Month: November 2021
Earlier this week I mentioned in passing the very good Net Assessment podcast: Richard Haass Is Here! in which Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, discuss’ ‘what the United States has gotten right and wrong the last few decades, focusing
Daily Dump: Looking at Great Power Competition from Different Perspectives – November 17, 2021
I struggled to find a theme in today’s headlines so I decided to take a broad look at Great Power Competition (GPC) or Strategic Competition if you are into the latest buzz words. An often used military component of GPC is Security Force Assistance (SFA), or strengthening a
Daily Dump: Nagorno-Karabakh, Kashmir, Afghanistan and More – November 15, 2021
There are things that you want to talk about and things that you probably need to talk to about… We are still playing catch-up from our several weeks away (also a day late with one) and we are going to cover A LOT of ground in Today’s Daily Dump. Originally, I planned on a
Daily Dump: Catching Up, Irregular Warfare, Great Power Competition, Guerrilla Diplomacy and More – October / November
Having been recently certified as an official instructor, I am playing catch up after almost a month away from the keys. While I was in class, I was still driving to work everyday so that made time for podcasts but not much else. With that in mind, today’s post will be very
Re-post: Triage and Squeaky Wheel Medicine: Applying Order to Chaos
Just a few more days and I am back on track…Since I have not been able to regularly post here and since I am using this article for the final class that I have to ‘teach,’ the following is a re-post from almost a year ago… Looking back, I don’t think