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British author, journalist and war correspondent David Patrikarakos was due to leave the UK for Athens in the summer of 2024. Before he left, he discovered My Martin Amis, and quickly got in touch to ask to tell his story about how he became, as he put it, "mildly obsessed" with the late novelist.On this episode, David and Jack sit down together early one morning to revisit The Rachel Papers, Amis's first novel and one previously discussed on episode 4 with journalist and author Zoe Strimpel. David explains that he discovered the novel on his family bookshelf at the age of 14. The opening line from Charles Highway was a slam dunk: "simple and declarative and clever". From that point on, David was an Amis fan.David also describes an antique copy of Hamlet he bought that once belonged to Amis as an undergraduate. The book contains Amis's marginalia. For more on that, you'll have to listen to the conversation. Needless to say, Amis was a precocious student who never stopped overachieving in later life, much to the chagrin of his global peers and critics.David and Jack also discuss Amis's famous friendship with the late essayist Christopher Hitchens, with whom Amis shared much of his life, even the same cause of death. Were he to have the job of teaching a class of journalism students for a year, David says he would have no problem replacing Hitchens with Amis on the reading list. Amis's The War Against Cliche aside, being "alive to the possibilities of prose" is essential to any writer, he says. Yes, Amis can be over-prescriptive at times, but by letting him guide you for a period, you soon discover what it is writing does that no other art form can do.The important thing, as ever, is to learn from Martin Amis, then go your own way.FOLLOW US ON TWITTER/ X: @mymartinamis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In the early morning hours of April 14th Iranian drones and missiles were launched towards Israel. The launch was framed as retaliation for an Israeli attack on the Iranian diplomatic compound in Damascus on April 1st. Nearly 99% of the projectiles were intercepted. Although little physical or human damage was sustained, regional relations have been fundamentally recast: Sunni Arab states like Jordan and possibly Saudi Arabia allowed the US, UK, and Israel to use their territory and intel assets to counter the threat. Israeli PM Netanyahu initially vowed a retaliatory strike, but Biden, Sunak and others are trying to dissuade him. To discuss the late breaking developments and relitigate their previous predictions, Jason is joined from Dubai by Disorder's own Roving Correspondent, David Patrikarakos. The duo set the context of the strikes within the long durée context of decades of proxy conflict between Israel and the Islamic Republic. They investigate how these events might spiral out of control to cause an apocalyptic War of Gog and Magog or how they could reconfigure regional alliances and allow for renewed Qatari/American/Egyptian mediation to find an off-ramp from the current conflict. They also investigate the current famine in Gaza and the lack of Israeli policy for long term governance solutions for the territory. Subscribe to our Substack: https://natoandtheged.substack.com/ Website: https://natoandtheglobalenduringdisorder.com/ Producer: George McDonagh Exec Producer: Neil Fearn Show Notes Links For an overview of the Iranian strikes and Israeli response: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/13/world/israel-iran-gaza-war-news The Role of Biden: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-called-off-retaliatory-strike-on-iran-after-call-with-biden-new-york-times/ Read David's sage prediction in Unherd, ‘Iran is winning the Gaza war Tehran's violent strategy could soon escalate': https://unherd.com/2024/04/iran-is-winning-the-gaza-war/ And Jason's plea to blame Bibi and not the Jews: https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/blame-netanyahu-for-gaza-not-the-jews/ Our Oct 12th episode: The 2023 Israeli-Hamas war: A Symptom of our era of Disorder?: https://pod.link/1706818264/episode/e48504038444024ddfb4d273932b9eec Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this bonus episode, Jason discusses his mom's Thanksgiving stuffing recipe as he is joined by our roving correspondent – David Patrikarakos – who missed Turkey Day in London choosing to go to Ukraine and Gaza instead. The pair ‘drone' on about the use of Iranian Shahid drones in both conflicts, the similarities and differences in the moral and military calculus in Ukraine as opposed to Gaza, and how today's