The Sosh Podcast

Ep27- Counterterrorism in the Age of Great Power Competition, ft. Javed Ali and Audrey Alexander.

For this episode, MAJ Haz Yano interviews Javed Ali and Audrey Alexander to talk about the relevance of counterterrorism in the age of great power competition. What is th

Ep26- Autonomy without Authority: Japanese Civil-Military Relations ft. Prof. Stephen Saideman

For this episode of the Sosh Podcast, MAJ Haz Yano interviews Professor Stephen Saideman from Carleton University to talk about the state of civil-military relations in J

Ep25- The Honorable John Tien, Deputy Secretary of DHS

For this episode of the Sosh Podcast, MAJ Haz Yano and Dr. Scott Limbocker interview the Honorable John Tien, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. The hosts spoke with

Ep 24- Dr. Jason Lyall on Divided Armies

On this episode, CPT Charlene Hoadwonic interviews Dr. Jason Lyall from Dartmouth College to talk about his book, Divided Armies. How does a state’s pre-war levels of equ

Ep. 23- Craig Whiteside, Daniel Milton, and Audrey Alexander on the al-Mawla Interrogation Reports: Deconstructing the Islamic State Leader

For this edition of the Sosh Pod, Audrey Alexander moderates a discussion between Dr. Daniel Milton, Director of the USMA Combatting Terrorism Center (CTC), and Dr. Craig

Ep. 22: Doug Livermore from No One Left Behind (NOLB) and Saving the Afghan Interpreters

For this edition of the Sosh Podcast, MAJ Sam Wilkins and MAJ Kyle Atwell interview Doug Livermore from No One Left Behind (NOLB), a nonprofit dedicated to assisting wart

Episode 21- Ali Wyne on the US-China Relationship: Competition, Collaboration, and Compartmentalization

For this edition of the Sosh Pod, CPT Tony Palocaren interviews Ali Wyne from the Eurasia Group’s Global Macro Project about the US-China Relationship – how the competiti

Episode 20: Summer Reading with ADM (Ret) James Stavridis

For Episode 20 of the SOSH Podcast, we interview Retired ADM James Stavridis to talk about his recent book, 2034: A Novel of the Next World War. MAJ Tom Fox makes a retur

Episode 19: LTG (Ret) Sean MacFarland on the Use of Mechanized Forces in Counterinsurgency

For Episode 19 of the SOSH Podcast, we interview the former Commander of III Corps, LTG (Ret.) Sean MacFarland. In a conversation with the SOSH Department’s MAJ Ryan Van

Episode 18: Cadet Theses in American Politics

For this episode of the Sosh Podcast, MAJ AJ Glubzinski interviews three (former) cadets from the Class of 2021 who completed senior thesis projects in American Politics.

Episode 17: Addressing the Challenge of Extremism and the Military

On this episode, Sosh faculty members Audrey Alexander and Mike Robinson talk about the emerging concerns over extremism in the military, how the portrayal of this threat

Episode 16: Ambassador Nicholas Burns on NATO, Democracies, and China

Following up on Episode 15 where we talked about NATO with LTC Seth Johnston, we continue our deep dive into NATO by sitting down for a conversation with Ambassador Nicho

Episode 15: Why NATO Matters, featuring Dr. Seth Johnston

In this edition of the podcast, SOSH Faculty Alumni Dr. Seth Johnston sits down to talk with us about the history and future of NATO: How did an organization originally i

Episode 14: Restoring Thucydides and the Classics, featuring Dr. Jay Parker

On this episode of the SOSH Podcast, COL (Ret.) Jay Parker and Dr. Scott Silverstone sit down to talk about Dr. Parker’s latest book, “Restoring Thucydides: Testing Famil

Episode 13: The Foreign Policy Toolkit

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Anne Bennett and MAJ Thomas Dyrenforth to discuss the dynamics of civil-military cooperation and implementing foreign policy at U.S.

Episode 12: West Point Cadets on Why They Chose SOSH

On this episode, we talk to four cadets from the Class of 2021 on why they chose to major in the Department of Social Sciences at West Point. CDT Maxwell Myers (Internati

Episode 11: Dr. Risa Brooks, MAJ Michael Robinson, and Dr. Heidi Urben on the Socialization of Civil Military Norms and Non-Partisanship

On this edition of the SOSH podcast, we sit down with Risa Brooks, Michael Robinson, and Heidi Urben to discuss their upcoming paper on the socialization of civil-militar

Episode 10: Dr. Michael Warner and LTC John Childress on "The Use of Force for State Power"

For this episode of the SOSH Podcast, Dr. Michael Warner and LTC John Childress talk about their new book, “The Use of Force for State Power: History and Future.” They di

The Sosh Podcast: Episode 9, Talking Afghanistan with AMB Lute, Part 2

During this second part of MAJ Glubzinski’s interview with AMB Lute, they dive into development assistance and security force assistance in Afghanistan. They assess succe

The Sosh Podcast: Episode 8, Talking Afghanistan with AMB Lute, Part 1

MAJ AJ Glubzinski sits down with Ambassador Doug Lute to talk about Afghanistan. 19 years into American involvement there with so many twists, turns, and lessons learned