# Explorations on War - Episode 12, with Ron Hassner

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Podcast: [On Geopolitics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-geopolitics-3626222)
Published: 2026-05-11T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/
Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/cf49f5e6-f57c-4d88-a393-85a0047656ca.mp3
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## Resource

Professor William Hurst is joined by Ron Hassner, the Chancellor's Professor of Political Science and Helen Diller Family Chair in Israel Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. They discuss the importance of understanding the religious terrain of a country when going to war with it, and the necessity of states engaging religious leaders, and those with religious expertise, when making decisions around war.

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