On an episode of the Irregular Warfare Podcast, a collaboration between the Modern War Institute at West Point and Princeton University’s Empirical Studies of Conflict Project, CERL Executive Board member General Joseph Votel discusses the nature, tactics, and objectives of Hamas, the complexity of geopolitical factors, and Israel’s military and diplomatic strategy.

General Joseph L. Votel, U.S. Army (Ret.) is the former Commander of the U.S. Central Command. He is a Distinguished Senior Fellow on National Security at the Middle East Institute and a member of the CERL Executive Board. Read his bio here.

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