by Charles Cameron | Oct 30, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Adam Elkus, Umberto Eco, Chris Crawford and John Robb ] . Rock Paper Scissors, diagram by Enzoklop via Wikimedia ** Adam Elkus talks about strategy and games, in the inaugural Center for International Maritime Security “Real Time...
by Lynn C. Rees | Nov 15, 2014 | Monitor
John Francis Mercer Politics is the division of power. Or so it is axiomatic for me. Politics is also a market in violence-backed assets, with tribute, resource flows captured and secured by violence (or the threat thereof) being the most prized. Most political...
by zen | Jul 28, 2013 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski a.k.a. “zen”] Since Pakistan is now attempting to get its victory over the United States in Afghanistan formally ratified, now seemed to be a good time to reflect on the performance of American statesmen, politicians and senior generals....
by zen | May 1, 2013 | Monitor
My friend Dave Schuler who blogs at the excellent The Glittering Eye and on foreign policy at Dr. James Joyner’s Outside the Beltway , queried me as to what I thought of the Boston Bombers in light of the concept of the Superempowered Individual. For those not...
by zen | Jan 30, 2013 | Monitor
The Obama administration, though they would not characterize it as such nor have much desire to acknowledge it at all, have attempted a strategic detente with the “moderate” elements of political Islam. This policy has not been entirely consistent; Syria,...
