Rethinking Security

This is an interesting yarn from Michael Ledeen over Bridge and its role as a cerebral activity for commanders. But the problem is that it reminds me a bit too much of the Weiqi/Go model of Chinese strategy. I think there’s an inherent limitation to “X is the real…

Jennifer Rubin argues that its time to move past the “would I have invaded Iraq?” hypothetical:

This does not excuse Jeb Bush’s lack of preparedness to answer the Iraq question, which I have criticized. It does, however, say something about the inane…

Good stuff at SWJ. In my opinion, this also depends a great deal on how much the patron’s aims are served by varying degrees of control and autonomy.

The US strategy of selecting reliable proxies against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)…

To be accepted into the community of nations, however, radical or revolutionary movements eventually have to abandon some (if not all) of their most ferocious practices. As Kenneth Waltz pointed out more than 30 years ago, eventually all radical states…

So, in my last entry, I expressed my opinion about why I thought quantitative social science god (despite a lot of the harsh things I said, intellectual honesty obliges to me to note that Schrodt is the…

I will add a small addendum to the post on terrorism and risk communication.

First, Cheryl Rofer, a contact with an advanced understanding of the risk communication literature and a large amount of practical experience with public…

In the years since I first got to know him, Kelsey D. Atherton has become not only an excellent defense and technology reporter but also an astute observer of some of the contradictions and paradoxes of our wars. Today, he said something quite…