easy access to technology means traditionally lesser military powers can achieve a modicum of leveling up with their more 1st world opponents. The pair also try to step away from the current news cycle to debunk some historical misconceptions about both conflicts. In the Ordering the Disorder segment, the discuss the role of historical narratives and mythmaking, the West's need to hold the line in the Ukraine, and why there are no easy solutions for the day after the War in Gaza. Twitter: @DisorderShow Website: https://natoandtheglobalenduringdisorder.com/ Producer: George McDonagh Exec Producer: Neil Fearn Show Notes Links More on David's recent trip to Ukraine here And his thoughts on the chances of a regional Middle Eastern escalation here And back to Jason's solutions, ‘The Road to Middle East Peace Runs Through Doha' here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this episode of Battleground Ukraine, Saul David speaks to David Patrikarakos from our sister podcast Disorder. David has just returned from Ukraine where he has been reporting on and off since the initial Russian Invasion in 2014. He discusses what he's witnessed recently and over the whole of his time in Ukraine and how the nature of warfare is changing both on the battlefield and on the propaganda front. If you're interested in listening to David's own podcast Disorder - you can find it here: https://linktr.ee/disorderpod If you have any thoughts or questions, you can send them to - battlegroundukraine@gmail.com Producer: James Hodgson Twitter: @PodBattleground Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On Saturday October the 7th the world awoke to the most horrific, chaotic, and game changing Arab-Israeli war in 50 years. But despite how tragic the news was, it wasn't at all surprising. Internal divisions and partisan dysfunction inside previously functioning democracies (like Israel) have left previously secure and united societies, divided and open to their enemies. This has been an open invitation to those who wish to actively disorder global affairs. In this bonus episode, Jason Pack and David Patrikarakos discuss how, in our era of disorder, conflicts in one part of the world create immediate disordering reactions elsewhere. They'll also talk about David's time in Gaza, Jason's conversations with anti-Semitic cab drivers in Lebanon and the West Bank, and how the internet radicalizes reporting on this conflict. Jason and David disagree agreeably about whether Hamas has already won this war. Finally, they'll try to suggest ways out of this conflict, as they try to Order the Disorder. Twitter: @DisorderShow Website: https://natoandtheglobalenduringdisorder.com/ Producer: George McDonagh Exec Producer: Neil Fearn Show Notes Links Subscribe to the Disorder Show Monthly Newsletter here For depth on the historical context of the War: listen to Jason on Arthur Snell's Behind the Lines here Brett Stevens NYT Op-ed on potential solutions here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In today's episode, David Patrikarakos writes about drone warfare and how it has changed the rules of engagement in a dispatch article for UnHerd titled The death games of Ukraine.
In today's episode, David Patrikarakos explains the internal documents reveal how the mercenary group operates in an essay titled The Wagner Files.
In today's Weekend Dispatch, David Patrikarakos writes about his time in a Ukrainian trench and how as darkness falls, the bombardment begins, in an UnHerd exclusive titled New Year in a Ukrainian trench.
In today's episode, David Patrikarakos writes about how back home, the exodus has taken a surreal form, in an UnHerd article titled Welcome to Albania's Little London.
In today's episode, David Patrikarakos speaks about Iran's Arab Spring and how whe leaderless protestors need another Khomeini, in an UnHerd essay titled Is Iran's Arab Spring doomed?
In today's episode, David Patrikarakos writes about how John le Carré was never an Englishman's writer, in an UnHerd exclusive essay titled How Smiley's people conquered Britain.
In today's episode David Patrikarakos writes about mass mobilisation and how is a symptom of Russia's defeat, in a weekend essay exclusive titled Will Putin's gamble pay off?
In today's episode, David Patrikarakos analyses why six months on, the Ukrainian resistance to Russia's invasion remains defiant, in an UnHerd exclusive article titled Why Putin can't capture Kherson.
In today's episode, David Patrikarakos writes about how Russian collaborators are being hunted down in Kherson, in an exclusive weekend essay for UnHerd titled Inside the Ukrainian resistance.
