War is best thought of not as a series of events, but instead as a latent, high dimensional manifold. Each conflict samples the distribution: exceptionally large conflicts sample the warspace infrequently so the shape of it is rarely clear.

It's NDAA markup season, baby. Awoouu (wolf Howl)

monitoring the situation

The genius of the American system has always been its ability to harness the ingenuity and initiative of its private sector That tradition applies with no less force to matters of war and security - we must return to it or face the coming era of conflict at a severe disadvantage

When you hear “serious” national security voices intone solemnly that “we live in an era of rapid change”, they are really still thinking on the order of years But the geostrategic metronome ticks now at the level of the month, week, and day. DC rapid is still far, far too slow

One of the most important facts about the administration and one that continues to be missed by nearly every piece of the established policy machinery in Washington

pov: it's an early morning at the DARC office

keep up the good work, bridge

In just a few short years, it will start to matter a great deal whether the global cohort of early to mid career military officers had their strategic instincts shaped by playing Terran, Zerg, or Protoss in their youth.

Designing a fellowship to teach early career defense analysts foundational skills (small arms, cormac mccarthy appreciation)