Summary: Today we look at a powerful and provocative article challenging the very basis for America’s large and hugely expensive navy. G. I. Wilson points us to an article posing a powerful question, especially timely as the US approaches the mother of all budget crunches. It’s worth reading in full; afterwards is Wilson’s analysis. “Can The …
Dr. Gross asks “Can The Case Be Made For Naval Power?” Read More »
A major theme of this website is that we are destroying ourselves though hubris.  We see so many of the world’s problems as calls for US military intervention. Inevitably either this will bankrupt us, or we’ll buy into a conflict with ruinous consequences. This open-ended lust to play global cop affects ever our finest military analysts. Like …
Where is the outer boundary of our military operations? Read More »
Here is an important document. Keep a copy of it, so your grand-children can see the insanity of our times — which a crazy people consider unremarkable. Since they’ll we’ll be paying the price for this folly, they’ll we’ll cry — not laugh. “A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower“, US Navy, October 2007 (20 pages) Consider …
How to design a naval strategy for a crazy nation Read More »
Thomas Barnett is one of our foremost geopolitical visionaries, so his presentations are always worth attention.  His latest is insightful and elegantly expressed, as always. However, I have a few suggestions — minor changes to make  it better suit the current situation and needs of America. (I have a draft post in the pipeline describing the implication of the revised …
What Tom Barnett should have told Congress about America’s 21st century Navy Read More »
Summary: Pirates are the latest craze to furrow brows in the geopolitical community, provoking much heavy breathing and laborious prose. Here are some posts to sort through the noise. This is the first in a series; links to the other chapters appear at the end. Summary How big is the impact so far? See “Quick Math …