The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, LtCol Brian Schweers discusses the US Marine Corps' All Domain Effects Team (ADET) concept, which is considered to still be in the prototype phase. After describing the historical mission of the Marine Corps' Air-Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), Brian unpacks the ADET rationale and composition. ADETs are task-organized forces that integrate information capabilities with lethal fires to achieve effects in the forward operating environment across the competition continuum in support of joint, allied, and coalition forces. These teams are intended to provide a scalable, mobile, and lethal force capable of operating across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains simultaneously. The first ADET employed in support of joint operations was in September of 2021, during Joint Warrior in Durness, Scotland. 2d ANGLICO and II MIG continue to refine the ADET concept in support of the Commandant's Stand-in-Force Concept. Brian's research opportunity or question to the IPA Community: How do we know that we're achieving effects? How do we measure effects in the cognitive realm and tie it to decision making? Resources: Cognitive Crucible Podcast Episodes Mentioned #13 Brian Russell on Behind Enemy Lines #95 LtGen Matthew Glavy on MCDP 8 Information #93 Todd Huntley on Information Operations and the Law THE CHANGING CHARACTER OF COMBINED ARMS by BENJAMIN JENSEN AND MATTHEW STROHMEYER Ukraine conflict reveals parallels to new Marine Corps war-fighting vision 2d Air-Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) LtCol Brian Schweers Bio War in a 140 Characters by David Patrikarakos 2014 Gaza War (Operation Protective Edge) Link to full show notes and resources https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-102 Guest Bio: After receiving a Bachelors of Arts from Miami University, Lieutenant Colonel Brian Schweers was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in May 2002. Upon completion of initial training, he reported to Battery L, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marines. His assignments included Forward Observer, Fire Direction Officer (FDO), and Platoon Commander. He completed two tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2006 Lieutenant Colonel Schweers reported to 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, 1st Marine Headquarters Group. His billets were Firepower Control Team Leader and Supporting Arms Liaison Team Leader. He completed two tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and one tour in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Lieutenant Colonel Schweers attended the Field Artillery Captains Career Course at Fort Sill, Oklahoma in the summer of 2010. Upon graduation, he reported to 1st Battalion, 11th Marines. His assignments included Battery C Commanding Officer, Battalion Operations Officer, and Battalion Assistant Fire Support Officer. In 2014 Lieutenant Colonel Schweers reported to Expeditionary Warfare School (EWS) where he served as a Faculty Advisor and Curriculum Developer. Following EWS, he reported to 1st Battalion, 12th Marines where he served as the Battalion Logistics Officer and Battalion Executive Officer. In 2018 Lieutenant Colonel Schweers reported to Programs and Resources, Headquarters Marine Corps where he served as the Assistant Program Development Officer and Program Development Officer. About: The Information Professionals Association (IPA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to exploring the role of information activities, such as influence and cognitive security, within the national security sector and helping to bridge the divide between operations and research. Its goal is to increase interdisciplinary collaboration between scholars and practitioners and policymakers with an interest in this domain. For more information, please contact us at communications@information-professionals.org. Or, connect directly with The Cognitive Crucible podcast host, John Bicknell, on LinkedIn. Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, 1) IPA earns from qualifying purchases, 2) IPA gets commissions for purchases made through links in this post.
In today's episode, David Patrikarakos takes us to Kyiv and tells us how the city is battling for European civilisation in a dispatch article for UnHerd titled Kyiv's war for independence.
In today's episode David Patrikarakos takes us to Odesa where people go to have affairs, deal drugs and kill in an exclusive dispatch for UnHerd titled Odesa is at war with itself.
In David Patrikarakos' latest dispatch from the front line of the war in Ukraine he spends time with the much feared Azov battalion in his essay for UnHerd titled Why Russia fears the Azov battalion.
Today, David Patrikarakos takes listeners inside the hell experienced by residents of the Ukrainian city in an exclusive dispatch for UnHerd titled The demolition of Kharkiv.
