S8 Ep151: PREVIEW — Gordon G. Chang — American Enterprise in China: Frustration and the Shift to Supply Webs. John Batchelor and Chang discuss American enterprises encountering significant market opportunities in China but experiencing persistent disappointment, fr
PREVIEW — Gordon G. Chang — American Enterprise in China: Frustration and the Shift to Supply Webs. John Batchelor and Chang discuss American enterprises encountering significant market opportunities in China but experiencing persistent disappointment, frustration, and strategic retreat due to China's "pirate stance" on intellectual property protection. American businesses, though historically overly optimistic regarding trade expansion trends, are systematically developing alternative sourcing arrangements—constructing "supply webs" rather than centralized supply chains—as they confront the serious, escalating trade friction and intellectual property theft.
1918 PEKING UNIVERSITY
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S8 Ep151: PREVIEW — David Daoud — Escalation in Israeli Policing Activity Against Hezbollah. John Batchelor and Daoud discuss heightened Israeli security operations against Hezbollah along Israel's northern border, indicating Hezbollah's rapid organizational regene
PREVIEW — David Daoud — Escalation in Israeli Policing Activity Against Hezbollah. John Batchelor and Daouddiscuss heightened Israeli security operations against Hezbollah along Israel's northern border, indicating Hezbollah'srapid organizational regeneration. While the IDF rarely provides operational commentary, Daoud has documented a significant escalation in recent operations—transitioning from drone reconnaissance strikes to sustained, intensive air strikes designed to ensure target destruction and elimination of leadership cadres.
1900 BEIRUT
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S8 Ep151: PREVIEW — Edmund Fitton Brown — Muslim Brotherhood: Decentralization, Violent Roots, and Tactical Opportunism. Fitton Brown explains that the Muslim Brotherhood, parent organization of Hamas, employs a decentralized "variable geometry" operational model e
PREVIEW — Edmund Fitton Brown — Muslim Brotherhood: Decentralization, Violent Roots, and Tactical Opportunism. Fitton Brown explains that the Muslim Brotherhood, parent organization of Hamas, employs a decentralized "variable geometry" operational model enabling tactical flexibility. Although the organization has never formally disavowed its original revolutionary and violent foundational teachings, it strategically deploys tactical opportunism—adopting gradualist, non-violent methodologies in liberal democracies including the United States and Great Britain, while transitioning to explicit violence when circumstances permit, as exemplified by Hamas's conduct in Gaza.
1870 ISTANBUL
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S8 Ep151: PREVIEW — John Hardie — The Evolution of Drone Warfare in the Ukraine Conflict. Hardie analyzes the expanding, evolving role of unmanned systems in the Ukraine war. Early intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) drones, including the Turkish T
PREVIEW — John Hardie — The Evolution of Drone Warfare in the Ukraine Conflict. Hardie analyzes the expanding, evolving role of unmanned systems in the Ukraine war. Early intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) drones, including the Turkish TB2, became progressively less effective as Russia improved integrated air defense capabilities. Subsequently, FPV (first-person view) combat drones became operationally critical, supplementing larger bomber-category unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)—often adapted agricultural equipment—deployed by both combatants, particularly Ukraine, to deliver precision munitions against distributed targets.
1953
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S8 Ep151: PREVIEW — Bill Roggio — The Threat of "Blue on Green" Attacks. Roggio addresses "blue on green" attacks, wherein Afghan security personnel, including national army and police units, attacked American and NATO forces throughout Afghanistan. The Taliban fre
PREVIEW — Bill Roggio — The Threat of "Blue on Green" Attacks. Roggio addresses "blue on green" attacks, wherein Afghan security personnel, including national army and police units, attacked American and NATO forces throughout Afghanistan. The Taliban frequently orchestrated these insider attacks, which peaked dramatically between 2009 and 2013. This threat remains tragically relevant following a recent attack in the District of Columbia allegedly perpetrated by an Afghan veteran, reportedly a former special forces member previously attached to the CIA.
1867 KHYBER PASS
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