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THE RENEWAL OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION:  THE NEW CRITERION

6/28/2022

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Kropotkin’s dead goose  by Gary Saul MorsonOn the limitations of anarchist thought.
Treasons of the heart
“A classic moral fable” by Steve Morris. On rereading Hard Times by Charles Dickens.  
“Abstraction & uptopia,” by Hilton Kramer
“The short happy life of Robert Louis Stevenson,” by Joseph Epstein. On Robert Louis Stevenson’s life and legacy.
The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville, by Olivier Zunz (Princeton):
“Soviet fate, Russian hope,” by Jacob Howland (March 2018). On Nadezhda Mandelstam’s literary achievements.
Death fugues: the poems of Paul Celan
by John SimonOn Paul Celan: Poet, Survivor, Jew by John Felstiner.
How and why do societies fall apart, without any external compulsion to do so? These are questions that, having spent a great deal of my life in Britain, preoccupy me. It might be denied, of course, that societies ever .
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Highways to utopia
Seeing Turner whole by David Yezzi ​
The “I” of the storm by David FromkinOn The World Crisis by Winston Churchill. ​
The voice of sanity  by Stanislaw Baranczak
A review of Open Letters: Selected Writings by Václav Havel. ​
The beatification of Walter Benjamin
by Richard Vine
On Walter Benjamin’s life and philosophy.
The West that wasn’t  by Andrew RobertsOn a world without Western civilization. ​
Henry James & the Great War  by Stephen Miller
On the author’s final years in England.
Kropotkin’s dead goose  by Gary Saul MorsonOn the limitations of anarchist thought.
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WAR, STATECRAFT & BOXING

4/22/2022

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CITY JOURNAL
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SOUTH WEST ASIAN EXPERT TACKLES CHINESE PRIMACY & ASIA'S NEW GEOPOLITICS

6/14/2021

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PAKISTAN'S POLITICO
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How the New Continuing Resolution Will Frustrate the Pentagon
By Joe Gould, Megan Eckstein & Jen Judson, Defense News: "Exceptions can be made for “anomalies.” But for now, the continuing resolution means a Pentagon priority — a $5.5 billion boost for the development and testing of cutting-edge technologies that could deter China — is on hold."

How Control of the World’s Oceans Shapes the Fate of the Superpowers
By Catherine Putz, The Diplomat: “The oceans are a central zone for commercial competition, scientific collaboration, and naval rivalry. Sea-based trade is not just an element of globalization; it’s the core of it.” ​
The Nuclear Balance Is Changing—And Not for the Better
By Peter Huessy, The National Interest: “As the nuclear posture review begins, the United States faces serious dilemmas."

China Military Watch
By Reginald Lin & Eli Huang, The Strategist (ASPI): “The careful selection by Chinese leader Xi Jinping of military officers for rapid promotion to key positions in the People’s Liberation Army may signal both a wish to consolidate the military behind him and a concern about emerging security challenges in China’s far western regions.” ​
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HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE SATANIC RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

6/14/2021

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CITY JOURNAL
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THE FAILED INSTITUTION CALLED STATE DEPARTMENT & HOW TO DEAL WITH AUTOCRATIC MONSTERS ABROAD

2/1/2021

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WEST OF THE REVOLUTION, 1776

2/1/2021

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AMAZON
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THE RISE & FALL OF ANCIENT EGYPT

2/1/2021

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20 CLASHES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

2/1/2021

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DISRUPTIVE STRATEGIES FOR A HEGEMON

1/12/2021

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HOW TO SURVIVE IN A WORLD DOMINATED BY TRIBALISM

1/8/2021

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INSIDE ISRAEL'S SECRET WARS

1/8/2021

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DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT & ITS REGIONAL CONSEQUENCES:  GHOST ON THE THRONE

1/8/2021

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DIRECTORATE S:  AMERICA'S SECRET WAR IN SOUTHWEST ASIA

1/8/2021

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STALIN'S ENGLISHMAN: THE CAMBRIDGE SPY RING

12/19/2020

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MAKERS OF ANCIENT STRATEGY

12/12/2020

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HUNTING CHE

12/12/2020

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ARMIES OF HEAVEN:  THE FIRST CRUSADE

11/29/2020

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THE SECOND NUCLEAR AGE:  STATECRAFT & WAR STRATEGY FOR GREAT POWER COMPETITION

11/29/2020

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AMAZON
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AMERICA'S GREAT GAME:  THE CIA'S ARABISTS AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST

11/29/2020

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AMAZON
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VIETNAMESE WAR STRATEGY AGAINST THE US:  THE BIG UNIT WAR

11/29/2020

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BLACK OPS: VIETNAM

11/29/2020

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WHY CHINA IS IN DECLINE

11/22/2020

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Regime realism and Chinese grand strategy
Hal Brands | American Enterprise Institute
China’s behavior is difficult to understand solely, or even primarily, through a “realist” lens. A paradigm of regime realism — one that combines an understanding of power and anarchy with an appreciation of ideology and the nature of a country’s government — offers greater insight.
 The China Nightmare: The Grand Ambitions of a Decaying State
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An F-22 Pilot in a Real Jet Just Took On China’s J-20 in Augmented Reality
By Alex Hollings, Sandboxx News: “An American veteran F-22 pilot just took on a virtual representation of China’s Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter from the seat of a very real aircraft in flight."
Rare-Earth Elements: A National Security Crisis
By William A. Saxton, RealClearDefense: ““The Middle East has the oil, but China has the rare earths,” spoken by Deng Xiaoping, Supreme Leader of China, in 1992. What did he mean and what did he know that we didn’t?"
America’s Winning Culture:
A Road to Ruin in the 21st Century

By Rich Milburn, Strategy Bridge: "The United States’ cultural obsession with winning precludes an effective grand strategy."

Strengthening the Indian-U.S. Defense Partnership
By Richard Weitz, SLDinfo: “The next U.S. presidential administration should build on the positive legacy of the Trump administration in strengthening the Indo-U.S. security ties."

Analysis:  Al Qaeda’s Deputy Emir Killed in Iran
By Thomas Joscelyn, FDD's Long War Journal “Last month, an al Qaeda-linked social media account reported that Abu Muhammad al-Masri (a.k.a. Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah) had been killed under mysterious circumstances inside Iran."
China is challenging America’s conception of what values an international order should embody. But China’s behavior is difficult to understand solely through a “realist” lens. In an AEI report, Hal Brands explains that a paradigm of regime realism — one that combines an understanding of power and anarchy with an appreciation of ideology and governance — offers greater insight. The US-China contest is one for the long haul. Read the full report here.
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THE LOCKHART PLOT TO KILL TROTSKY & LENIN

11/21/2020

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EMPIRES OF THE INDUS

10/26/2020

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EMPIRES OF THE SILK ROAD

10/25/2020

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