Radio War Nerd

Guest: Andreas Krieg Recorded: June 16, 2026 Andreas Krieg assesses the winners & mostly-losers in the aftermath of the US-Israel War on Iran, with a focus on the UAE's rude awakening. Follow Andreas on Twitter. Further listening: *RWN #564 — The UAE Empire feat Andreas Krieg *RWN #207 — Republic of

Recorded: September 11, 2025 The War Nerd took a break from his peninsular campaign to discuss the latest wave of assassinations: Charlie Kirk, Israel's attempted mass-assassination in Qatar, the strange assassination of Ukrainian neo-Nazi (and former parliament speaker) Andriy Parubiy, and the Trum

Recorded: August 31, 2021 The War Nerd and Ames try to answer the two most important questions about IS-K that no one seems interested in asking, or answering: Which interests bankrolled IS-K, and what strategic purpose(s) does IS-K serve? We reference Antonio Giustozzi's excellent book "The Islamic

Guest: Aamer, podcaster & writer Recorded: May 12, 2021 What do endangered grouses, Qatari royals, Syrian sectarian population exchanges, and kidnapping have in common? We're joined by RWN guest Aamer to make sense of one of the wildest, dumbest & darkest episodes of the past decade. Check out the n

Guest: Kelley Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft editor Recorded: December 4, 2020 Kelley Vlahos returns to RWN to size up the successes and failures of Trump foreign policy, warn us about the return of the Blob under Biden, and throw us for bit of a loop with some potentially positive developments for

Guest: Isa Blumi, author and professor Recorded August 28, 2018 By popular demand from our subscribers, we're reposting free for the public our important interview with Isa Blumi on the Yemen war's little-reported deep causes — political, financial, imperialist — and the high-stakes Gulf Clan politi

Guest: Isa Blumi, author and professor Recorded August 28, 2018 For non-subscribers, here is a 20+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 147 with Isa Blumi, author of "Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia Tells Us About the World" about the Yemen war's little-reported deep causes: political, fi

Guest: Isa Blumi, author and professor Recorded August 28, 2018 The War Nerd talks to Isa Blumi about the Yemen war's little-reported deep causes — political, financial, imperialist—in a wide-ranging interview. Blumi explains the murky political and strategic differences between Qatar, Saudis and UA