Brian Hancock hosts J. David Thompson, a Civil Affairs planner out of U.S. Africa Command to discuss     Thank you FeedSpot for ranking One CA Podcast as one of their top 10 foreign policy podcasts. Check it out at: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/foreign_policy_podcasts/ One CA is a product of the civil affairs association  and brings in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences on the ground with a partner nation's people and leadership. We aim to inspire anyone interested in working in the "last thr ..read more

Recently, I partnered with SMA's Mariah Yager to talk with Professor Beatrice Houser about post-conflict stabilization.  “In Kuwait, preparing for the Iraq invasion, I asked the leadership, ‘Could you give us a little more detail about after we get to Baghdad and topple the regime? ' [The answer] was more than inadequate.’” -David Petraeus, speaking at Carnegie. The U.S. and the West recently suffered monumental failures in planning and implementing post-conflict stabilization, resulting in massive corruption, instability and loss of foreign policy goals. [Charley Wilson’s War]. “These th ..read more

Welcome to the One CA Podcast. In this episode Assad Raza hosts Henrique Garbino, Joao Mauricio Dias Lopes Valdetaro, and Jonathan Robinson as they discuss their paper and the competing concepts around civil military planning and operations.    You can find "Civil Military What?" online at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378267976_Civil-military_what_Making_sense_of_conflicting_civil-military_concepts   Special thanks for Nakaboncajon for posting pandeiro // bossa nova. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npixMWE0QWk   ..read more

Today, we have a special guest episode. Dana Lombardy of Lombardy Studios hosts talks on military history and current events. To find out more about Dana's work, check out LombardyStudios.com. For this episode, he brings in retired Rear Admiral Michael Baker, a general surgeon who travels to Ukraine to teach combat first aid.  It's a great story about volunteering and working in a war zone to help Ukrainians save soldiers' lives.  Great news: FeedSpot ranked One CA Podcast as one of their top 10 foreign policy podcasts. Check it out at: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/foreign_policy_po ..read more

Please welcome Maria Yager and Bas Waters to One CA Podcast.  Originally, I was cohosting the show with Mariah, but I got OBE'd (or overcome by events), so Maria covered until I arrived and helped with questions and answers.  This is part two of a two-part episode on influence and persuasion. FeedSpot ranked One CA Podcast as one of their top 20 foreign policy podcasts. Check it out at: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/foreign_policy_podcasts/ One CA is a product of the civil affairs association  and brings in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development o ..read more

LTC Brian Hancock interviews CW5 Michael Gudmundson on electronic warfare (EW) and how it shapes current and future conflicts. Gudmundson spent four years at I Corps and then transferred to the U.S. Army in Europe and Africa to plan and advise on EW. FeedSpot ranked One CA Podcast as one of their top 20 foreign policy podcasts. Check it out at: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/foreign_policy_podcasts/ One CA is a product of the civil affairs association  and brings in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences on ..read more

With the death of Alexei Navalny, I called Ilya Zaslavsky, A D.C.-based anti-Putin activist, and asked him to come on the show to give some perspective on what happened and its ramifications. This show was a quick turnaround, so I apologize for the editing. I wanted to get it out to you as soon as possible.  One CA is a product of the civil affairs association  and brings in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences on the ground with a partner nation's people and leadership. We aim to inspire anyone inte ..read more

Today, Courtney Mulhern interviews Dan Joseph, Author of the Combat Psych website and the book Backpack to Rucksack: Insight Into Leadership and Resilience From Military Experts.  His articles and tools are to help soldiers and families build mental fitness and overcome past trauma so that they can live healthier / happier lives.  As you know from Courtney Mulhern's episode, she is a practicing therapist and a terrific interviewer, so I put the two together for this episode. Dan Joseph's info: https://combatpsych.com "Backpack to Rucksack: Insight Into Leadership and Resilience From ..read more

Today, Courtney Mulhern interviews Dan Joseph, Author of the Combat Psych website and the book Backpack to Rucksack: Insight Into Leadership and Resilience From Military Experts.  His articles and tools are to help soldiers and families build mental fitness and overcome past trauma so that they can live healthier / happier lives.  As you know from Courtney Mulhern's episode, she is a practicing therapist and a terrific interviewer, so I put the two together for this episode. Dan Joseph's info: https://combatpsych.com "Backpack to Rucksack: Insight Into Leadership and Resilience From ..read more

Today, we welcome Sam Cooper, an author and journalist based in Ottawa. He came in to talk about his reporting on PRC political and economic warfare, its impact on Canada and the United States, and how those tools are being used worldwide, including Taiwan, to undermine the rule of law and each nation's sovereignty. This episode goes fast and has a lot of great information on how China sets conditions for winning without fighting.    The One CA Podcast is here to inspire anyone interested in working in US foreign relations. - Often  called the last three feet of diplomacy. We br ..read more