Category Archives: Foreign
UAVs, Navy, Satellites, Battle Stars
This post, which I want to keep pretty short, feeds off my post on re-orienting national security priorities. I read a fascinating paper provocatively entitled “How the US Lost the Naval War of 2015″ (PDF), by James Kraska. It takes … Continue reading
Filed under Foreign, Globalization, Military, Policy, Security, Terrorism/Insurgency
Reorienting National Security Priorities
Below is my plan for reorienting American security priorities, which I think are currently misaligned, often conflicting, and outdated. This is not a plan for innovation, or financial reform (which is one of the most pressing national issues), or for … Continue reading
Filed under Energy, Foreign, Government, International Affairs, Military, Policy, Security
US Forces “Volunteer” to Leave Iraq
It’s interesting to live through the times of American occupation of Iraq. What the Bush Administration sees as a necessary move, not without its faults, that has eventually led to a nascent democracy, is nothing short of tragically comic. What … Continue reading
Interesting Economic Datapoints
So I’m done with this semester and I was just watching C-SPAN2, which was covering the Senate vote on the automaker bailout. The vote failed 52-35 or so. Dow futures were down -325 around the time of the vote. I … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Economics, Energy, Foreign, Globalization, Government, Policy, Politics, Stock Market, War
Emergence of New Systems
Last week the National Intelligence Council released its 2025 Global Trends report and naturally our Georgetown MSFS program was pretty interested in looking at it. The report considers what the major themes and trends will be of the next couple … Continue reading
Filed under Economics, Foreign, Globalization, Government, International Affairs, Internet, Policy
Is the US in Decline?
Georgetown’s foreign policy discussions lately have been in love with the question of whether the US is in decline. For the most part, I think most of the experts I’ve listened to have fallen on the side of “not really”. … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Economics, Foreign, Globalization, Government, Policy
Bob Baer on “Fresh Air”
My mom and a classmate recommended that I listen to Baer speak on NPR. It’s a long interview, but well worth it. Listen here. He talks mainly about Iran but it has implications in a lot of different areas. A … Continue reading
Filed under Foreign, International Affairs, Iraq, Policy, Security, Terrorism/Insurgency
The Debate on Pakistan
Last night I watched the presidential debate. Whatever. But one part that really pissed me off was when Obama and McCain talked about Pakistan (here’s a transcript). First off, McCain mispronounced or did not know the new Pakistani president’s name, … Continue reading
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Quotes from “Inside the Jihad”
I’m reading an excellent book, Omar Nasiri’s “Inside the Jihad: My Life with Al-Qaeda”, for Michael Scheuer’s class about a guy from Morocco who ends up being a spy within a mujaheddin cell in Belgium and then goes through terrorist … Continue reading
Filed under Foreign, Globalization, Policy, Security, Terrorism/Insurgency
