Explorations on War - Episode 4, with Lt Gen Doug Chalmers

About this episode

Lt Gen Doug Chalmers discusses the significance of local political understandings in military campaigns with Professor William Hurst.

Former British Army officer Lieutenant General Doug Chalmers — who served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy & Operations) from 2018 to 2021, and is the current Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge — joins Professor William Hurst to discuss the importance of having local and regional political understandings whilst carrying out military campaigns. They also explore how actors in war should understand their own positionalities, and reflect on how their own biases and relationships impact their knowledge and judgements.

People in this episode

Host: Professor William Hurst

Guest: Lt Gen Doug Chalmers

Topics covered

• military strategy
• political understanding
• war dynamics
• bias in warfare
• regional politics

Keywords

• military campaigns
• political understanding
• war
• bias
• regional politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Emmanuel College, Cambridge, British Army

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