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 5-8 – MG Brian N. Wolford, COL Marvin Haynes, COL James “Cowboy” Landreth, COL Eric Hartunian, and COL Rich Butler – “Recognizing the Increasing Importance of the US-ROK Alliance”

Posted May 30, 2024

The essay this podcast episode is based on sets the stage for the Strategic Studies Institute’s research on the growing importance of South Korea...

Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-7 – Eric A. Heinze – “International Law, Self-Defense, and the Israel-Hamas Conflict”

Posted May 23, 2024

This podcast examines the international law of self-defense as it applies to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict to determine whether the October 2023...

Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-6 – Sheena Chestnut Greitens – China’s Use of Nontraditional Strategic Landpower in Asia

Posted May 9, 2024

This article argues that the People’s Republic of China uses its police and internal security forces as a nontraditional means of projecting strategic...

Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-5 – Andrew Payne – The Politics of Restraint in the Middle East

Posted May 2, 2024

Domestic constraints make it difficult for the United States to pursue a coherent program of restraint in the Middle East. As events in Gaza revive...

Decisive Point Podcast – Ep 5-4 – Jeffrey H. Michaels – Rethinking the Relevance of Self-Deterrence

Posted April 24, 2024

Self-deterrence is critically understudied in deterrence theory. Similarly, deterrence practitioners prefer to focus on adversaries’ threats rather...