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Ordered Off the World-Island
Through the lens of Heartland/Rimland/Sea-Power Theory, a look at Moscow and Beijing's attempts to build a multipolar horizontal global order to…
Mar 10, 2023 • 
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Desperately Seeking NATO Intervention?
Ukraine is marooned in Russia's Kursk region's archipelago of attrition while Russia breaks through the Donbass impasse and into open operational space…
Aug 29, 2024 • 
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The Eurocrat Putsch
As Uncle Sam compels Ukraine to cry uncle—daggers seek backs. A spectre haunts Europe—the jackals of Algeria’s doomed OAS—resurrecting as the U-OAS…
Feb 17 • 
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Quelling the Fire in Ukraine
A look at potential endgames if a Russian victory materializes in Ukraine.
Mar 20, 2023 • 
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Orphans of Defeat
Behind Istanbul’s failed diplomacy: Western denial, Russian momentum, and Trump trapped between two walls. As defeat looms, the war party scrambles for…
May 19 • 
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Years of Dread: Part I – The Gathering Storm
Introduction: How a Lost Cause terrorist campaign, emerging from Ukraine’s looming defeat, threatens the US and EU—but in radically different forms
Mar 11 • 
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Years of Dread: Part I – The Gathering Storm
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Badman Theory
A Tale of Three Quagmires: Korea, Vietnam, Ukraine—and Three Theories to End War. From Eisenhower’s Good Cop/Bad Cop to Nixon’s Madman to Trump’s Badman…
Feb 28 • 
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America's Five-Front Trap
With Ukraine peace efforts dead, the U.S. now confronts five active fronts—against Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and Yemen—with allies hesitant to…
May 3 • 
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America's Five-Front Trap
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Operation Spiderweb
REALLY BAD things happened to Russia, but does destroying a few aging bombers actually change the war? Will Putin abandon his main hunt for victory in…
Jun 3 • 
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No Fury Like a Proxy Scorned
Zelensky's "Victory Plan" is a psychosexual plea of a spurned lover rather than a realistic military strategy. It's an angry ultimatum to the West from…
Oct 18, 2024 • 
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The Death Throes of Globalism?
The Rise of Greater America, the Fall of USAID, and the Birth of Mar-a-Gaza: Trumpian Spectacle or Strategic Retrenchment?
Feb 5 • 
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Business Decision
During an Oval Office showdown, Trump makes a business decision, ending America’s geopolitical tug-of-war with Russia over Ukraine—echoing Thucydides…
Mar 3 • 
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