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From “open seas” to unconstitutional warfare Grant Starrett From “open governance” to covert wars Christopher Preble, War on the Rocks What reconstruction in Syria might look like Frederick Deknatel,...
View ArticleTurkey, Syria, the Kurds, and the American Foreign Policy Establishment
Donald Trump pulled the US out of Syria, and Turkey brutally pounced on the Kurds. What a mess. I have just two quick notes on the subject: 1) the American Foreign Policy Establishment has upset me for...
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How two seasteaders wound up marked for death Brian Doherty, Reason When are exit strategies viable? David Kampf, War on the Rocks Imagining Africa Clive Gebay, Disorder of Things Tulsi Gabbard vs....
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French financial experts are anything but Diego Zuluaga, Alt-M The beauty of Soviet anti-religious art Roland Brown, Spectator Obama, Erdoğan, and the Syrian rebels Seymour Hersh, LRB Europe, Turkey,...
View ArticleThinking globally, as a dad, and as a libertarian
There’s no reason to keep writing. I have an nine month-old (nine-month old?) boy and a twenty-nine month-old girl. My vote doesn’t matter. I’ve lost my zest for ideas and events. Nobody cares what a...
View ArticleThe North Syria Debacle as Seen by One Trump Voter
As I write (10/22/19) the pause or cease-fire in Northern Syria is more or less holding. No one has a clear idea of what will follow it. We will know today or tomorrow, in all likelihood. On October...
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Who betrayed Syria’s Kurds? Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor How the Physiocrats confronted France’s empire (Smithian-Misesian-Hayekian federation) Pernille Røge, Age of Revolutions Strange respect for...
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The Left lost yet another election. Its response? Reposting old essays… Chris Bertram, Crooked Timber Israel, Syria, and the Kurds Wilkofsky & Zaman, Al-Monitor Automation as a colonization wave...
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Islamic State, Facebook, and vigilante archaeologists Jenna Scatena, AtlanticHoffer-esque essay on totalitarianism. Refreshing. Brent Holley, QuilletteThe STEM cycle Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy...
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The Syrian intervention at 10 Paul Antonopoulous, antiwar.com (h/t Mark from Placerville)“Pitting people against each other” (pdf) Waheed Hussain, P&PAThe mythical war scare of 1983 Simon Miles,...
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