by Charles Cameron | Aug 31, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — one black swan that’s almost predictable — where two timelines meet ] . God in His wisdom has decreed that all right thinking humans should circumambulate the Kaaba in Mecca if at all possible during their human lifetimes, so...
by J.ScottShipman | Jun 5, 2014 | Monitor
[by J. Scott Shipman] A Low Visibility Force Multiplier, Assessing China’s Cruise Missile Ambitions, Dennis M. Gormley, Andrew S. Erickson, Jingdong Yuan Through an interesting...
by Lynn C. Rees | Jun 15, 2013 | Monitor
[dots connected by Lynn C. Rees] Sigh What did Lucius Aemilius Paullus know and when did he know it? Colonel Hamilton Alexander Hamilton thought he knew. And who is Colonel Hamilton (as he so liked to be called) that he should know? Not (then) Colonel Hamilton...
by Charles Cameron | Jan 24, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — wondering whether it can ever be possible to expect the unexpected, and if so, what exactly that might mean? Libya & Mali ] . . Alex Thurston at Sahel Blog: Covering Politics and Religion in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa posted...