by zen | May 29, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] Mikhail Grinberg tackles a topic too often neglected in defense thinking, one that obsessed commissars and worried kaisers, translating economic production into military power and geopolitical influence: Defense Industrial...
by zen | Apr 23, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski a.k.a. “zen”] Our Clausewitzian friend, Seydlitz89 commented on my recent post on politics and strategy and has a new one of his own that accurately frames a solution to the geopolitical disarray in which the United States finds itself...
by zen | Apr 12, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] Colonel Keith Nightingale, was featured at Thomas Rick’s Best Defense blog ”future of war” series at Foreign Policy.com. It is a strong piece, well worth reading: The seven ingredients of highly...
by zen | Feb 22, 2014 | Monitor
William Lind had a very important piece regarding an extraordinarily ill-considered move by the Navy brass: The Navy Commits Intellectual Seppuku The December, 2013 issue of the Naval Institute’s Proceedings contains an article, “Don’t Say Goodbye to Intellectual...
by zen | Feb 18, 2014 | Monitor
As I mentioned previously, I needed to make a more substantive reply to Victor Allen’s claims for R2P. I am very tardy in doing so, for which I apologize to Mr. Allen but better late than not at all. While addressing some of Victor’s specific points, I...