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NEW in @ForeignAffairs: Kurt Campbell and I argue that any serious China strategy must start with an old truth: “Quantity is a quality all its own.”
• Scale matters
• China has it
• We get it only through a new grand strategy of allied scale
We hang together—or... See more
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Alex MacCaw • The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building
Thucydides described Themistocles as being ‘at once the best judge in those sudden crises which admit of little or no deliberation, and the best prophet of the future, even to its most distant possibilities’.[16]
Henry Kissinger • Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy



So … this week, Singapore’s foreign minister and defence minister each gave speeches in parliament basically saying the rules based international order as we know it is likely over, and Singapore best prepare for a new world.
Shrewdness has never seemed more important.
Cedric Chinx.comLeadership is most essential during periods of transition, when values and institutions are losing their relevance, and the outlines of a worthy future are in controversy.
Henry Kissinger • Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy

My first civilian job between the military and b-school was with an airline startup.
The co-founder and my boss was a guy named Dan Caine. He took a bet on a dude who cold emailed him.
LtGen Dan Caine is now the nominee to be Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff.... See more