Reaction and Non-Reaction to the DJT Guilty Verdict
Had to do this people. I looked at Bridge Colby's website this morning, expecting some sort of quick assessment of the guilty verdict (on all 34 counts, by the way), even in terms of perhaps the implications for foreign

Trystanto Feel free to cite if it's helpful. My postings are designed to offer thoughts about current geopolitics based on my theoretical and historical understandings of great power politics. But of course, I'd recommend citing my actual books when you can, since it sounds better on a

Elbridge Colby A few weeks back, Bridge, you talked about prudence. You and I in zooms have talked a lot about this concept (phronesis in Aristotle). You are mixing up here prudence and getting slowly caught up in a quagmire through gradualism, as in Vietnam.

Once again, your history is

Is Vietnam 1960s the Appropriate Parallel to What the US Faces with Ukr-Russia Right Now? (Spoiler Alert: NO!)
Bridge Colby has been doing a better job overall in offering us some posts on important issues such as the defensive industrial base and East Asian alliances

Do Sanctions Against Aggressors like Russia Work?
As you know from some of my posts, there have been claims (I can't call them arguments) from the Taiwan/East Asian alarmists -- you know of whom I speak -- that sanctions don't work. Their evidence: that Russia's economy

Further Evidence on What Xi Jinping is Really Concerned About
Hi All, In the midst of continued alarmist talk that China is gearing up to invade Taiwan, we see the announcement (below) that the country of Georgia is choosing a Chinese company to build and operate its deep

Interview with Stephen Sklenda, Deputy Head of US Indo-Pacific Command (on Australian TV): Bottom-line: The Real Worry Regarding China's Recent Exercises is not China Attacking Taiwan, but Possibility of Inadvertent Escalation
Hi All, Thought you might be interested

Should Ukraine be Allowed to Hit Russian Missile Sites Inside Russia that are Being Used to Hit Kharkiv and its Surrounding Area?
There is a big debate right now within NATO about whether Ukraine's army should be allowed to use US and EU-supplied high-tech missiles to hit

Is China Getting Ready to Invade Taiwan?!
Someone sent me this video from the Wion webcast network showing China getting ready to invade Taiwan. (Link below) It shows Chinese missile batteries firing off weapons, points that China would hit in an attack, and the placement of

Further Evidence on What Xi Jinping is Really Concerned About
Hi All, In the midst of continued alarmist talk that China is gearing up to invade Taiwan, we see the announcement (below) that the country of Georgia is choosing a Chinese company to build and operate its deep

Just Reposted Four Replies to Some Good Questions and Critiques to My Morning Posting on Whether the US Should Allow Ukraine to Use US missiles to strike back at Russian missiles sites inside Russia that are hitting targets near Kharkiv.
The four (plus another very short