About this episode
Iskander Rehman, Ax:son Johnson Fellow at SAIS’s Kissinger Center and author of Planning for Protraction: A Historically Informed Approach to Great-power War and Sino-US Competition, joins the show to talk about how future wars might be more a test of national endurance than expected. ▪️ Times • 01:56 Introduction • 04:01 Sharp and short wars • 09:07 After the first salvo • 12:33 Geography as a predictor • 15:21 Will nuclear deterrence work? • 21:16 “An informationized local war” • 25:13 What matters in protracted wars • 28:59 Innovation and adaptation • 33:51 The role of national leadership in protracted conflict • 38:49 Sino-U.S. competition • 44:50 Absorbing massive casualties • 48:06 Polybius Follow along on Instagram Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack