by zen | Jun 12, 2015 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen“] Pete Turner of The Break it Down Show had a powerful post that encapsulated what is wrong with the American approach to intervention in foreign societies, both in terms of our aid and development programs as well as COIN...
by zen | May 9, 2015 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen“] “This important and terrifying book should be read by everyone who cares about the future of human civilization.” —Anatol Lieven Warlords, inc. ; Black Markets, Broken States and the Rise of the Warlord...
by zen | Mar 13, 2015 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] I have a new piece up at War on the Rocks ( which, by the way, is doing an important Indiegogo fundraising drive): THERE ARE NO TEA LEAVES TO READ ABOUT THE “MOSUL PLAN” A mostly forgotten Arab adversary of American...
by Sungtae "Jacky" Park | Mar 12, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads The Military Option on Iran – the reality BGen. Stephen A. Cheney USMC (Ret.) / The American Security Project Stating that we can unilaterally eliminate Iran’s nuclear weapon program with an air campaign is incredibly naïve. MIDEAST...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 7, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — where would we be without our digital devices, minds & memories? ] . Two converging thoughts, the first from John Robb at Global Guerrillas: Over the weekend, ISIS threatened the life of Jack Dorsey, a co-founder and Chairman of...
