Nuclear Deterrence in the AI Age
An existential threat
Ashes of Pompeii
I was so much older then...
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Where does Serbia go from here?
This is a short follow up to yesterday’s post about Vučić and Serbia’s complicated geopolitical position.
Vučić and the Impossible Chair
Aleksandar Vučić has become something rare in European politics: a leader who is simultaneously condemned by every faction in every conflict he touches.
And if political Cancel Culture fails?
What will Europe become if the populist sweep occurs across Europe?
Cancel Culture has taken over European politics
Do we really want to outlaw the views of a third of the electorate?
There will not be a US invasion of Iran
Talk of Desert Storm v2 is either uninformed, delusional or clickbait
A banal collection of nonentities and grifters
Virtue signalling as policy guide
Escalation Without Dominance: The Dangerous Gap Between American Firepower and Influence
For over a century, the United States enjoyed a unique geopolitical luxury called escalation dominance.
Why Iran Signs the MOU: Realism Over Illusion
Knowing that the commitments are unlikely to be respected
The Crusades - colliding narratives
Same battles, same dates, very different stories
China Snubs Brussels (Again...)
Who could have imagined moralizing and hypocrisy could have consequences?
NATO Article 5 - just how ironclad is it?
“such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force.”
Have we passed the point of no return?
Either USA can't control Israel or doesn't want to...
Is Iran threatening to go nuclear?
And why perhaps it doesn't really matter whether they are or not
Design, Disorder, and the US Energy Campaign
Is there a "grand design" to capture global energy supplies?
Governance Models in a Multipolar World
It really isn't one size fits all
“We have liberated Europe from fascism, but they will never forgive us for it.”
Marshall Zhukov was right, the west has not forgiven Russia
Denial - the stock market soars as we lurch towards disaster
The PMC class is unprepared to deal with, or even acknowledge, a crisis
War in the Gulf and the AI Bubble
The math before was "difficult", now it is impossible
2026 - Of Potatoes and Pitchforks
Both may come in handy