You are listening to the War on the Rocks podcast on Strategy, Defense, and Foreign Affairs.

My name is Ryan Evans. I'm the founder of War on the Rocks.

In this episode, I sat down with General Xavier Brunson.

He is the commander of United Nations Command, R. O.K., U.S. Combined Forces Command, and U.S.

Forces Korea. He's been in that role for almost a year now, just about a year by the time this episode

comes out. We talked about all things, Korean and regional security.

Really interesting conversation with a very interesting leader.

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