{"podcast":{"title":"Hacking State","slug":"hacking-state-6414128","podcast_index_feed_id":6414128,"rss_url":"https://hackingstate.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://hackingstate.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/16289709/Profile_Picture_Stacked_Dark_under_25mb78oll.jpg","author":"Alex Murshak","episode_count":58,"summary":"Exploring how technology changes our relationship to power, each other, and ourselves.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T02:23:02.509613+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacking-state-6414128"},"episode":{"title":"45 - Edward Luttwak: The Vitality of War","slug":"45-edward-luttwak-the-vitality-of-war","published_at":"2025-02-20T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacking-state-6414128/45-edward-luttwak-the-vitality-of-war","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacking-state-6414128","url":"https://hackingstate.podbean.com/e/edward-luttwak/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/kumaajd3rjnjwesj/Edward_Luttwak_-audio8ur0b.mp3","summary":"Edward Luttwak is a legendary military historian and grand strategist, known for his books “Coup d’Etat: A Practical Handbook,” “Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace,” and “The Rise of China vs. The Logic of Strategy.” We discuss: How Russia and Ukraine is an 18th century war Why Israel-Hezbollah war is the real modern war Europe’s demographics of death Why “the fertility crisis is a vitality crisis” War as the engine of Europe China’s military prospects The Heroic Danes National Service as the key to countries’ futures Edward Luttwak on X: https://x.com/ELuttwak If you enjoyed this interview, please leave a review on Spotify/iTunes. Support Hacking State: https://hackingstate.substack.com/subscribe Listen on: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@alexmurshak Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hacking-state/id1689677076 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1XB9XYULrAY4dp0qIJVvCg RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/hackingstate/feed.xml","meta_description":"Edward Luttwak is a legendary military historian and grand strategist, known for his books “Coup d’Etat: A Practical Handbook,” “Strategy: The Logic of Wa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3633,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hacking-state-6414128/episodes/45-edward-luttwak-the-vitality-of-war/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacking-state-6414128/45-edward-luttwak-the-vitality-of-war.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}