick and choose what fits your interest in what we
1:00.0	fit well.
1:01.0	I'll make sure to sign post well so you get the deal there.
1:04.0	Today's episode is with Dr. Sean McFate.
1:06.0	He's the author of the new rules of war.
1:08.1	A book which is basically centered around this idea that in the 21st century post World
1:13.0	War II conventional war for style of war.
1:15.8	We saw Russia engage in in the first month that during Ukraine the style of war we pursued
1:21.0	in Vietnam and Iraq and Afghanistan is no longer up to the task of accomplishing strategic
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