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About Stephen Satkiewicz
Independent scholar with research areas spanning 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, and currently is the Book Review Editor for Comparative Civilizations Review.
NBN Episodes hosted by Stephen:
March 25, 2026
NATO Stability Policing
Since the end of the Cold War and the resurgence of great power competition on the world stage, NATO has been in a period of transition to adapting to…
March 20, 2026
Why Barbarossa Failed
Why did Operation Barbarossa fail? For more than eight decades, historians have offered one dominant answer: Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Uni…
March 15, 2026
Russian Military Thought
The development of the Russian military's strategic thought is an understudied and thus misunderstood subject in the West. Strategy in Russia encompas…
February 14, 2026
Multidomain Operations
In Multidomain Operations: The Pursuit of Battlefield Dominance in the 21st Century (Howgate Publishing Limited, 2026), Amos Fox and Franz-Stefan Gady…
February 3, 2026
Blitzkrieg and the Russian Art of War
A cutting-edge investigation of how Russia makes war. Russian strategy in the twenty-first century has been described in terms of 'hybrid' warfare, a…
January 2, 2026
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…
December 20, 2025
International Law and Security in Indo-Pacific
International Law and Security in Indo-Pacific: Strategic Design for the Region (Routledge, 2025) edited by Dr. Joanna Siekiera uses an interdisciplin…
October 27, 2025
The Secret War
Written by British former intelligence officer, Anthony Tucker-Jones, this fascinating, illustrated guide takes a deep dive into the secret operations…
October 18, 2025
Strengthening International Relations Through Transformative Theory and Practice
As the world becomes more connected, strengthening international relations is essential for fostering global stability for economic and cultural growt…
September 20, 2025
Causal Inquiry in International Relations
Causal Inquiry in International Relations (Oxford UP, 2024) by Adam R. C. Humphreys and Hidemi Suganami defends a new, philosophically informed accoun…
September 17, 2025
Russian Warfare in the 21st Century
Dani Belo's Russian Warfare in the 21st Century: An Incentive-Opportunity Intervention Model (Routledge, 2025) provides a comprehensive analysis of Ru…
September 13, 2025
Who Fights for Governments?
Exploring why, when and under which circumstances individuals decide to take up arms mobilizing for pro-government militias, Huseyn Aliyev's Who Fight…
August 7, 2025
Reconceptualizing War
War remains the most chaotic and destructive act our species is capable of. In addition to waging war against those we disagree with, we also battle w…
July 28, 2025
The Soviet Army's High Commands in War and Peace, 1941–1992
Richard W. Harrison's The Soviet Army's High Commands in War and Peace, 1941-1992 (Casemate Academic, 2022) is the first full treatment of the unique …
July 1, 2025
The Anthem Companion to Karl Jaspers
The Anthem Companion to Karl Jaspers (Anthem Press, 2025) edited by Hans Joas and Matthias Bormuth is a collection of articles by an international gro…
June 27, 2025
Hitler's War Against the Partisans During the Stalingrad Offensive
Dr. Antonio J. Muñoz's Hitler’s War Against the Partisans During The Stalingrad Offensive: Spring 1942 to the Spring of 1943 (Frontline Books, 2025) e…
May 29, 2025
Hitler's War Against the Partisans During Operation Barbarossa
A detailed history of Nazi anti-partisan warfare on the Eastern Front during Operation Barbarossa. From the start of the war on the Eastern Front, Hi…
May 22, 2025
Euclid's Army
Rejecting much of the conventional wisdom to what makes up a modern Army, William F. Owen's Euclid's Army: Preparing Land Forces for Warfare Today (Ho…
May 11, 2025
Spies In My Blood
Spies In My Blood: A Polish Family’s Secret Fight Against Nazis & Communists (Polestar-Media, 2025) is the true story of two brothers raised in New Yo…
May 5, 2025
Evolution on Demand
The future battlespace promises to be complex, unpredictable, and multifaceted. To answer its challenges, military professionals must think deeply and…
April 24, 2025
Death Is Our Business
In 2014, a well-trained, mysterious band of mercenaries arrived in Ukraine, part of Russia's first attempt to claim the country as its own. Upon cease…
April 7, 2025
War Without Oversight
Amid the fanfare around AI and autonomous weapons, decision-makers - both military and political - are imagining an augmented future for warfare that …
April 1, 2025
The Routledge Handbook of Soviet and Russian Military Studies
The Routledge Handbook of Soviet and Russian Military Studies (Routledge, 2025) edited by Alexander Hill brings together historical and contemporary e…
March 25, 2025
War and Warfare in the Twentieth Century
What can we learn from war, and warfare, in the twentieth century? What observations and deductions can we make, and what lessons can we draw? ‘War an…