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The Dead Prussian Podcast – Ep 45: On Experiencing Thucydides

In this episode of The Dead Prussian Podcast, Mick Cook chats with Pauline Shanks Kaurin, an associate professor of Philosophy at the Pacific Lutheran University. They chat about Associate Professor Kaurin’s use of Thucydides’ Peloponnesian War to explore the experiences of war on society, morality, and ethical decision-making. She also explains how educators can use their students' experiences to engage with texts.

The Dead Prussian Podcast – Ep 35: On Soldiers, Squadrons, and Ethicists

In this episode of The Dead Prussian Podcast, Mick Cook chats with Tom McDermott about ethics and war in the modern era. Tom is a military ethicist and serving officer in the Australian Army. His Occasional Paper, Soldiers, Squadrons, and Ethicists, discusses some issues on ethics and strategy as well as possible ways to overcome them.

Leading Together

Leading Together is a collection of practical advice from experienced leaders in international disaster and conflict response. It is a call to reflect and invest time in ensuring that we are prepared to respond when it falls upon us to do so; because, it will be too late to develop the skills, the knowledge and the understanding, when they are needed in the field.

Center of Gravity Analysis “Down Under”

Dr. Aaron P. Jackson is a Joint Operations Planning Specialist in the Joint and Operations Analysis Division of Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Group. The article expresses his view on Center of Gravity Analysis and The Australian Defence Force’s New Approach.