HISTORY
All of our philosophies and ideologies undergo transformation, whether we undertake this deliberately or through the accretion of history. But, at this time of strategic upheaval, there exists the prospect of consciously describing how future societies can be adapted.
HISTORY
The German general, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord (1878-1943), is known to posterity as the Commander-in-Chief of the Reichswehr, the armed forces of Germany’s Weimar Republic (1918-33).
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
The supposed cool, detached professionalism meant to underly “realpolitik” may have created a pseudo-realpolitik society which is just as removed from empirical analysis and pragmatic decision-making as any ego- or ideologically-based policymaking.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
Is happiness or contentment, in military parlance, merely an expression of morale? To what degree is it achievable through doctrine, policies, and the shape of society?
DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
United States President Donald Trump, during the first year of his second presidency, severely shook strategic relationships with the US’ key historical allies in the Anglosphere, the traditionally English-speaking societies of the world.
PERSONNEL
HISTORY
Historian Benjamin Nathans of the University of Pennsylvania lifts his new book’s title from the traditional vodka toast of Soviet dissidents: to the “success of our hopeless cause”.
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Plans of attack rarely survive the first shot. Flexibility, guided by strategic principles, is key.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The globalist-nationalist confrontation has intensified to the point where crowds angrily demand change. Is the cycle predictable? How do today’s crowds discharge their energy?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Despite its closeness with Russia, Türkiye is attempting to access European defense funds.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
We have become obsessed with the belief that technology, not people, wins wars and dominates economies. But destroying cultures and civilizations is what weakens societies.
STRATEGIC PHILOSOPHY
Cynicism and apathy — often products of older age — can be as dangerous as the smugness and ignorance of youth in shaping national policy.