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New Article at Pragati: Diplomatic Warfare?

[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] I have a new article up at Pragati: The Indian National Interest. A review of Warrior Diplomat by Michael G. Waltz Diplomatic Warfare?  ….Waltz, now the president of Metis Solutions, brings to the table a powerful...

T. Greer on Sun Tzu the Radical

[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen“] T. Greer at Scholar’s Stage had an outstanding post on Sun Tzu and his classic The Art of War the other day in which I learned a number of things that were new to me, which is the best kind of blog post! The Radical...

The Perils of Surprise

[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen“] “Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with...

Octavian Manea interviews John Nagl at SWJ

[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a “zen”]   Knife Fights: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice by John Nagl If General David Petraeus was the Pope of the COINdinistas, Lt. Col. John Nagl was at least the Archbishop of Canterbury. Few men alive were...