David Patrikarakos, Journalist in Odessa, John Everard, Former British Ambassador to Belarus, Billy Kelleher, Fianna Fáil MEP
David Patrikarakos, Author of 'War In 140 Characters: How Social Media Is Reshaping Conflict In The Twenty-First Century' and contributing editor at UnHerd
Andrew Pierce talks to the billionaire company founder on his decision to house a Ukrainian refugee, and talks to author David Patrikarakos on why Joe Biden could take a leaf out of JFK's book in his confrontation with Vladimir Putin. Plus, the good (and the bad) at this year's BAFTAs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2021 was indeed a historic year in Israel. It included yet another election, this time ending the Netanyahu-era and bringing to power a diverse coalition that replaced him, a war in Gaza, inter-communal riots, a reset in U.S.-Palestinian relations, and much more. To recap this eventful year and present the first-ever Israel Policy Pod End-of-Year Awards, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Policy Advisor Neri Zilber hosts Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow and Policy Advisor Shira Efron to make their selections for the biggest winner, biggest loser, and everything in between in Israeli politics over the past twelve months. Curation Corner Recommendations:A Malign Embrace: Ebrahim Raisi and Iran by David Patrikarakos for New Lines MagazineDoing it his way: How Naftali Bennett could beat the odds and wind up transforming Israel by Shalom Lipner for Atlantic CouncilA Day in the Life of Abed Salama by Nathan ThrallSupport the show (https://ipf.li/3jzyDg5)
Britain vs. Disinformation: a crisis or an exaggeration? From vaccines and Brexit to foreign ops, the subject of disinformation and how to handle it is constantly invoked in the UK debate. But how much of the threat is this really? To find out I spoke to David Patrikarakos, journalist and author of "War in 140 Characters: How Social Media is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty-First Century" for this week's #BritainDebrief for the Atlantic Council. What has the UK done right? And what is the UK doing wrong faced with this problem? And is the issue really the content?
Rabbi Andrew Shaw and Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner explore how British Jews should be reacting to the escalation crisis in Israel. Top Israeli journalist Nadav Eyal analyses the latest developments in between Israel and Hamas and on the streets of mixed Jewish- Arab cities and author David Patrikarakos discusses the role of social media in the conflict.
David Patrikarakos, the author of “Borderland: Europe's Eastern Faultline”, joins The Greek Current to discuss his piece and give us a look at the ongoing tensions between Greece and Turkey from the frontlines. David travelled to the small island of Kastellorizo at the heart of tensions over maritime rights in the Eastern Mediterranean and to Greece's northern border at Evros, which was at the epicenter of the migration crisis in February and March. David Patrikarakos is a writer and journalist. He is an expert on the use of social Media in conflict, disinformation and Middle East Geopolitics. He is the author of War In 140 Characters - How Social Media Is Reshaping Conflict In The Twenty-first Century and Nuclear Iran - The Birth Of An Atomic State.You can read the articles we discuss on The Daily Roundup here: Borderland: Europe's Eastern faultlineExclusive-EU to toughen sanctions on Turkish drilling - draft statementEU leaders to line up new sanctions on Turkey at summitU.S. Takes Tougher Tone With Turkey as Trump ExitsTurkey's Erdogan brushes off EU sanctions threat
The 21st century has brought about a new meaning to “a war of words”. War is no longer confined to the battlefield - it's up to each side of a conflict to win the narrative battle too. With individuals like the Palestinian social media activist Farah Baker able to tweet in real-time about an ongoing conflict, the likes of Twitter and Facebook have brought us closer than ever before to the front-lines of wars around the world. David Patrikarakos is a journalist, and author of ‘War in 140 Characters: How Social Media Is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty-First Century'. In this episode he gives us an insight into the power of social media to incite movements, its strengths and weaknesses in bringing together diffuse groups of people, and how using it to craft your narrative is as critical as putting boots on the ground, if you want to emerge victorious. View Transcript Here
In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Doyle Hodges, executive editor of the Texas National Security Review, explores how social media has played an increasingly prominent role in the public discourse. Listeners to the War on the Rocks podcast may recall an episode featuring Camille Francois of Graphika, and Jessica Brandt, head of policy and research for the Alliance for Securing Democracy, dealing with the question of disinformation. These topics have also been covered in more popular press with books such as Like War: The Weaponization of Social Media, by P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking, and War in 140 Characters, by David Patrikarakos. But very few of these explorations have gone into how social media effects international relations. Professor Sarah Kreps, the John L. Wetherill professor in the Department of Government and adjunct professor of law at Cornell University, unpacks that very idea in this episode.
