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Tom Waldman

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Senior Lecturer, Loughborough University | War, Strategy, Security | Author of ‘Vicarious Warfare’ bit.ly/3jTF632

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We are excited to launch our new Geopolitics & International Affairs Blog✍️ The blog will feature a series of webinars examining contemporary inter-state competition, conflict, and geo-strategic rivalry around the world (Duncan Depledge). More: bit.ly/3Itr7hK

We are excited to launch our new Geopolitics & International Affairs Blog✍️

The blog will feature a series of webinars examining contemporary inter-state competition, conflict, and geo-strategic rivalry around the world (<a href="/DMDepledge/">Duncan Depledge</a>).

More: bit.ly/3Itr7hK
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Excited to announce that the 'Routledge Handbook of the Future of Warfare', is available now for pre-order (shipping after 19 September): routledge.com/Routledge-Hand… edited by Artur Gruszczak and myself, with chapters by a stellar line-up of scholars and thinkers:

Excited to announce that the 'Routledge Handbook of the Future of Warfare', is available now for pre-order (shipping after 19 September):  routledge.com/Routledge-Hand… edited by <a href="/ArturoGPY/">Artur Gruszczak</a> and myself, with chapters by a stellar line-up of scholars and thinkers:
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Chapter 17: Remote Warfare: Drivers, Limits, Challenges Neil C Renic Neil Renic Chapter 18: Vicarious War and the United States: Imperial Antecedents and Anticipations Thomas Waldman Tom Waldman

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'Peacemaking in Trouble: Expert Perspectives on Flaws, Deficiencies and Potential in the Field of International Mediation' belfercenter.org/research-analy…

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Not sure I’d pass this as an undergrad essay: while important to ask hard Qs about continued resistance, drawing bald conclusions from purely material factors-disregarding will, morale, org, leadership, pol, etc (beyond strat goals)-is seriously myopic reader.foreignaffairs.com/2026/02/26/ukr…

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With US military action against Iran now underway, Trump's record as Commander-in-Chief provides important clues about how the campaign might unfold. “Trump’s Wars: How an Anti-War President Learned to Love the Use of Force” linkedin.com/pulse/trumps-w… #iran

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“This campaign is likely not only to be short and spectacular but also spectacularly short on strategic sense.” linkedin.com/pulse/trumps-w… #iran #trump #war

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How ten years can change a man… Trump 2016: ““We must abandon the failed policy of nation-building and regime change that … was pushed in Iraq, Libya, Egypt and Syria.” Trump 2026: ….

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“Trump's Wars: How an Anti-War President Learned to Love the Use of Force" My short essay examining the deeper drivers behind Trump’s resort to American military force (written before the Iran strikes). linkedin.com/pulse/trumps-w… on LinkedIn

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You can always trust Kroenig to find oases of rationality in the deserts of Trumpian foreign policy foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/01/tru…

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“One year into his second term, Mr. Trump seems to have shed his earlier skepticism and turned repeatedly to the U.S. military as a low-cost, high-payoff means of solving problems that have bedeviled American presidents for decades.” #vicariouswarfare nytimes.com/2026/03/02/us/…

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Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War is a cautionary tale about the paradoxes of power, and the way the seductions of superiority invite painful reckonings. Tom Waldman assesses what Thucydides could really teach Trump: ➡️ go.iiss.org/402G4kt

Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War is a cautionary tale about the paradoxes of power, and the way the seductions of superiority invite painful reckonings.

<a href="/tom_waldman/">Tom Waldman</a> assesses what Thucydides could really teach Trump:

➡️ go.iiss.org/402G4kt
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"Strategic Theory and Clausewitz’s Trinitarian Test" - great read by Lukas Milevski #clausewitz #strategy #war press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol…