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Obama's Lack of Strategic Vision

Smaug wrote 6 days ago: Yesterday’s New York Times story on Sen. Obama’s foreign policy advisers does not bode w … more »

Tags: 2008 Elections, Security, obama, strategic thought

Bacevich on U.S. Grand Strategy8 comments

don wrote 1 week ago: I know Andrew Bacevich. He is a great soldier, gave me an extensive interview for my book, Path to V … more »

Tags: adaptability, boyd, leadership, America's dependence on foreign oil, andrew bacevich, chet richards, Chuck Spinney, John Boyd, Leaders of Character

A new kind of [American] leadership6 comments

Kal wrote 1 week ago: The predictable lack of coverage of the opening of the Union for the Mediterranean is symptomatic of … more »

Tags: Africa, Algeria, Americas, Arabs, Balance of Power, Egypt, Europe, France, GeoPolitics

Words to fear in the 21st century: Lǎo hǔ, lǎo hǔ, Lǎo hǔ 12 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 week ago: Summary:  Tactical surprise was often devastating in the 20th century.  We should fear it today, b … more »

Tags: History, post-wwII geopolical regime, end of, China, Cyberwar, economic war, Japan, Lawfare, unrestricted warfare, WWI

The world seen through the lens of 4GW (this gives a clearer picture)13 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 weeks ago: Summary:  a quick look at the basis of America’s post-WWII grand strategy, and why it no long … more »

Tags: History, Our Military, Lord Byron, the age of bronze

China becomes a super-power (geopolitical analysis need not be war-mongering)5 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 weeks ago: If Vice Admiral Winnefeld’s article illustrates modern war-mongering, an unnecessarily hostil … more »

Tags: Geopolitical News, post-wwII geopolical regime, end of, History, China, rge monitor, albert keidel

Russian Gaming 9 comments

Kal wrote 2 weeks ago: Russia’s frustrated response to the signing of the Czech-American missile defense agreement is … more »

Tags: Balance of Power, China, Europe, GeoPolitics, Iran, News, Realism, Russia

What we did we wrong in Iraq - the simple, short version10 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 weeks ago: Fourth in a series of notes about grand strategy, applying the principles sketched in previous chapt … more »

Tags: History, Iraq & Afghanistan Wars, Afghanistan War, Iraq War

Justifying the use of force, a key to success in 4GW9 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 weeks ago: Fifth in a series of notes about America’s grand strategy. A clear and sound justification for … more »

Tags: Geopolitical News, assassination, constitution, benjamin jones, benjamin olken, Philip Marlowe, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Heinlein, Scott Adams

America's grand strategy, insanity at work14 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 2 weeks ago: Summary:  Third in a series of notes about America’s grand strategy, and its future.  Today … more »

Tags: post-wwII geopolical regime, end of, History

Notebook 7.26 comments

EB wrote 3 weeks ago: Russia joins the ranks of the delusional, offering up half-baked diplomatic initiatives and theories … more »

Tags: Iran, iraq, Jim Hoagland, thomas pm barnett, andrew sullivan, Fareed Zakaria, robert kaplan, tdaxp, Malthus

America's grand strategy, now in shambles5 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 3 weeks ago: Second of a series of notes about America’s grand strategy, and its future. The Bush Doctrine … more »

Tags: History, Bush Doctrine, John Grey, national security strategy of the us

President Grant warns us about the dangers of national hubris1 comment

Fabius Maximus wrote 3 weeks ago: Grant believed that the greed and hubris of our western expansion had a cost, which we paid in the … more »

Tags: History, American Civil War, México, President Grant

America's grand strategy: lessons from our past3 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 3 weeks ago: This is the first of a series of notes about America’s grand strategy. Grand Strategy:   a Stat … more »

Tags: History, George Kennan, primal strategy, Hegel, President Wilson, Cold War, containment, bernard fall

Grand Strategy Thread

cjsmith wrote 3 weeks ago: There is a very good discussion of Grand Strategy over at Democracy Arsenal. The best I think is th … more »

Tags: Politics, Foreign Affairs

How America can survive and even prosper in the 21st Century - part II5 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: Summary: This is one chapter a series about America’s grand strategy; see links at the end fo … more »

Tags: ATHENS, Brad DeLong, George Bernard Shaw, George Washington, Jim Henley, John Boyd, John Nagl, Peloponnesian War, Sun Tzu

How America can survive and even prosper in the 21st Century - part I4 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: Summary:  This is a chapter a series about America’s grand strategy; see links at the end for … more »

Tags: borg, Brad DeLong, Charles Allen, ISIM Review, John Boyd, John Nagl, Kung Fu, Peloponnesian War, Policy Review

Paper9 comments

Kal wrote 1 month ago: “An Ambitious Conceit: The Greater Moroccan Ambitious Outside the Western Sahara,” Googl … more »

Tags: Africa, Algeria, Arabs, History, imazighen, Maghreb, Mauritania, Morocco, muslims

"The Pentagon Takes Over"10 comments

Fabius Maximus wrote 1 month ago: Tom Englehardt has produced another superlative TomDispatch:  “Entrenched, Embedded, and Her … more »

Tags: Our Military, Tom Engelhardt, Frida Berrigan, AFRICOM, NORTHCOM


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