Overheard

By: Foreign Policy Research Instit
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  • Summary

  • Overheard is the Foreign Policy Research Institute's new podcast series exploring the national security implications of intelligence activities, irregular warfare, and political warfare.

    Join Philip Wasielewski, director of FPRI’s Center for the Study of Intelligence and Nontraditional Warfare, as he discusses the past, present, and future of these activities with intelligence, military, and political practitioners to discover what is new at the intersection between the craft of intelligence and the military and political arts.

    New episodes are available each month on Apple podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. To be the first to know about new episodes, please subscribe to our mailing list and follow us on Twitter @FPRI.
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Episodes
  • Local Forces and Counterinsurgency Campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq

    Local Forces and Counterinsurgency Campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq
    Feb 21 2025
    In this edition of Overheard, Phil Wasielewski talks to Dr. Arturo Munoz and Dr. Diane Zorri about the academic papers they presented at last year's FPRI-sponsored conference on Lessons Learned from post-9/11 Irregular Wars. The three will discuss how America used or improperly used local police and militia forces in counterinsurgency campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq and now to do better in the future.

    Related reading:

    Iraq’s Unfinished War: Security in the Post-Saddam Era by Diane Zorri

    The Rise and Fall of Afghanistan’s Local Defense Forces by Arturo Munoz
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    42 mins
  • Russian Political Warfare and the Georgian and Moldovan Elections

    Russian Political Warfare and the Georgian and Moldovan Elections
    Dec 6 2024
    In this episode, Phil Wasielewski follows up on the recent Overheard podcast Russia's Other War in Europe to examine just how Russia worked to manipulate voting and voter sentiments this past October in the former Soviet Republics of Georgia and Moldova. Joining in are FPRI Senior Fellow Batu Kutelia and retired senior State Department official and Moldova expert William Hill who will examine Moscow's tactics from voter intimidation to vote buying and beyond.
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    37 mins
  • The Espionage Act versus the First Amendment

    The Espionage Act versus the First Amendment
    Oct 14 2024
    Was the June 2024 conviction of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for violating the Espionage Act a victory for national security or a defeat for freedom of the press? What are the rights but also the responsibilities that journalists and media organizations have with regards to publishing classified information? CNN journalist Jill Dougherty, FPRI Senior Fellow George Croner, and national security legal expert Jim Petrila join Overheard to discuss this issue and the implications for national security and the First Amendment.
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    51 mins

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