Great to see you guys finally on TH-cam! I really enjoy your insightful episodes as an international relations hobbyist. Is there an episode (or two) about Eastern Congo in the pipeline? Aside from it being personally close to home for me as an African, I think it also sits perfectly well at the intersection of U.S. security force assistance (with both neighboring Uganda & Rwanda) and great power competition (with both China & Russia gaining more influence in the country, and the region as a whole). Cheers!
Interesting how small wars are closely related to IWF and (counter-)insurgencies. The Cold War era-small wars were at par with the casualty aversion and the reluctance to boots on the ground by both sides, themselves driven by the fear of nuclear escalation in an era of great power competion (GPC). Overall, these elements drove these small wars and their irregular/proxy/information components. It is also relevant to see how small wars (and either them IWF) need to take new prominence vis-a-vis renewed GPC.
I might have missed it but why osent anyone take into consideration that no matter the planning and execution, politics will always throw a monkey wrench into the mix.
Great to see you guys finally on TH-cam! I really enjoy your insightful episodes as an international relations hobbyist. Is there an episode (or two) about Eastern Congo in the pipeline? Aside from it being personally close to home for me as an African, I think it also sits perfectly well at the intersection of U.S. security force assistance (with both neighboring Uganda & Rwanda) and great power competition (with both China & Russia gaining more influence in the country, and the region as a whole). Cheers!
Interesting how small wars are closely related to IWF and (counter-)insurgencies. The Cold War era-small wars were at par with the casualty aversion and the reluctance to boots on the ground by both sides, themselves driven by the fear of nuclear escalation in an era of great power competion (GPC). Overall, these elements drove these small wars and their irregular/proxy/information components. It is also relevant to see how small wars (and either them IWF) need to take new prominence vis-a-vis renewed GPC.
I might have missed it but why osent anyone take into consideration that no matter the planning and execution, politics will always throw a monkey wrench into the mix.