"This week, Republicans reminded us of the alternatives to republics, hosting a convention that showed how the American one could be brought down. They summoned up three variants of collapse: tyranny, oligarchy and anarchy." ft.com/content/a7eea0…

The world is on the brink. Canada is not ready nationalpost.com/news/canada/th…

Fuck it. I quit too.

NEW: The Insider and its partners Le Monde and DER SPIEGEL have identified the French chef arrested on suspicion of working for Russian intelligence to disrupt the Paris Olympics. Meet Kirill Griaznov, a Cordon Bleu-trained chef, reality TV star and FSB officer. We have his

The purpose of the military is not to fight and win the nation’s wars…it is to fight them. The conditions for winning are set by politicians and government. War fighters win battles, but the conditions for overall victory aren’t set by war fighters.

My last story for Rolling Stone is up today. It's a profile of Michael van Landingham, the CIA analyst who drafted the 2017 intelligence community assessment that concluded Russia meddled in order to help Trump. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

If you are going to have F-16's, you are going to need F-16 decoys... Production in an undisclosed location in Ukraine. "Here Iskander! Here boy!" #OSINT #UkraineWar #BreakingNews #BreakingNow #Ukraine #Russia Reposts appreciated!

There's no confirmation that Russia is using T-34s but this is too funny not to contemplate

Bith sides have been active: The Toll of 10 Months of Simmering Conflict on the Israel-Lebanon Border nytimes.com/interactive/20…

A CNAS tabletop exercise. "This study finds that a hypothetical, protracted U.S.-PRC conflict creates conditions under which nonstrategic nuclear weapons use is both appealing to the PRC and difficult to manage for the United States" cnas.org/publications/r…

Germany’s 75 Years of Providential Good Choices providencemag.com/2024/08/german… via Providence @markdtooley

What has happened since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, exactly three years ago? Not an easy question. Here's our best effort to answer it. crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asi…

Russians watching a combined arms/maneuver campaign supported by coordinated air & recon assets unfold on their own soil

“The Ukrainians had to change the dynamics of the war quickly or to suffer the consequences and they are now done fighting with one hand tied behind their back. So we now have the spectacle of the Russian air force bombing their own cities.” tabletmag.com/sections/news/…

All five said they had reached a sort of peace knowing that despite the uncertainty and turmoil, they followed their consciences and did everything they possibly could to restore democracy. Come what may, they say they have no regrets. nytimes.com/2024/08/20/wor…

He resisted the obvious until the last possible moment: Biden Approved Secret Nuclear Strategy Refocusing on Chinese Threat nytimes.com/2024/08/20/us/…

Fog of war: Zelensky Dismisses the Head of the Air Force Days After an F-16 Crashed nytimes.com/2024/08/30/wor…

The gap between the Canadian and American economies has now reached its widest point in nearly a century. My latest for The Hub here: thehub.ca/2024/09/05/tre… #cdnecon #cdnpoli

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