An almost inevitable defect of geopolitical discourse consists in expressing arguments in terms of a state’s interests. This is inevitable given the theoretical basis of the discipline: that “geography is destiny”, a quote attributed to Napoleon right before the invasion of…
Toyoda Automatic Loom Works was an engineering manufacturing company established in the 1920s by Sakichi Toyoda (1967-1930), the son of a successful…
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A rose is a rose, and a frontier is a frontier
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Is NATO back in the game? Last month, the streets of Madrid were clogged with official cars, conspicuous plainclothes secret service, and motorized…
Exactly 350 years ago, Johan de Witt was having what could be called a rough summer. The man who had spent the last 20 years as de facto ruler of the…
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On the initial days of my military life, one of the most common exhortations my section’s drill instructor directed to us was to remain at all times…
A few months ago I posted some musings on the Alchemical Regime of Kazakhstan, Russian tough love, and the Almaty uprisings earlier this year…
There are many layers to conflict, and many readings of it. The basic, factual explanation given is that this is a conflict of security and energy…
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