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US Gen Ben Hodges: Trump’s Houthi Red Sea crisis, Pentagon chaos and 9/11’s legacy

“The inability or unwillingness of the Trump administration to connect the dots on what is going on, from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea, is a reflection of the lack of really good deep strategic thinking.” On today’s episode of Iran: the Latest, Venetia Rainey is joined once again by former Comma…

Putin Is Already at War With Europe | General Ben Hodges

General Ben Hodges says Russia is already at war with Europe. Not with missiles striking NATO cities, but through drones, sabotage and attacks designed to frighten populations and weaken support for Ukraine. So why are European governments still reluctant to impose meaningful consequences? Hodges j…

Ep 208. General Ben Hodges: 25 years after 9/11 — can the West relearn strategy?

Twenty-five years after 9/11, did America respond to an attack on the Western Order by inadvertently helping to disorder that Order itself? Jason is joined by Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Ben Hodges, former Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe, to look back at 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan and the collapse of NATO …

Has Trump Left MBS hanging over Yemen?

The Yemeni and Saudi governments are under pressure. The Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reportedly called US President Donald Trump twice to ask him to authorise US strikes against the Houthis in Yemen over the threat to the Bab el Mandeb Strait. According to Axios, the US President decline…

Russian Hybrid Attacks and Europe's Response

Europe is facing an escalation in high-profile Russian hybrid attacks. Earlier this month, Germany attributed an attempted drone attack at Leipzig Airport to Moscow, Denmark accused a Russian ship of shooting flares at one of its military helicopters, and NATO jets downed a drone carrying explosive…

1119. The War is HERE - And Without a Theory of Victory NATO Countries are Vulnerable!

Lt. Gen. (retired) Ben Hodges is the former Commanding General of United States Army Europe, a post he held from 2014 to 2017 during the initial Russian invasion of Ukraine and NATO's subsequent reinforcement of its eastern flank. A 1980 West Point graduate and infantry officer, he commanded at com…

Ben Hodges: Russia Changed Its War—Ukraine Changed Faster

Retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges joins me to assess how the Ukraine war is changing as winter approaches. We discuss Russia’s growing ability to scale drones and electronic warfare, Ukraine’s faster battlefield adaptation, the vulnerability of Russia’s vast infrastructure, and the political will Europe …

Killing the Archers

I examine two critical developments: reported Ukrainian strikes on a jet-powered UAV launch site near Timsov-Bolova in Russia’s Oryol Oblast, where NASA FIRMS satellite data detected large fires, and Russia’s continuing attacks on Kyiv’s Dnipro River crossings. I explain why facilities used to stor…

Trump’s failures are of ‘epic proportions’ — and won’t change until he’s out | Lt Gen. Ben Hodges

Lt General Ben Hodges joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump’s Iran war, the growing strain on US military resources, Zelenskyy defying Trump to intensify strikes on Russia’s oil industry, controversial US-Russia business talks and the threat Putin poses to Europe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv…

Hitting Russia Harder—But What Does Victory Look Like? | Ben Hodges

Hitting Russia harder might inflict more damage. But what turns that damage into victory—and what would victory actually look like? Former US Army Europe commander Lieutenant General (Ret.) Ben Hodges joins Dr John Bruni on The Focus Podcast to examine Ukraine’s options, Russia’s vulnerabilities a…