# DEFAERO Strategy Series [Jul 14, 26] Dr. Michael Shurkin on the French Way of War

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Podcast: [Defense & Aerospace Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-aerospace-report-809504)
Published: 2026-07-14T20:29:03+00:00
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## Resource

On today’s Strategy Series program, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Dr. Michael Shurkin, a veteran of the CIA as well as the RAND Corporation think tank who’s now the director of Global Programs at 14 North Strategies, a Senegal-based risk advisory consultancy, joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss his new book, “The French War of War: Eight Strategy Lessons for Today’s Conflicts;” how military defeats and resource limitations have taught France to be more strategic; the essence of strategy; lessons from the Mali operation; and more.

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