Chasing Ghosts: An Irregular Warfare Podcast

Ep 087 "Hybrid Warfare in the New Age: Japan Expands the Conflict Aperture (Part Two)"

Hybrid warfare Is a can of worms, a fascinating conjoining of kinetic and non-kinetic means of achieving victory or stale between warring nations. This second episode ex

Ep 086 "Hybrid Warfare in the New Age: Stretching the Envelope (Part One)"

Hybrid warfare Is a can of worms, a fascinating conjoining of kinetic and non-kinetic means of achieving victory or stale between warring nations. This first episode trie

Ep 085 "Home is the High Ground: Reimagining a New Hermit Kingdom"

I discuss the possibilities of America relinquishing its global ambition to reduce its footprint to a regional hegemon in the Western hemisphere. The new technologies of

Ep 084 "Blood in the Water: The US Navy is Sinking"

The US Navy is lost at sea and in the thrall of exquisite platform that be the maritime tombs of tens of thousands of sailors in the coming wars of the 21st century. The

Ep 083 "Memorial Day Remembrance 2026: Oceans of Blood, Wars of Choice""

I discuss the darker side of celebrating war and the moral injury of wars of choice. Memorial Day is a day of remembrance and an existential wake. This day is about the

Ep 082 "The CG Mailbag: Question Time"

It's been quite some time since I have responded to "mail" so I have curated five questions to address:. What should the USAF do now?Is fraud a form of irregular warfare

Ep 081 "Strategic Empathy: Grokking the Pendulum of Indecision"

I examine the strategic deficit disorder that absolutely dominates the US and western military establishments I speak to the tools and critical thinking modalities that

Ep 080 "The Cargo Cult of Martial Belief, Wishcasting and Bloodshed"

Episode 100! Well, when I combine the 20 episodes of WarNotes with the CG podcasts but a chance to pop the bubbly anyway. Today we discuss the critical lack of critical

Ep 079 "Iran, Salvo Competition and the Inevitable Stalemate"

I'll discuss Iran and the grunt math of salvo competition. Buppert’s Law of Military Topography: “Mountainous terrain held by riflemen who know what they are about cann

Ep 078 "Iran and I Lost: The American Empire Tilts Again"

With Western conflict in Iran escalating and in train, I discuss the vagaries and verities of the nuclear gambit in Iran in the Middle East and what this will mean to the

Ep 077 "The CG Mailbag: Question Time and the Backbenchers Lament 26.1"

It's been quite some time since I have responded to "mail" so I have curated five questions to address:. What are your thoughts on the Maduro and VZ kerfuffle?How do you

Ep 076 "Modern Antifa: Communist Insurgency in the US Part Five (Conclusions)"

I offer my scorched earth solutions to fighting Antifa and communism in the US.. America is in a Civil War with a major political party and its blacked-shirted paramilit

Ep 075 "Modern Antifa: Communist Insurgency in the US Part Four"

I further examine the educational feeder mechanism for communist and terrorist insurgency that is Antifa and its affiliated organizations both governmental and non-govern

Ep 074 "Modern Antifa: Communist Insurgency in the US Part Three"

I examine the feeder mechanism for communist and terrorist insurgency that is Antifa and its affiliated organizations both governmental and non-government. In this third

Ep 073 "Modern Antifa: Communist Insurgency in the US Part Two"

I examine the domestic communist and terrorist insurgency that is Antifa and its affiliated organizations both governmental and non-government. In this second episode, we

Ep 072 "Modern Antifa: Communist Insurgency in the US Part One"

I examine the domestic communist and terrorist insurgency that is Antifa and its affiliated organizations both governmental and non-governments;. In this first episode, w

Ep 071 "The Devil's Thermostat: Turning Up the Heat on American Civil War"

This episode examines civil war manifesting itself in the US and the world over the next few years and makes a forecast on how close we are on the doomsday clock of civil

Ep 070 "Bolivar's Revenge: The Venezuelan Tar Pit and American Ambition"

We examine the emerging Venezuelan kerfuffle. There are many currents and undercurrents in the latest incipient war debacle in America history. This will be a disaster f

Ep 069 "The CG Mailbag: Question Time and the Backbenchers Lament 25.1"

It's been quite some time since I have responded to "mail" so I have curated five questions to address:. What are your personal weapons of choice: rifle or pistol?How do

Ep 068 "The Military Drone Revolution: Make All Flesh Forfeit"

Despite what you are told by the mainstream news sources in the media, the drone war is here to stay and it will be the most significant war modality for the next generat