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Aaron MacLean

@AaronBMacLean

Host @schoolofwarpod, national security analyst @CBSNews, columnist @TheFP

Virginia, USA Katılım Kasım 2013
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Aaron MacLean
Aaron MacLean@AaronBMacLean·
We produced nearly 100 episodes of @schoolofwarpod in 2025. It was quite a year: authors like Stephen Kotkin (Ep. 180), Andrew Roberts (Ep. 189), @DouglasKMurray (Ep. 193), Walter Russell Mead (Ep. 186), and @barrystrauss (Ep. 224). Public figures like @TomCottonAR (Ep. 183); industry leaders like @anduriltech's @cdbrose (Ep. 259), @UNION_Prime's Will Sommerindyke (Ep. 216), serial CEO @DrJohnHillen (Ep. 195), and @WeAreHII's Eric Chewning (Ep. 172). Episodes covered everything from breaking news (e.g. Operation Midnight Hammer) to civilizational collapse in the Bronze Age to the nature of historical thinking itself. We hit 3 million total downloads. And this fall we finally switched to video (which takes a toll on my ability to multitask while recording!) It's hard to pick favorites, but here are my top 20 episodes from 2025, recommended for your holiday down-time:
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Aaron MacLean@AaronBMacLean·
Netanyahu during his press conference citing the work of historian Will Durant a real blast to the past/my teenage years for me.
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Armin Rosen@ArminRosen·
Really important literary detective work from David Samuels, who compared various manuscript versions of The Great Gatsby in the Princeton library's Fitzgerald archive and found abundent proof of the title character's Judaism tabletmag.com/sections/arts-…
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Behnam Ben Taleblu بهنام بن طالب لو
I’m still holding my breath (despite CNN & IRGC confirming), but the bigger question is, what SAM system did Iran use? This is important after all the claims about air superiority becoming air supremacy. My guess is the 3rd of Khordad, which also targeted a US drone in June 2019.
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Glad to see reports the pilot is safe. Given how much money the Iranian regime has spent on air defense systems over the years, wonder how it feels about achieving a hit rate of roughly 1-per-every-3-weeks…

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CSPAN@cspan·
Q: "Why didn't you tell U.S. allies…about the war before attacking Iran?" President Trump: "We wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"
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Margaret Brennan@margbrennan·
The UK convened this statement by US allies including Japan pledging to contribute to help safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. UK official indicates help from a coalition may include anti drone & anti-mining tech, ships, overheard ISR during a post combat period of time.
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"Iran has created a de facto ‘safe’ shipping corridor through its territorial waters in the Strait of Hormuz, offering vetted vessels passage in exchange for approval — and in at least one case, a reported $2m payment." lloydslist.com/LL1156656/Iran…
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נדב איל Nadav Eyal
Breaking: The IDF confirms it has struck the Iranian naval fleet in the Caspian Sea. The fleet had been used during the war in Ukraine to transfer equipment from Iran to Russia.
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Zineb Riboua@zriboua·
I joined @AaronBMacLean to speak about my thesis on Iran and China. We discuss how China has built Iran’s military capabilities and benefited from an aggressive regime. We also spoke about Russia in Africa, Sahel issues that I track… and more! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can…
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Clifford D. May
Clifford D. May@CliffordDMay·
Not lost on Netanyahu: Nowruz originated in ancient Persia long before the rise of Islam, likely rooted in Zoroastrianism and tied to the spring equinox. Its themes—renewal, rebirth, light overcoming darkness—reflect that pre-Islamic cosmology.
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Netanyahu encouraging Iranians to celebrate this week’s holiday in the streets despite regime admonitions, saying that the IAF is watching from the skies above.

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