Article worth reading by Alexander Motyl in The National Security Journal. It references the conversation I had with Paul Krugman about the weakness in military analysis today. nationalsecurityjournal.org/why-the-expe...
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aug 25, 2025, 5:55 pm • 0 0 • view
I haven't followed specific people consistently since the early days but I got the impression that there were several waves of pessimism and optimism. Currently it's again more pessimism. But for a while there was a lot of optimism, maybe even too much, among the experts.
aug 25, 2025, 7:20 pm • 0 0 • view
1. Only thing I question is the idea that Trump is somehow clever in getting what he wants. I think he's just a brazen man enabled by lickspittles and gifted with a powerful military and economic engine.
aug 25, 2025, 5:41 pm • 3 0 • view
2. Nothing subtle about it. I don't think Trump is being humiliated by Putin. I think the two of them are on the same page; why would Trump feel humiliated when he wants to do exactly what Putin wants to do?
aug 25, 2025, 5:41 pm • 2 0 • view
I wonder about the sources of the comments at the conclusion of the article...as in where from.
aug 25, 2025, 5:49 pm • 0 0 • view
"In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone". John Kenneth Galbraith. Unfortunately, it seems that States and International Organizations (UN, EU...) don't want to have staff with real understanding of Ukraine, serving in Ukraine.
aug 26, 2025, 10:59 am • 0 0 • view
We must push 🇷🇺 over the edge !! #RussiaIsATerroristState committing a full-scale genocide in plain sight. It is our duty towards Humanity to help 🇺🇦 win the war. Whatever victory takes, right now 🔥 #SlavaUkraïni 🇱🇹🇩🇰🇳🇱🇸🇪🇫🇮🇵🇱🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇴🇨🇦✊🇺🇦
aug 26, 2025, 6:57 pm • 0 0 • view