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Peter Zeihan is one of the most important thinkers in geopolitics today.
Here are my high level takeaways from his latest book, Disunited Nations, & his recent interviews.
TLDR: US created global order after WWII. US backing out b/c no longer makes sense. Chaos ensues.
Erik Torenbergx.com
Unconventional warfare – The use of proxy forces to foment rebellion against an enemy state. In the U.S. military, this is a primary mission of Special Forces
Sean Naylor • Relentless Strike
The Bin Ladens built the bases. A Bin Laden would seek to destroy them. Osama bin Laden issued his “Declaration of War Against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Places” in 1996, after the Dhahran bombing. On the face of it, this seemed an absurdly imbalanced war: an exile living in a cave complex in Tora Bora, Afghanistan, taking on
... See moreDaniel Immerwahr • How to Hide an Empire
My friend @ssankar wrote a treatise on how to revolutionize our defense industrial base. I summarize it below.
He is right: U.S. national defense is in an "undeclared state of emergency."
America's arsenal of democracy is waning. A Quartet of Evil banks on U.S. failure — and international p... See more
Morgan Ortagusx.comThe secret war, the scientific struggle, depended on that. Spying was a performance and the costume, the voice, the initial entrance were as vital as the lines themselves.
Matthew Richardson • The Scarlet Papers: The Times Thriller of the Year 2023
Apparently the State Department intelligence unit is extremely goated https://t.co/7m3hz5ylg5