Listen to this episode where John and David give a SAGE International view on the current Ukraine Crisis. If you enjoyed this sample, please listen to it in full here: 

https://sageinternational.com.au/strategikon/strategikon-100-the-russian-opportunity-how-can-we-avoid-war-in-eastern-ukraine/

Russia Has NATO Running Around In Circles - Social Media Graphic

John speaks with Matthew on the goings-on at the Ukrainian-Russian border

Evenings with Matthew Pantelis

Russia - Ukraine stand off : Dr John Bruni, SAGE International

John and David interview David Khandan, Executive Director of Austability. In this episode we look at this Aussie security company's approach to a range of issues from counter-terrorism, radicalisation, cyber as well as women & child protection.

Here is extra information on some of the names/terms used in this episode for those who may not be familiar with them:

Retired US Army Major Jim Gant, former Green Beret, also referred to as 'Lawrence of Afghanistan' for his Village Stability Operations (VSO) approach in which US Special Forces would embed themselves among Pashtun tribes in the hope of turning these tribes against the Taliban. Supporters of VSO (also called One Tribe at a Time) said this was the only tactic that worked in Afghanistan. Obama axed the program upon implementation of the US Status of Forces Agreement (signed by President Bush and actioned by President Obama) whereby the bulk of US forces would be withdrawn from Afghanistan.

Forensic linguistics, otherwise known as 'language and the law' seeks to understand how linguistic knowledge can be used to contextualise legal procedures.

Human Terrain System (HTS) - an American concept for integrating academics in the social sciences, especially anthropologists, into military units in the field for a better understanding of local populations and their motivation for action. The program started in 2005 but fell out of favour in the Pentagon in 2014 because of ongoing complaints about 'academic integrity' of those embedded scholars who could not return to academic work after their work with the military had ended; and, the idea of using academic knowledge to manipulate local opinion to favour the US military in its interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Emile Durkheim was a 19th Century French sociologist focussed on how rapidly changing and modernising societies could maintain their internal coherence once the old traditions and customs became irrelevant.

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Austability: Story of an Australian Security Company

Austability: Story of an Australian Security Company (STRATEGIKON Ep 52)

Welcome to our Halloween Special! With the US Midterms around the corner, we thought we'd put this important electoral event under the STRATEGIKON microscope. In this episode, John speaks to SIA's Dr. Jonathan Z. Ludwig direct from Stillwater Oklahoma.

Usually, we’d take the time to put down a few helpful explanations – factoids if you will – however, as we are talking about a topic that is currently saturated with media coverage, mainstream and social, we just thought that this time around, the topic spoke for itself, so sit back, relax and enjoy this interesting episode of STRATEGIKON.

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2018 US Midterm Elections: Victory for the Man with a Plan?

2018 US Midterm Elections: Victory for the Man with a Plan?(STRATEGIKON Ep 53)

John gives his summary of SIA's & STRATEGIKON's year.

Yuletide Greetings from SIA & STRATEGIKON 2018

Yuletide Greetings from SIA & STRATEGIKON 2018 (STRATEGIKON Ep 54)

Dr. John Bruni is Founder and CEO of SAGE International Australia (SIA), an Adelaide-based private think tank specialising in the analysis of foreign policy, international and national security issues in Australia's 'defence state' of South Australia (SA). Est. in 2008, and partners of the Swiss Centre for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich, we are the only institution of its type in SA and STRATEGIKON, created in 2016, is the podcast of SIA.

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