Excited for this roundtable on Saturday!

I am re-re-reading Beyerchen's Clausewitz, Nonlinearity, and the Unpredictability of War
(which I came to know thanks to my colleague Nina Silove (https://infosec.exchange/@ninasilove)). It is a truly brilliant essay, in so many ways. Also if you aren't necessarily interested in Clausewitz. jstor.org/stable/2539130

.Nina Silove (https://infosec.exchange/@ninasilove) has documented that the Bush administration initially sought to prioritize Asia.

The 9/11 terrorist attacks happened just five months after Secretary Rumsfeld wrote his memo, changing the focus of U.S. foreign policy in lasting ways.

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What a special week Centre for International Security - Hertie School!
The second edition of #euroswamos is in full swing with fantastic lectures by Nina Silove (https://infosec.exchange/@ninasilove) Andrea Gilli Mauro Gilli Ulrich Kühn Katarzyna Zysk Julian Wucherpfennig Anita Gohdes
Thanks to the Weise Foundation for making this happen! 🙏🫶🔥

My favorite event of the year.

'One looks in vain for chairs for defense or military science or for the role of the intelligence services at the freely accessible universities.'

This applies pretty much across Europe. Guess why over the past 15 months we have had many useless debates.

Putting these on my reading list (any additional suggestions on this topic welcome).

My favorite academic project/event is open for applications:

A taste of what it is like to share an office with Mauro Gilli -- and why we teach CSS at ETH Zurich not just about strategy but also military technology.

CSS at Swiss Political Science Association Congress: Nina Silove (https://infosec.exchange/@ninasilove) on strategic planning; Corinne Bara on ceasefires & violence against civilians; Enzo Nussio on victimization & punishment violence; Allard Duursma on coercive mediation in civil wars.

#StrategicStudies tweeps, I'm setting up a panel discussion on #GrandStrategy for the European Initiative for Security Studies conference in Barcelona (June 29-30). We need one panelist. Please DM if you want to join us. Nina Silove (https://infosec.exchange/@ninasilove) Alberto Bueno 🇪🇺 Dinner and additional paper workshop included. Come join us!

European Summer Workshop on Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy. Learned a lot, met great people.

Glad our Report on the current and future challenges for NATO is published just before the #madridsummit & new #strategicconcept . Lot of work, started long time ago, but really happy of the results. Beside the co-authors, dozens of ppl to thank. ndc.nato.int/news/news.php?…

Strongly agree

Just finished listening to Nina Silove (https://infosec.exchange/@ninasilove) present her book project on grand strategic planning, and it looks super exciting! Definitely worth following for anyone interested in US security policy - just sad it wasn’t out when I was doing my master’s.

🤣I’m quite annoyed that I didn’t think of this joke myself (((James Acton))) But we have a Plan B! My visit will be rescheduled. 🙂