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The Search for a Decisive Battle
Why the Iran campaign cannot produce the outcome it keeps announcing
Jul 25
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Strategic Priorities in the Chinese Military Classics
In the third chapter of The Art of Warfare, Sun Tzu establishes an order of preference among the courses of action available in war.
Jul 25
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What Remains of the West’s Grand Strategy
The three lines of the post-1989 era and their exhaustion
Jul 25
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Europe’s Defence Backbone
What a Europe-led NATO will require from industry, service providers and procurement institutions
Jul 16
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The Custodian and the Toll Collector
On 13 July 2026 the United States proposed to charge a twenty per cent fee on all cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz, in exchange for providing…
Jul 15
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The Political Ends of the Current Wars
Ukraine, Hormuz, and the battlefield that is not on the map
Jul 13
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Wandel durch Handel
How the West assigned the globalisation of markets a political task
Jul 9
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Rich, Disarmed, Divided
Why a wealthy continent risks becoming the object others contend over
Jul 8
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The Storm That Won't Pass
The comforting European belief that the American disengagement will pass with the Trump administration mistakes a fifteen-year structural reorientation…
Jul 7
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The Client's Dilemma
Classical strategy, the middle-power turn, and Europe's case for autonomy
Jul 6
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The Use of Force as Strategic Failure
What classical Chinese thought teaches about reading a conflict that leaves no battlefield
Jun 29
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The Art of Dividing the Barbarians
China’s oldest strategic doctrine and its long duration
Jun 24
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