Contractual strategic advisor to the US DoD.. Has served on US Presidential transition teams, testified before committees of the US House of Representatives and the Senate, and served as consultant for the US Department of Defense, US Army (Tradoc), US Navy ARP, the US State Department, a White House Chief of Staff and the governments and armed forces of certain US Allies. His books, including The Art of Military Innovation with Eitan Shamir, The Rise of China viz. The logic of Strategy, and Strategy: the Logic of War and Peace (both Harvard UP) The Art of Army of Innovation have also been published in Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese PRC, Chinese traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese Lisbon, Portuguese São Paulo, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Spain and Argentina, Thai and Turkish. Curriculum Vitae: born November 4, 1942 in Arad, Banat, Transylvania, Romania . Schools in Palermo, Sicily and Carmel College, Wallingford, England. British Army infantry training Cert. B. University of London, (London School of Economics), 1961, BSc. 1964. War volunteer and contractor Israel 1967, 1969-72. Graduate studies in Johns Hopkins University 1973-75, PhD 1975 (The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire). Strategic consultant to the Immediate Office of the US Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger. US citizen by Act of Congress initiated by later Sec Def Les Aspin , H.R.2550, 95th Congress. 01/26/1977. >
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Episode 338
Edward Luttwak
American Grand Strategy & the Logic of War | Edward Luttwak
Contractual strategic advisor to the US DoD.. Has served on US Presidential transition teams, testified before committees of the US House of Representatives and the Senate, and served as consultant for the US Department of Defense, US Army (Tradoc), US Navy ARP, the US State Department, a White House Chief of Staff and the governments and armed forces of certain US Allies. His books, including The Art of Military Innovation with Eitan Shamir, The Rise of China viz. The logic of Strategy, and Strategy: the Logic of War and Peace (both Harvard UP) The Art of Army of Innovation have also been published in Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese PRC, Chinese traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese Lisbon, Portuguese São Paulo, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Spain and Argentina, Thai and Turkish. Curriculum Vitae: born November 4, 1942 in Arad, Banat, Transylvania, Romania . Schools in Palermo, Sicily and Carmel College, Wallingford, England. British Army infantry training Cert. B. University of London, (London School of Economics), 1961, BSc. 1964. War volunteer and contractor Israel 1967, 1969-72. Graduate studies in Johns Hopkins University 1973-75, PhD 1975 (The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire). Strategic consultant to the Immediate Office of the US Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger. US citizen by Act of Congress initiated by later Sec Def Les Aspin , H.R.2550, 95th Congress. 01/26/1977. >
In Episode 338 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Dr. Edward Luttwak about American grand strategy and the logic of war. Dr. Luttwak is an author and consultant to governments and companies around the world and is known for his work on grand strategy, military strategy and history, and international relations.
Luttwak and Kofinas spend the first hour of their conversation discussing the logic of war and the dimensions of strategy, how the nature of a nation state’s political system influences its grand strategic objectives, and what American grand strategy is and should be given the strategic challenges the United States faces in the 21st century.
In the second hour, the conversation shifts to China given U.S. President Biden’s and Xi Jinping’s recent in-person meeting at the APEC summit in San Francisco. Edward Luttwak explains why he believes that it would be a very bad idea if China attempted to take Taiwan by force, how it would find itself at war with the United States and an assortment of regional and international allies, why it would lose that war, and why that still won’t deter Xi Jinping from trying to retake the island by force. The two also discuss the implications of China’s nearly three decade-long one-child policy for its military readiness and what Beijing’s push to increase domestic grain production as part of its initiative to promote food security (even at the expense of long-standing efforts to reforest the country) can tell us about Xi Jinping’s desire to ready the country for war.
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Contractual strategic advisor to the US DoD.. Has served on US Presidential transition teams, testified before committees of the US House of Representatives and the Senate, and served as consultant for the US Department of Defense, US Army (Tradoc), US Navy ARP, the US State Department, a White House Chief of Staff and the governments and armed forces of certain US Allies.
His books, including The Art of Military Innovation with Eitan Shamir, The Rise of China viz. The logic of Strategy, and Strategy: the Logic of War and Peace (both Harvard UP) The Art of Army of Innovation have also been published in Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese PRC, Chinese traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese Lisbon, Portuguese São Paulo, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Spain and Argentina, Thai and Turkish.
Curriculum Vitae: born November 4, 1942 in Arad, Banat, Transylvania, Romania . Schools in Palermo, Sicily and Carmel College, Wallingford, England. British Army infantry training Cert. B. University of London, (London School of Economics), 1961, BSc. 1964. War volunteer and contractor Israel 1967, 1969-72. Graduate studies in Johns Hopkins University 1973-75, PhD 1975 (The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire). Strategic consultant to the Immediate Office of the US Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger. US citizen by Act of Congress initiated by later Sec Def Les Aspin , H.R.2550, 95th Congress. 01/26/1977. >
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and financial analyst whose mission is to help uncover the hidden forces and pivotal patterns shaping our lives. His contrarian perspective and critical-thinking approach has helped hundreds of thousands of people make smarter, informed decisions. This same methodology has helped guide Demetri’s decision-making as an early-stage investor and as a creator of several innovative media properties and live events.
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and financial analyst whose mission is to help uncover the hidden forces and pivotal patterns shaping our lives. His contrarian perspective and critical-thinking approach has helped hundreds of thousands of people make smarter, informed decisions. This same methodology has helped guide Demetri’s decision-making as an early-stage investor and as a creator of several innovative media properties and live events.
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and financial analyst whose mission is to help uncover the hidden forces and pivotal patterns shaping our lives. His contrarian perspective and critical-thinking approach has helped hundreds of thousands of people make smarter, informed decisions. This same methodology has helped guide Demetri’s decision-making as an early-stage investor and as a creator of several innovative media properties and live events.
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and financial analyst whose mission is to help uncover the hidden forces and pivotal patterns shaping our lives. His contrarian perspective and critical-thinking approach has helped hundreds of thousands of people make smarter, informed decisions. This same methodology has helped guide Demetri’s decision-making as an early-stage investor and as a creator of several innovative media properties and live events.
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and financial analyst whose mission is to help uncover the hidden forces and pivotal patterns shaping our lives. His contrarian perspective and critical-thinking approach has helped hundreds of thousands of people make smarter, informed decisions. This same methodology has helped guide Demetri’s decision-making as an early-stage investor and as a creator of several innovative media properties and live events.
