Ep 110: Thomas Mahnken on Net Assessment
School of War - A podcast by Nebulous Media
Thomas Mahnken, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, joins the show to talk about net assessment and the future of war. ▪️ Times • 01:39 Introduction • 02:02 An interesting journey • 03:33 The Office of Net Assessment • 09:49 A tool, not a solution • 13:19 Both quantity and quality matter • 15:05 Soviet thinking • 19:20 Leveraging insight • 23:11 Potential outcomes • 28:35 “The Houthis have friends.” • 33:19 Danger and opportunity • 37:20 The terms of success change • 43:14 Solving the problem of the moment Follow along on Instagram Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack