Kori Schake

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Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of Safe Passage, contributing writer at The Atlantic.

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Defense was the most conservative element of the RNC platform; probably irrelevant with the choice of Vance. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...

What Does the 2024 RNC Platform Say About National Security?www.lawfaremedia.org After skipping a 2020 platform, the Republican National Convention’s 2024 platform bears many of former President Trump’s signature policies.

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I appreciated the straight-forward mention of suicide in the lede paragraph. I knew Wright only through his work, but every death diminishes us. Check-in with your buddies. Hug your kids. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Evan Wright, ‘Generation Kill’ Author and Rolling Stone Contributor, Dead at 59www.rollingstone.com Evan Wright, National Magazine Award-winning journalist, 'Generation Kill' author and Rolling Stone contributor, has died at the age of 59.

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Cubs-Cards on the TV with an ad for BuildSubmarines.com behind the plate. I feel like @kschake.bsky.social willed this into being, and I thank her. (Go Cubs.)

Given how little power Iran’s President has, this wildly overstates the case: “Pezeshkian’s electoral success has rejuvenated the marginalised reformist camp.” on.ft.com/3WbTJEF

Masoud Pezeshkian: Iranian reformer who wants to end his country’s nuclear stand-offon.ft.com Heart surgeon turned president pledges reform of system millions of his compatriots believe can’t be changed

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Powerful reminder how much of politics comes down to elites solving (or not solving) the coordination problem. France, Iran, UK (Starmer purging Labour). Very different situation but US Democrats also facing big coordination problem. And we got Trump because 2016 R's did not solve theirs. #polisky

Still learning from this excellent analysis from @bafriedman.bsky.social: “No man, wargame, or AI can predict if or when Russian (or Ukrainian) moral cohesion breaks.” War isn’t mechanistic. bafriedman.substack.com/p/great-jomi...

Great Jomini's Ghost!bafriedman.substack.com The Beltway Plays at War on the Map

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Stephen Schwartz

From the late 1950s until 1974 (when they were removed pending relocation to the new National Air and Space Museum), the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, displayed several ballistic missiles outside its Arts and Industries Building (left to right: Jupiter C, Vanguard, Polaris A1, Atlas).

Excellent assessment and advice to the new UK government from @ldfreedman.bsky.social: leave the Integrated Review in place and focus on addressing urgent defense needs. open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/p...

Prime Minister Starmer: welcome to the worldopen.substack.com The global challenges facing the new government

@dandrezner.bsky.social assesses Trump would make Europe great again: "nuclear proliferation accelerates...the $ ceases to be the world’s reserve currency, & the US loses its ability to attract the best...Americans could find themselves on the margins of Pax Europa"

Opinion | The Strange Future After a Second Trump Termwww.politico.com The dollar will decline, Europe will rise, and Asia will nuclearize.

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Seems timely!! www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Important work by @camillegrand.bsky.social on how to strengthen European defenses.

Defending Europe with less Americaecfr.eu Shifting US priorities and a degrading security environment – not to mention the possibility of a second Trump presidency – mean Europeans finally have to take more responsibility for their own…

Opinion | The Strange Future After a Second Trump Termwww.politico.com The dollar will decline, Europe will rise, and Asia will nuclearize.

Important work by @camillegrand.bsky.social on how to strengthen European defenses.

My California hometown celebrating our American independence and our Mexican heritage. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@ldfreedman.bsky.social destroys the fashionable fallacy that “all wars end in negotiations”

Why Wars Don’t Always End with Negotiationssamf.substack.com The Falklands Example

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OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft's Copilot, and Google's Gemini respond with Russian disinformation 30% of the time - report www.theregister.com/2024/06/19/a...

It strikes me as peculiarly American that a higher proportion of us support NATO's collective defense obligation (72%) than have a favorable view of the alliance itself (62%) 🇺🇸 From the Reagan Institute summer survey.

Reagan Institute Summer Surveywww.reaganfoundation.org Explore the Reagan Institute, promoting the values of President Reagan through research, policy solutions, and thought leadership. Engage & learn today.

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To be clear, he is a hostage.

Breaking News: Evan Gershkovich, an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal, will be tried for espionage in the Russian city where he was arrested more than a year ago.

Russian Prosecutors Finalize Indictment of Evan Gershkovichwww.nytimes.com The Wall Street Journal reporter will be tried on a spying charge in Yekaterinburg, the city where he was arrested more than a year ago.

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A periodic reminder, for no particular reason: “This” in our Army’s motto “This We’ll Defend” is the Constitution.

Indignant, analytical @dandrezner.bsky.social is the best Dan Drezner.

Why Nicholas Kristof Is Wrong on Immigrationsubstack.com There are arguments for why Biden should curb immigration. Kristof ain't making them.

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The D Day anniversary is over so let's talk about another amphibious assault that got the movie treatment: the one in Barbie. open.substack.com/pub/bafriedm...

Strategy, Social Order, and Barbieopen.substack.com When Armed Forces aren't Kenough

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This is a great conversation by @achinchilla.bsky.social on public opinion, foreign policy, and impact on the election including Jeff Friedman and @andypayne.bsky.social and (wonderful insight and historical context by) @kschake.bsky.social!

Social Science of War: Public Opinion and the Use of Force - Modern War Institutemwi.westpoint.edu Every four years, Americans choose a new commander-in-chief. US presidents have significant authority to use force, manage a global network of alliances and partnerships, as well as direct American gr...

D Day.

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Russia has destroyed over 50% of Ukraine's power generation capacity, FT reports. Russian attacks on Ukrainian power plants aren't new, but, the EU ambassador to Kyiv said that the most recent strikes have hit hydroelectric and thermal power plants, which are harder to fix.

Russia has taken out over half of Ukraine power generationwww.ft.com Country’s electricity capacity has dropped below 20GW, with Russian attacks causing worst blackouts since start of war

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Michael Robinson

If you're interested on the different forms of military politicization and their causes and consequences, consider trying the book! www.amazon.com/Dangerous-In...

Dangerous Instrument: Political Polarization and US Civil-Military Relations (BRIDGING THE GAP SERIES): Robinson, Michael A.: 9780197611562: Amazon.com: Bookswww.amazon.com Dangerous Instrument: Political Polarization and US Civil-Military Relations (BRIDGING THE GAP SERIES) [Robinson, Michael A.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Dangerous Instrument: Political Polarization and US Civil-Military Relations (BRIDGING THE GAP SERIES)

Really important thread from one of the civ-mil experts I learn the most from: politicization can occur from the actions/context shaped by civilians, not just by the choices of the military. @eclipticevader.bsky.social

Throughout this election year, addressing the challenge of military 'politicization' means an honest appraisal of the causes and consequences of politicization. This also means admitting that not every solution is the military's to control. Civilian leaders and the public matter too!

The British are always good in a fight, always worth having on our side.

British army will be too small to help fight Russia, European generals fear www.thetimes.co.uk/article/brit...

British army will be too small to help fight Russia, European generals fearwww.thetimes.co.uk Despite pledges to increase defence spending, military personnel numbers have fallen to their lowest since the Napoleonic wars

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It's highly irritating to me that the US seems to use a veto against this use of Western equipment. Europe is starting to lead (France, Sweden, UK, etc...) and Washington does not (yet) seem to appreciate what it supposedly wanted to see happen. Hm.

“We must allow them to neutralize military sites from which missiles are being fired, military sites from which Ukraine is being attacked,” Macron said. Well done, France. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

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Washington should have named its MLB team the Homestead Grays. It’s be wonderful to name the MVP award for Josh Gibson! (h/t @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social)

Negro Leagues' statistics will be incorporated into Major League Baseball’s historical records on Wednesdaywww.usatoday.com Players' achievements in the Negro Leagues from 1920-1948 will finally be recognized by MLB, significantly changing baseball's record books.

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Here's what we are reading today: French military instructors will soon be teaching Ukrainian troops - inside Ukraine. Ukraine and France have just entered an agreement to post French troops inside the country for training. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Ukraine commander says French military instructors to visit Ukrainian training centreswww.reuters.com Ukraine's top commander said on Monday he had signed paperwork allowing French military instructors to visit Ukrainian training centres soon.

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Remarkable piece by @philklay.bsky.social this Memorial Day Weekend.

Opinion | What Do I Owe the Dead of My Generation’s Mismanaged Wars?www.nytimes.com We owe it to the dead to remember what mattered to them, and the ideals they held, as well as how those ideals were betrayed.