How Turkey Is Using Middle East Instability to Become a Regional Power | John Spencer

Urban warfare expert @johnspencerwarscholar joins PragerU CEO @realtalkwithmarissa to explain how the wars reshaping the Middle East are creating new opportunities for rising powers like Turkey. Spencer breaks down Turkey’s growing ambitions, Israel’s security concerns, the collapse of Assad’s regime in Syria, and why Syria has become a central battleground for regional power competition. He also explains what modern urban warfare reveals about the conflicts in Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Gaza, and why Americans should pay attention to conflicts that may seem far away.

00:00 John Spencer on Urban Warfare
00:31 John’s 25 Years in the U.S. Military
03:46 What Makes Urban Warfare Different?
06:09 What Makes Someone a Military Expert?
08:45 Cities, Civilians, and the Laws of War
12:07 Proportionality and Civilian Harm in Urban Combat
17:45 When Terrorists Use Western Values Against Us
23:23 Nagorno-Karabakh and the Battle of Shusha
29:39 Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Rising Regional Powers
34:07 Ukraine, Kyiv, and the Mini-Manual for Urban Defense
39:45 Drones, Delta, and the Future of Warfare
47:48 Why America Gets Involved in Foreign Wars
53:20 What the Media Missed About India and Pakistan

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