James Copland (Manhattan Institute) on SCOTUS oral arguments by phone * Greg McBride of Bankrate.com on the Fed, interest rates and more * David Patrikarakos: Could COVID-19-caused oil crash cause Mideast turmoil? * Lindsay Powers: You Can't F Up Your Kids
David Patrikarakos is a British journalist, author and TV producer, best known as the author of War in 140 Characters: How Social Media Is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty-First Century. He speaks to Jack Aldane on this first of several special episodes of the podcast, recorded during the global pandemic lockdown, about the ramifications of the coronavirus in Western Europe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Qassem Suleimani's funeral saw call after call for Iran to take vengeance on the US. But really what can Iran do? In this FRDH podcast, Michael Goldfarb talks with journalist, author and Russia/Iran expert David Patrikarakos about the Islamic Republic's options.
You may remember that during the cold war, particularly during the Vietnam conflict, we were told that the battle was for the “hearts and minds” of the enemy. We understood that in conflict, propaganda, particularly as told through narrative, was an important tool of warfare. Narrative, if successful, was there to reinforce the battle. The ultimate expression of this was the phrase, sometimes attributed to both John Wayne and Chuck Colson, that “if you have them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.” Today, in our 24/7 always on, social media saturated world, the objective has changed. Now, the battle through social media and television, for the proverbial hearts and minds, is sometime the goal, in and of itself. As we’ve seen with Russia in both the Ukraine, and in it’s new cold war with the US, sometimes control of the Twitter and Facebook narrative is enough to create disruption, to change the terms of the conflict itself and ultimately to win. Suddenly, in cold war 2.0, a keyboard has as much power as an F15. That's the reality that David Patrikarakos lays bear in War in 140 Characters: How Social Media Is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty-First Century. My WhoWhatWhy.org conversation with David Patrikarakos:
War. War has changed.Anyone can keep up to date with the latest conflict on Twitter. Facebook is a great place to watch the propaganda game of entire countries unfold. YouTube amplifies previously marginalized conspiracy theories to millions. Everything is different now.This week on War College, we talk to author and journalist David Patrikarakos about his new book War in 140 Characters: How Social Media Is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty-First Century.You can listen to War College on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or follow our RSS directly. You can reach us on our new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/warcollegepodcast/; and on Twitter: @War_College. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week Boston College Professor Matt Sienkiewicz is joined by The Interpreter's managing editor James Miller and journalist David Patrikarakos to discuss the Iran nuclear deal, Russian neo-Eurasianism, North Korea, and the Russia's role in the Middle East. Additional Reading: - Nuclear Iran: The Birth of an Atomic State http://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Iran-Birth-Atomic-State/dp/1780761252 - How can we avoid nuclear catastrophe? On North Korea’s recent nuclear test http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/41540putin-obama-north-korea-china-nuclear-weapon-mass-destruction-cold-war - What’s The Goal Of The Kremlin’s Middle East Gamble? http://www.interpretermag.com/whats-the-goal-of-the-kremlins-middle-east-gamble/
On Start the Week Andrew Marr discusses the prospect of an Iran with nuclear weapons. David Patrikarakos points to the failure to understand how far Iran's nuclear strategy is linked to its recent history and sense of identity. Geoffrey Robertson QC argues that the production of atomic bombs should be made an international crime against humanity, whereas Baroness Shirley Williams believes that politics still has a role to play in disarmament around the world. But Douglas Murray dismisses the idea that political negotiation or the law will work, and believes force may be the only answer.Producer: Katy Hickman.