School of War 

In School of War, CBS News National Security Analyst and Free Press columnist Aaron MacLean sits down with secretaries of state, top military historians, war planners, and key political decision-makers to help understand the lessons of war. Tune in as School of War takes you to the front lines. Aaron MacLean is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute. He has worked as a foreign policy advisor and legislative director to Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and spent seven years in the U.S. Marine Corps. Visit our Substack for episode transcripts Follow along on Instagram

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Title	Date published
Ep 273: Matthew Kroenig on China’s Nuclear Test	2026-02-09
Ep 272: Beatrice Heuser on Why Leaders Make Bad Decisions	2026-02-06
Ep 271: Geoff Ball on the Future of America’s Infantry	2026-02-03
Ep 270: David Shedd on China’s Spies	2026-01-30
Ep 269: Walter Russell Mead on Donald and Davos and Greenland, Oh My!	2026-01-26
Ep 268: Seth Jones on America’s Defense Industrial Crisis	2026-01-23
Ep 267: Michael Lurie on Israel’s New Laser Weapon	2026-01-20
Ep 266: Blake Seitz & Mike Watson—Were the Founders Isolationists?	2026-01-16
Ep 265: Mark Dubowitz on Is Iran Next?	2026-01-12
Ep 264: Mark Montgomery on Seizing Venezuela’s Shadow Fleet	2026-01-08
Ep 263: Elliott Abrams on the Venezuela Raid and Risks Ahead	2026-01-05
Ep 262: Mark Jones Jr. on Special Air Operations and American Military Dominance	2026-01-02
Ep 261: Behnam Ben Taleblu on the (Next!) Iran-Israel War	2025-12-30
Ep 260: Kevin Passmore on the Maginot Line and the Battle of France	2025-12-26
Ep 259: Christian Brose on Rethinking How We Fight	2025-12-23
Ep 258: Eric Cline on the Collapse of Civilizations	2025-12-19
Ep 257: Elliott Abrams on the Venezuela Crisis	2025-12-16
Ep 256: Nadia Schadlow on Strategic Depth	2025-12-12
Ep 255: Roya Hakakian on the Islamic Revolution	2025-12-09
Ep 254: Frank Gavin on History and Statecraft	2025-12-05

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