The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West, with David Kilcullen and Carl Miller

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🗓️ 14 May 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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In this episode, leading soldier-scholar David Kilcullen speaks to Carl Miller about how the West’s opponents have learned from twenty-first-century conflict and explains how their cutting-edge tactics and adaptability pose a serious threat to America and its allies, disabling the West’s military advantage. Click here to find out more about David's book 'The Dragons and The Snakes': https://bit.ly/3fQrOTD. ------------------------- Intelligence Squared+. The world's best speakers. Your questions. £4.99 per month. Intelligence Squared+ will bring you live, interactive events every week on our new online platform. Just like at our real-life events, you’ll be able to put your questions to our speakers, vote in live polls and interact with other members of the audience. Your subscription will give you access to multiple events featuring the world’s top thinkers and opinion formers, including Thomas Piketty, Margaret Atwood, Clive Woodward, Thomas Friedman, Meera Syal and Paloma Faith. For a full list of Intelligence Squared+ events and to subscribe, click here: https://bit.ly/2yfYIfm Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:44.8	Hello podcast listeners I'm Connor a producer at Intelligence Squared and welcome to this week's episode.
1:50.8	Today we have David Kilcullin for you, a leading counter-insurgency expert, an author of the new book, The Dragons and the Snakes, How the Rest Learned to Fight the West.
1:59.0	And he had a fascinating conversation with Carl Miller about conflict in the 21st century and how new tactics and technology
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