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About Stephen Satkiewicz
Independent scholar whose research areas are related to Civilizational Sciences, Social Complexity, Big History, Historical Sociology, military history, War studies, International Relations, Geopolitics, as well as Russian and East European history. I served as the editor for the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations (ISCSC) newsletter from 2016-2018.
Stephen Satkiewicz is an independent scholar whose research areas are related to Civilizational Sciences, Social Complexity, Big History, Historical Sociology, military history, War studies, International Relations, Geopolitics, as well as Russian and East European history.
NBN Episodes hosted by Stephen:
November 6, 2024
Routledge Handbook of the Future of Warfare
This handbook provides a comprehensive, problem-driven and dynamic overview of the future of warfare. The volatilities and uncertainties of the global…
September 30, 2024
Conflict Realism
If you seek a compelling exploration of contemporary armed conflict, then Conflict Realism: Understanding the Causal Logic of Modern War and Warfare (…
September 25, 2024
The Fall of Berlin
In April 1945, Soviet forces descended on Berlin in the final phase of the war in Europe. The fighting was fierce as soldiers fanatically loyal to the…
July 26, 2024
Beyond Ukraine
War in the 21st century will remain a chameleon that takes on different forms and guises. Beyond Ukraine: Debating the Future of War (Oxford Univers…
June 18, 2024
21st Century as the Pacific Century
With the ever-greater shift of the balance of global power towards the Pacific region, what does this have implications for the geopolitics of the reg…
June 16, 2024
Geopolitics and International Relations
Although we live in a globalised world, territorially embedded factors are highly relevant in such domains as security, economy, energy, environment, …
June 11, 2024
Revealing Secrets
Why does Australia have a national signals intelligence agency? What does it do and why is it controversial? And how significant are its ties with…
May 25, 2024
Russia and the Changing Character of Conflict
Russia's actions in and around Ukraine in 2014, as well as its activities in Syria and further afield, sparked renewed debate about the character …
April 23, 2024
Cracking the Nazi Code
The thrilling true story of Agent A12, the earliest enemy of the Nazis, and the first spy to crack Hitler's deadliest secret code: the framework of th…
April 7, 2024
Theory of Irregular War
From Afghanistan to Angola, Indonesia to Iran, and Colombia to Congo, violent reactions erupt, states collapse, and militaries relentlessly pursue ope…
March 26, 2024
The Russian FSB
Since its founding in 1995, the FSB, Russia's Federal Security Service, has regained the majority of the domestic security functions of the Soviet-era…
March 26, 2024
Political Theology of International Order
Is contemporary international order truly a secular arrangement? Theorists of international relations typically adhere to a narrative that portrays th…
March 5, 2024
“Slava Ukraini!”
In wake of the Maiden Revolution of 2013-14, the pro-Russian government of Ukraine under Viktor Yanukovych was overthrown in place of a regime seeking…
February 3, 2024
War
War is often thought of mainly the concern of professional soldiers and maybe politicians as well. However, philosophers and theorists of varying type…
January 30, 2024
Hybrid Warfare
The on-going war in Ukraine continues to highlight the distinct differences between how Russia operates large-scale military operations from the usual…
January 27, 2024
War's Changed Landscape?
Throughout much of the 21st century thus far, the common argument among military pundits was that war has or will soon be radically changed in manners…
November 22, 2023
The Sea in Russian Strategy
The common perception of Russia's status as a great power is often portrayed as being based largely on land power. Being the largest country in the wo…
November 17, 2023
Battle of the Cities
The common image of World War II (1939-1945) is that of swift armored maneuver advances supported by combined arms, especially overwhelming air suppor…
November 5, 2023
Russia's Army
Czar Alexander III (1845-1894) is reported to have stated that "Russia only has two allies: the army and the navy." Military power has always been imp…
November 4, 2023
Grand Strategy
With the revival of great power competition in international relations, the term "grand strategy" has also encountered a considerable revival from its…
September 14, 2023
To Besiege a City: Leningrad 1941-42
The city of St. Petersburg held great significance to the Russian Empire when Peter the Great first built the city in 1703. It was intended to be Russ…
June 20, 2023
Neither Confirm Nor Deny
When the Soviet K-129 submarine sank in the Pacific Ocean in 1968, the CIA saw a possible treasure trove of intelligence information on Soviet militar…
June 16, 2023
Contesting France
With the defeat of France in 1940 by the Germans during World War II, its status as a world power was deeply shaken. It wasn't until the liberatio…
May 23, 2023
Dünkirchen 1940
The surprise success of the German offensive in the West that commenced on May 10, 1940 caught the Allies completely off-guard, and France would soon …