Decisive Point Podcast

Decisive Point, the Parameters podcast companion series, furthers the education and professional development of senior military officers and members of the government and academia who are concerned with national security affairs. The podcast debuted in Au

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Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 2-27 – Michael W. Wissemann – Great (Soft) Power Competition- US and Chinese Efforts in Global Health Engagement

Posted October 1, 2021

Global health engagement, an underutilized strategy rooted in the strengths of soft power persuasion, can lead to more military-to-military cooperation...

Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 2-26 – Dr. Ilmari Käihkö – “The Evolution of Hybrid Warfare- Implications for Strategy and the Military Profession”

Posted September 29, 2021

The concept of hybrid war has evolved from operational-level use of military means and methods in war toward strategic-level use of nonmilitary means...

Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 2-25 – Dr. Jason W. Warren and Dr. John A. Bonin – “Reversing the Readiness Assumption- A Proposal for Fiscal and Military Fitness”

Posted September 27, 2021

Looming budget cuts will necessitate adept management to retain a military capable of competing and winning by avoiding the mistakes made in prior drawdowns....

Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 2-24 – Dr. Brian McAllister Linn – “Samuel Huntington, Professionalism, and Self-Policing in the US Army Officer Corps”

Posted September 21, 2021

Drawing on Samuel P. Huntington’s three phases of self-regulation used to determine if an occupation qualifies as a profession, this article focuses...

Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 2-23 – Dr. Matthew Valasik and Dr. Shannon E. Reid – “The Alt-Right Movement and National Security”

Posted September 16, 2021

Identifying the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol as an inflection point, this article analyzes the historical relationship between White supremacy...