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Vitamin R: Harm Over Time Dictates Power—It Alone Informs Actual Calculations of Warfighting Momentum
The only meaningful question is not who “has momentum” in the abstract, but whether Ukraine’s actions are increasing harm to the Russian...
john raymond
Aug 153 min read


The Alaska Nothing-Burger Feeds Putin Romanticism in the West, the First Step in Moral Inversion
The Alaska summit between President Trump and President Putin was widely described as a nothing-burger. There was no ceasefire, no peace...
john raymond
Aug 153 min read


Hope Is Not a Strategy: Hillary Clinton and the Autocrats
Hillary Clinton is no fool. She has seen power up close, and she knows how dangerous it can be when men turn it inward to secure...
john raymond
Aug 153 min read


Understanding Newsom, Jefferies, and Mamdani: How the Democratic Party Stands at a Crossroad
The Democratic Party stands at a crossroads, with two parallel examples revealing both its potential and its vulnerability. On one side,...
john raymond
Aug 152 min read


Anders Puck Nielsen on Anti-Personnel Mines Is a Tactical Victory for Strategic Asymmetric Thinking
Anders Puck Nielsen’s latest analysis on the Ottawa Convention and anti-personnel mines is more than a technical breakdown—it is a case...
john raymond
Aug 132 min read
Proposed Amendment — The States’ Shield Against a Compromised Executive — A Blue State “Project 2025”
Clause I That whenever the person holding the Office of President, or any officer entrusted with the execution of the laws of these...
john raymond
Aug 1314 min read


Dear William Spaniel, No Shit Sherlock!
William, your latest “lesson in coercive bargaining” offers a perfectly serviceable undergraduate recap of how secondary sanctions are...
john raymond
Aug 122 min read


E.J. Antoni’s Nomination Is Not About Being Right—It’s About Being Joyfully Wrong in the Service of Power
It does not matter whether E.J. Antoni has ever been right about anything in his professional life. His appointment to lead the Bureau of...
john raymond
Aug 122 min read


EU and NATO Supplementation of Jake Broe’s Latest War Analysis
For NATO and EU leadership, the only element of Jake Broe’s latest assessment that must be carried forward into strategic planning is...
john raymond
Aug 112 min read


Dear Blue State Leadership, If You Are to Outmaneuver the Trump Regime, You Must Follow My Prescriptions and Stop Posturing: Instead Act
The Trump regime is not playing by the old rules, and its state-level allies are moving with the speed and precision of an entrenched...
john raymond
Aug 113 min read


The Purpose of All the Nuclear Escalation—De-escalation Theater Is Now Clear
The mask is off. With President Trump’s latest praise of Vladimir Putin as “very respectful,” the full contours of the so-called “nuclear...
john raymond
Aug 112 min read


The Ever-Hopeful Jake Broe Again Only Flirts with Pillar Three
Jake Broe’s latest interview is a textbook case of how an otherwise competent analyst can stop just short of the most consequential...
john raymond
Aug 112 min read


Vitamin R: On Vexler’s Latest Video Addressing the Trump-Putin Code
Vlad Vexler’s latest commentary represents a step forward in his understanding of President Trump’s political psychology and its...
john raymond
Aug 112 min read


Murkowski is the Smartest GOP Senator, and That’s a Problem
Lisa Murkowski is, by most measures, the sharpest, most capable Republican senator left in Washington. And yet—let’s be clear—if John...
john raymond
Aug 101 min read


On European Security: NATO’s Missing Authoritative Frame
NATO-Europe Must Relocate Its Operational Brain to Kyiv For three generations the alliance outsourced strategic cognition to the...
john raymond
Aug 104 min read


Jake Broe Doesn’t Want to Wrestle the Pig When He Says: “Trump Is, At Best, Like Neville Chamberlain”—But NATO and Ukraine Don’t Have the Same Luxury
So In This Article, We Are Going to Wrestle the Fucking Pig to the Ground and Call It Like It Is... Jake Broe’s most recent commentary ...
john raymond
Aug 104 min read


To Business Basics and Every Other Bullshit Artist in the Analysis Game: Shut the Fuck Up
This isn’t just about you, Business Basics — though your latest “Trump Bridge” video is a perfect specimen. It’s about every so-called...
john raymond
Aug 92 min read


Dear NATO Nations, Analysts, and Anyone Still Pretending This Isn’t World War Three
Jake Broe has finally locked onto Pillar One —regime security—by reading Putin’s flight plan for what it is: personal survival doctrine...
john raymond
Aug 85 min read


Dear NATO Nations, If You Are Not Listening to Paul Warburg, You Are Fucking Up
Paul Warburg just handed NATO —and the democratic world—a clear-eyed blueprint for understanding Russia’s latest moves, and if European...
john raymond
Aug 82 min read


Why Alaska? Because Regime Security Is Pillar One
When Vladimir Putin meets Donald Trump in Alaska, the choice of venue will be sold to the public as a matter of convenience, symbolism,...
john raymond
Aug 82 min read
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