137: Part I. Joseph Long on relational leadership and military diplomacy

Dr. Joseph Long comes on the show to discuss his theory on relational leadership, based on his new publication, The Future of Conflict: How Super-Empowered Populations Will Change Warfare, published at the Irregular Warfare Initiative. Joe is a retired Green Beret and is now a senior Lecturer at the Defense Security Cooperation University in Virginia.

Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-joseph-long-9021821a/

Article: https://irregularwarfare.org/articles/the-future-of-conflict-how-super-empowered-populations-will-change-warfare/

Other references from the episode:

Naval War College, Monterey: https://nps.edu/web/naval-war-college

SWIC, Robin Sage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMVnHMYxDGU 

2017 Niger Investigation: https://dod.defense.gov/portals/1/features/2018/0418_niger/img/Oct-2017-Niger-Ambush-Summary-of-Investigation.pdf

3212 Un-Redacted: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15909364/

12 Strong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Strong 

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