Talking Strategy Podcasts

This podcast explores the strategists and ideas that have shaped our understanding of defence and security.

Our thinking about defence and security is shaped by ideas. What we see depends on our vantage point and the lenses we apply to the world. Governments, militaries and business leaders are seeking to maximise the value they can gain from scarce resources by becoming more ‘strategic’. Standing on the shoulders of the giants of strategy of the past can help us see further and more clearly into the future. This series, co-chaired by Professor Beatrice Heuser and Paul O’Neill, is aimed at those – leaders, practitioners, scholars – looking to learn more about strategy and wishing to discover how to become more strategic in thought and action.

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5 Episodes

Season Five

Welcome to the fifth season of Talking Strategy. Access the latest episodes.

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Episode 5: Santa Cruz De Marcenado: Spain's Clausewitz

30 Minute Listen

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Episode 4: Turning Around a Defeated Army: Field Marshal Viscount William Slim

37 Minute Listen

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Episode 3: Katsu Kaishū and the Foundations of the Modern Japanese Navy

33 Minute Listen

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Episode 2: Radical Reform of the US Marine Corps: General Alfred Mason Gray

29 Minute Listen

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Episode 1: Leading a Defence Startup: NATO’s First Secretary General, Lord Ismay

32 Minute Listen

Sponsored by

Korn Ferry
Season 5 of Talking Strategy is brought to you in partnership with Korn Ferry, a leading global consulting firm specialising in unlocking organisational and individual potential. Korn Ferry’s commitment to, and deep understanding of, global Defence matters, people, politics and organisational dynamics makes them ideal partners when we are Talking Strategy.

The views or statements expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the podcast does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by RUSI employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the view of RUSI.

21 Episodes

Season 4

Welcome to the fourth season of Talking Strategy. Access the latest episodes.

Episode 21: Strategy’s Human Dimension, with Baroness Neville-Jones

35 Minute Listen

Episode 20: Moshe Dayan: Master of Emergent Strategy?

31 Minute Listen

Episode 19: Arthur Tedder: A Coalition Strategist of War and Warfare

33 Minute Listen

Episode 18: Qasim Soleimani and the Strategy of Militant Proxies

34 Minute Listen

Episode 17: José de San Martín: the Hannibal of Latin America?

33 Minute Listen

Episode 16: Alanbrooke, Churchill’s Right-Hand General

32 Minute Listen

Episode 15: Generals Lee and Grant: Great Strategists of the American Civil War

34 Minute Listen

Episode 14: Lord Peach: Evolving, Adopting and Adapting Alliance Strategy

38 Minute Listen

Episode 13: Sergey Gorshkov: Architect of the Soviet Navy

31 Minute Listen

Episode 12: Tecumseh: America’s First Whole-of-Society Strategy

33 Minute Listen

Episode 11: Napoleon Bonaparte: Soldier, Strategist, Emperor

34 Minute Listen

Episode 10: Michiel de Ruyter: The Modest Admiral Who Kept the English at Bay

33 Minute Listen

Episode 9: Catherine the Great: Russia’s Black Sea Expansion

34 Minute Listen

Episode 8: Gustavus Adolphus: Pioneer of Combined Arms Manoeuvre

33 Minute Listen

Episode 7: Caesar: Rome’s Defensive Expansion

34 Minute Listen

Episode 6: Yi Sun-sin: Korea’s Greatest Commander

31 Minute Listen

Episode 5: Frederick II of Prussia, The Philosopher King

33 Minute Listen

Episode 4: Alexander the Great: Son of Zeus

33 Minute Listen

Episode 3: Shaka Zulu: Africa’s Greatest Commander?

33 Minute Listen

Episode 2: Xerxes: The Persian Empire’s Aegean Expansion

34 Minute Listen

Episode 1: Subotai the Valiant: Genghis Khan’s Master Strategist

32 Minute Listen

Sponsored by

Korn Ferry
Season 4 of Talking Strategy is brought to you in partnership with Korn Ferry, a leading global consulting firm specialising in unlocking organisational and individual potential. Korn Ferry’s commitment to, and deep understanding of, global Defence matters, people, politics and organisational dynamics makes them ideal partners when we are Talking Strategy.

The views or statements expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the podcast does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by RUSI employees are those of the employees and do not necessarily reflect the view of RUSI.

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PODCAST HOSTS

Paul O’Neill CBE

RUSI Senior Associate Fellow

Professor Beatrice Heuser

Senior Associate Fellow