Informal Institute for National Security Thinkers and Practitioners
Quotes of the Day:
"All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory."
~Viet Thanh Nguyen
"Culture constrains strategy."
Culture beats strategy."
Culture trumps strategy."
Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast"
- This last is often attributed to Peter Drucker but there is no definitive citation.
“So, despite the popular view of Stoicism as a philosophy that would strip us of most emotions, the ancient Stoics argue that the very best of us show rational exuberance and desire, and a cautious wariness, lest we be too easily led astray or deceived. We cherish friends and nurture warm and welcoming attitudes toward them. This is what it is to be righteous. Put bluntly, even sages have emotional skin in the game.”
- Nancy Sherman, Stoic Wisdom: Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience
1. Attack of the Blob: Why America’s U.S. Foreign Policy Has Been Crippled
2. Global Posture Review Still On Track, Pentagon Spokesman Says
3. Blinken vows Afghanistan evac mission will continue, but lawmakers skeptical
4. Top US spy says Somalia, Yemen, Syria and Iraq represent greater terrorist threat than Afghanistan
5. Army refuses to say whether officer’s resignation letter citing ‘Marxist takeover of the military’ is real
6. Taiwan Is Arming Itself To Beat A Chinese Invasion. Some New Weapons Are Better Than Others.
7. Forward to the Past? Weigh Covert Options in Afghanistan Carefully
8. How Should US Special Operations Forces Train for Great Power War?
9. Afghanistan Has Been 'Gut-Wrenching,' 'Deeply Personal For IC': DNI
10. Opinion | What Game Theory Says About China’s Strategy
11. American Global Leadership Is in Retreat
12. Biden Doctrine abating US tensions with China
13. Facebook Says Its Rules Apply to All. Company Documents Reveal a Secret Elite That’s Exempt.
14. ‘To Rule the Waves’ Review: The Necessity of a Navy (book review)
15. After South China Sea Incidents, US Needs 'Sustained' Pacific Presence, Lawmaker Says
16. Mark 9 SDV: The SEALs' mini-sub that packed full-sized torpedoes
17. Will the AUMF’s 20th Anniversary Prompt Congress to Act?
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