Boundless Insights - with Aviva Klompas
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Boundless Insights - with Aviva Klompas
Debunking the Gaza Accusations – with John Spencer
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As Israel faces mounting international accusations — genocide, ethnic cleansing, and the use of starvation as a weapon of war — we turn to one of the world’s leading experts in urban combat to break down what’s actually happening on the battlefield, and what international law really says.
John Spencer, Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at West Point, joins Aviva Klompas to explain the military and legal obligations of armies fighting in densely populated areas. He walks us through how terror groups like Hamas exploit civilian infrastructure and addresses the biggest public misconceptions about modern warfare.
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Guest Bio:
John Spencer is an award-winning scholar, internationally recognized expert and advisor on urban warfare, military strategy, tactics, and other related topics. Considered one of the world’s leading experts on urban warfare, he served as an advisor to the top four-star general and other senior leaders in the U.S. Army as part of strategic research groups from the Pentagon to the United States Military Academy. John currently serves as the Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point, Co-Director of the Urban Warfare Project, and host of the Urban Warfare Project podcast.