Geopolitics

The Sky Isn’t Falling Ukraine

The Sky Isn’t Falling

Mike Coté September 25, 2023

For those who decry Western support for Ukraine, everything is a precursor to World War III. But...

BRICS Without Mortar BRICS

BRICS Without Mortar

Mike Coté September 9, 2023

Despite its recent expansion, the BRICS ‘alliance’ is nothing more than vaporware. Claims of the death of...

On Geopolitical Chivalry

Mike Coté May 23, 2023

Should the strong protect the weak? The answer to this question says a great deal about the...

What’s In a Name? names

What’s In a Name?

Mike Coté May 15, 2023

What’s more fun than some light trolling? This movement needs a motto, and there’s one just begging...

Taiwanese Sovereignty is American Security

Mike Coté April 18, 2023

Friendly control of Taiwan is a core national security interest for the United States, and not just...

Reluctance as Policy policy

Reluctance as Policy

Mike Coté December 6, 2022

The Biden administration has a fatally flawed understanding of our position vis a vis our geopolitical adversaries;...

Whistling Past the Graveyard Xi Jinping

Whistling Past the Graveyard

Mike Coté November 18, 2022

The Biden Administration is getting played by Xi Jinping and flirting with national disaster in its geopolitical...

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Jaybird in reply to David TC on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Well, the good news is that the cops were called and the guy was removed without any particularly we…
Jaybird in reply to David TC on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s Residence Attacked, Suspect ArrestedAre you familiar with the fallacy "Begging the Question"? It's an important one!
InMD in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I don't know why you'd think Trump is scared but one hopes this combined with the strongly worded 4t…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s Residence Attacked, Suspect ArrestedSo, yes, that sounds plausible, but also...no. It's not _just_ that. There are a lot of people who h…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025As far as I can tell, the Republicans have a “whatabout” for every single “precedent” that the Democ…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I’m pretty sure that we’re *ALL* members of the press. When the First Amendment was written, “the pr…
Jaybird in reply to David TC on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025As far as I can tell, the Republicans have a "whatabout" for every single "precedent" that the Democ…