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Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation. Applied history, grand strategy and Asian security.
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An important judgment here. "So long as the US allows re-export, Europe should be able to meet most of Ukraine’s needs. Shortages of air defence interceptors and guided ... rockets will present tactical problems, but the impact can be mitigated." www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
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.. have been carried to the highest points; so that among men the principle of good arises always from the extremity of evil." From Sully's Memoirs, Book XIX. (6/6)
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..and the multiplicity of edicts and useless regulations. (...) If I were to establish a single principle of government, it should be that good laws and good manners produce each other. But such is our unhappiness, that we never perceive this valuable connection until corruptions and abuses..(5/6)
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..of particular conditions or professions; the greed of ministers and favorites, the degradation of persons of quality; contempt and neglect of men of letters; the connivance at bad customs, and infraction of good laws, an obstinate adherence to customs, either mischievous or indifferent.. (4/6)
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...the delay, and the injustice of tribunals; idleness, luxury, and all that is connected with it, debauchery and corruption of manners, confusion of ranks, changes in the value of money, the despotic power of sovereigns, their blind adherence to particular persons, their prejudice in favor .. (3/6)
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"The causes of the ruin or decline of monarchies are: exorbitant subsidies, monopolies, chiefly those relating to corn; neglect of merchandise, trade, agriculture, arts and manufactories; the great number of public employments, the fees and excessive authority of men in office; the cost (...) (2/6)
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...Along with an awareness of the need to broaden our collective aperture, and move beyond the most familiar (and oft overworn) historical case studies of great power competition in order to gain a better intellectual purchase on our complex present. (12/12)
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And finally, I would be remiss if I didn't mention the fact that the Office of Net Assessment (ONA) sponsored much of the research that went into this book. Over the decades, ONA remained one of the few institutions with an appreciation for the value of granularly conducted military history.(11/12)
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..and here…You can also purchase the audiobook version (brilliantly narrated by Malk Williams) on Spotify, Apple and other similar platforms open.spotify.com/show/3XSXF2Z... (10/12)
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Finally, for those wishing to further whet their appetite, you can check out the book’s thoughtful and elegantly framed foreword by the renowned British classicist Sir Peter Stothard here…(9/12)
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And for podcast aficionados you can check out this conversation with the always excellent Aaron MacLean on School of War: (8/12)
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By the good folks at The Hague Center for Strategic Studies: (7/12) hcss.nl/news/hcss-ch...
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In The New Criterion: (6/12) newcriterion.com/dispatch/the...
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In The National Review: (5/12) www.nationalreview.com/magazine/202...
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In The Critic: (4/12) thecritic.co.uk/a-commanding...
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I’ve been fortunate—the 2023 meme appears to have been quite accurate. A lot of people do, indeed, seem to want to think quite frequently about the Roman Empire—especially those with an interest in strategy & policymaking. www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20... Some additional reviews below: (3/12)
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Powell is a top-notch military historian whose work on ancient military strategy I’ve been devouring for years. His own biography of Tiberius is about to get released and promises to be a must-read. Make sure you get a copy: (2/12) www.amazon.com/Tiberius-Mas...
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Also remembering Great-Uncle Victor, Hippolyte’s brother—also in the resistance, and who died in a German concentration camp.
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Happens to be longstanding tradition in New Orleans: www.southernliving.com/food/what-is...