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Weeks where Decades Happen
Great Powers are on a collision course. Can it be avoided?
Feb 28, 2023
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Russian Expansion and the 21st Century Great Game
The roots of the war in Ukraine are far more complex than many understand. Ukraine is a pawn in a centuries-long Great Power chess match.
Oct 27, 2022
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Sam McCommon
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The Great Realignment: US Power Slipping
The New World Order Is Being Built fast. What's currently underway?
Apr 17, 2023
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Lord Bebo
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The Praetorian Problem: Then and Now
When the power-adjacent seize power, governments go rogue
Apr 14, 2024
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Sam McCommon
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Embracing the Fourth Turning: Irreconcilable Differences
The spark is lit. The divide is civilizational. Choose your ground.
Nov 10
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Sam McCommon
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Fighting Iran Is a Historically Bad Idea
Where do the tit-for-tat escalations lead?
Feb 7, 2024
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Sam McCommon
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The Alfred Hitchcock Theory of Debt
The suspense of our global debt buildup is one hell of a show. Is there any way out?
Dec 29, 2022
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Sam McCommon
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Embracing the Fourth Turning: History's Clock Strikes Again
Chaos Foretold: Four Predictive Models Converge
Sep 21
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Sam McCommon
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Ukraine: 21st Century Verdun
What's worth what to whom in this fight?
May 22, 2023
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Sam McCommon
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Hot War with China on the Bad News Buffet
What would a US-China war actually look like?
Mar 15, 2023
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Sam McCommon
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The Hobbesian Dilemma: Centralized Power and Entropy
Governments must grow to respond to both internal and external threats. But eventually, they'll grow too large and collapse under their own weight after…
Oct 11, 2022
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Sam McCommon
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Propaganda Lessons from the Iraq War
Looking at propaganda in hindsight can help you recognize and combat it now.
Mar 26, 2023
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Sam McCommon
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