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The event produced no human casualties, although there may have been some dead cows. I remember the smoke from Israeli artillery rising over Mount…
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Warrior, Soldier, Noob: a short reflection on war porn and shark attacks
Tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) are a species of what zoologists refer to as carcharhiniformes, which comes from the Greek κάρχαρος (karcharos, sharp…
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Bandung a Sea of Fire: un-aligning the periphery
I spent the better part of Summer 2013 as an exchange student in the city of Bandung, in Indonesia. Contrary to the better known (to Westerners…
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Nigerian prostitution rings, on how to live a certain way
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Nigerian prostitution rings, on how to live a certain way
At the beginning of this year I found myself in Lagos, Nigeria, on an urgent, flash business trip. The moment was less than ideal for traveling, as it…
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A slightly better form of metonymy
An almost inevitable defect of geopolitical discourse consists in expressing arguments in terms of a state’s interests. This is inevitable given the…
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Mercenaries as lean recruitment: lessons from the Toyota Production System
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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What's in a name?
A rose is a rose, and a frontier is a frontier
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Playing chicken in Africa
Is NATO back in the game? Last month, the streets of Madrid were clogged with official cars, conspicuous plainclothes secret service, and motorized…
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In the news (09/07/2022): cannibalism as an answer to food insecurity
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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War and Mass human sacrifice
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…
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In the news (23/5/2022): Kazakhstan revisited.
A few months ago I posted some musings on the Alchemical Regime of Kazakhstan, Russian tough love, and the Almaty uprisings earlier this year…
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Central phenomenons of war and Technoeconomic Evolution
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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