Disrupting Geostrategic Thought
Futura Consideranda: Consequential Leadership
A Leader Considers History There are many qualities required of a worthwhile leader. Having good advisers is an excellent start. Another key quality is the ability to think in terms of tomorrow.
Idle Meandering Thoughts (Part 2 of 2)
Russian intelligence has a long-running interest in identifying, collecting, correlating and ultimately exploiting information that users would rather remain obscure.
Politics as the Continuation of Conflict
John Sjoholm analyzes hybrid conflict and Russian strategic thinking.
Guarding the Guard: When the Cellist Held the Rifle
A profile of Mstislav Rostropovich: cellist, conductor, exile, and the refusal to become harmless. Personal authors note:I have returned to this one photograph for years. I first saw it in the 1990s,
The Reliability Problem
American systems and security availability become less predictable when the security situation accelerates and becomes acute for the recipient. Ukraine experienced this dynamic, and Taiwan now appears to be encountering the same
Lebanon: Inside the Shell
The 2008 Lebanon conflict continues to be misunderstood in much of Western discourse as a confrontation between a sovereign state and a non-state militia ...
Lebanon: Beirut and the Polycentric Reality
The balance of power in Lebanon may be shifting. In a few days, I will again be involved in discussions with a Middle Eastern client on regional developments. Without disclosing anything sensitive,
Stably Unstable: The Architecture of Russia’s Hybrid War in the Western Balkans (2026)
Russia’s hybrid war in the Western Balkans in 2026 reflects a mature strategy. Rather than seeking escalation, Moscow seeks position. It is a case study in a long‑term, managed, condition. And, for Moscow, a
Working Hypothesis: Europe Seeks Relative Advantage from US Overextension
U.S. strikes on Iranian infrastructure are unlikely to achieve compliance goals. The more probable response is indirect escalation through asymmetric means, calibrated to impose cost without inviting immediate, decisive retaliation. This is
Mission Profile: Soft Power as the New Dominion
Donald Trump and his administration’s haphazard approach to alliance discipline, strategic continuity, and the maintenance of American primacy supplied the final lesson: Europe can no longer rely on the American security order.
Lima Charlie’s U.S./D.C. Week-End Brief – 10th June
|10th of June – Lima Charlie’s U.S./Washington End-of-Week News Briefing: #POTUS announced he will be endorsing presumptive Democratic Nominee #HillaryClinton. Within 90 minutes
ISIS’ Weapon of Mass Destruction: Water
Report about the Tabqa Dam and the battle to retake Raqqa from the ISIS stranglehold. Monday June 7th, 1222 ZULU +1 As
Coming Soon: Lima Charlie’s U.S./Washington News Briefing
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Lima Charlie’s MENA News Briefing – 6th June
6th of June – LimaCharlie’s #MENA Weekly News Briefing: As the month of #Ramadan begins, the battle for #Aleppo has reached new
D-Day in France Is Not Forgotten
On June 6, 1944, the Normandy landings (codename: Operation Neptune) began the liberation of German-occupied Europe from the Nazi regime. In the largest
Review of “The Crusades Through Arab Eyes” by Amin Maalouf
The Lebanese French Melkite Greek Catholic journalist and novelist Amin Maalouf did not set out to write an accurate history book or
A Waste of Life – A Waste of Talent
Monday June 6th marks the 72nd anniversary of the allied invasion of Normandy during World War II, known as D-Day. Ten WWII
Breaking: Iranian Reformer Released After 7 Years In Solitary
ZULU+1 2311/JUNE 03 BREAKING: Famous Iranian reformist politician, and senior member of the Islamic Iran Participation Front, Seyyed Mostafa Tajzadeh (Persian: سید مصطفی تاجزاده)
Lima Charlie’s MENA News Briefing – 1st June
1st of June – #LimaCharlie’s #MENA News Briefing: Heavy fighting continues between the #Kurdish and #IslamicState fighters. The Iraqi Kurdish #Peshmerga forces
Normandy Dispatch, Part One
On Memorial Day 2016, the non-profit organization The Greatest Generations Foundation took ten WWII veterans back to Normandy, France, to return to
Douglas Dillard: A Soldier’s Soldier. A Real Man
On Monday, May 30, 2016, Memorial Day, the non-profit organization The Greatest Generations Foundation took ten WWII veterans back to Normandy, France, to
The Mayhem Inside
When I went to Iraq, I was young but I knew about fighting for God and Country. That was my socially instilled
Joseph Van Eyzeren: Salty as Hell
|by Joshua Gates Lima Charlie News On Monday, May 30, 2016, Memorial Day, the non-profit organization The Greatest Generations Foundation took ten WWII
Lima Charlie presents: Banished
|Story by: Rob Swain (Supervising Producer / Senior Editor) Editor / Producer: Joshua Gates Host / Producer: Joe Labarbera Camera / Director of