Western leaders are currently fixated by the need to keep the Ukraine crisis going on as long as possible, in order that, when it all comes apart, somebody else has to deal with the horrible […]
Defence in the West has become a victim of market neoliberalism Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack I’ve written several essays in the last year or two trying to peer dimly into the post-Ukraine world, including one […]
… about Intelligence. Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack In my last essay, I touched on the topical issue of the existence or otherwise of an “Iranian nuclear programme” and what intelligence sources were supposed to be […]
Most issues in politics and strategy therefore involve uncertainty, not just complexity, and thus require nuance in their treatment, making any simplification problematic. Cross-posted from Aurelien’s Substack Old Geodesy library books in a wooden shelf. […]
Ukraine policy in Europe: groupthink on an epic scale Cross-posted from Aurelien’s Substack Perhaps the greatest of all traditional political skills is timing. Not just deciding when to launch an initiative or make a speech, […]
It is amazing that Aurelien can write brilliantly about evil and Nazism and its relevance today and not mention Israel even once. Sometimes the angry old white person just as blindto reality as those he […]
Liberal theory is entirely about the mechanisms of power and how it is gained, held, and controlled. Cross-Posted from Aurelien’s Substack I was reading recently that President Trump is doing badly in the opinion polls, […]
How much is enough? Cross-Posted from Aurelien’s Substack After last week’s little excursion into Buddhism and the Ego, we’re back with a crunch this week to the Ukraine crisis and the politico-military issues that surround […]
For more non-negotiations Cross-Posted from Aurelien’s Substack The air is thick this week with talk of negotiations to “end” the War in Ukraine. Everyone seems to assume that unspecified “negotiations” are coming, and that both […]
The new is dying, but the old cannot be reborn. What do we do? Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack These essays have developed a reputation in some quarters for being pessimistic. That wasn’t the intention—I just […]
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