Category Archives: Geography

Niger and Strategic Competence

Posted on April 22, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

Sometimes we need to just wait and see. One unfortunate aspect of extant strategy grammar is the presumed, even glorified, carte blanche it gives to governments to hide details from their publics. Secrecy in international dealings kinda makes sense, doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Risk Distance and the Vantasner Danger Meridian

Posted on April 7, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

We decided to binge-watch the television series “Patriot.” The show introduced, as one of its unifying themes, a thing called the ‘Vantasner Danger Meridian.’  After not finding enough about it on plain old Google, I figured I’d talk it up with ChatPGT-4.  … Continue reading →

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Ukraine Opinion Update

Posted on March 31, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

My relatively ignorant uninformed take: Darkening prospects for the survival of Ukraine. Slow, grinding, accelerating Russian progress all along the front. The Ukrainians have done amazingly well in slowing the advance. The Ukrainians have mounted a combination of competent coup … Continue reading →

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Israeli and World Geography

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

I offer this small geographic note to any among my legion of fans who might for whatever reason find themselves in a friendly, open, intellectual exchange regarding the country of Israel and its future. I ask that you begin your … Continue reading →

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Capacity to Fight

Posted on March 22, 2024 by Geoff Demarest

When making strategy, the capacity to fight (One’s own capacity as well as that of opponents) is a basic, natural consideration. To formalize that consideration a bit — to audit it, practice it, organize it or perhaps to have a … Continue reading →

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Politics is the Killing Machine

Posted on March 18, 2024 by Ivan Welch

At this moment, while you scroll your Devil Brick, or peruse your PC, who can end your life legally? Or at least end your life with impunity. Certainly your doctor who can prescribe life altering drugs that have lethal outcome … Continue reading →

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Foreign Forces

Posted on March 16, 2024 by Carlos Arenas

Todd Bensman (Center for Immigration Studies, Center for Immigration Studies (cis.org)  has an article out in Imprimis, a publication of Hillsdale College with which many of you are positively familiar. The title of Bensman’s article is “An Immigration Crisis Beyond … Continue reading →

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What Geography is to Strategy

Posted on March 10, 2024 by Geoff Demarest

Geography provides us the best vocabulary and theory set for competent strategy making. Geography focuses on where and how far. Geography is the natural home of cartography and GIS. I mention this because too many of our military leaders are … Continue reading →

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Moldova?

Posted on February 28, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

The Ukrainians seem to have shifted into a prevent defense. I don’t know about the Ukrainian or Russian situations enough to deserve to write a prediction, but I’ll do it anyway. I’m thinking that if the Russians take an average … Continue reading →

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Brainstorm America War Map Layers

Posted on February 27, 2024 by Geoff Demarest

The map will be built to tell where the war is. Below are some undeveloped ideas for layers. Any ideas? Deportation events Deportation facilities; Deportation sanctuary zones (definition?); Attacks on Christian Churches; Attacks on food processing and distribution points; Attacks … Continue reading →

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