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Author Archives: Luke Ford
Decoding Rand Corporation
From David Pinsof’s Alliance Theory perspective, the core function of the RAND Corporation is coalition coordination for the U.S. national security state. RAND’s output looks like neutral analysis. In practice it serves as a shared language that allows the Pentagon, … Continue reading
What are the strongest America First arguments for and against attacking Iran?
The strongest America First case for attacking Iran rests on five arguments, though not all of them hold equal weight. The first is prevention. Iran is the only hostile state in the Middle East capable of going nuclear and dominating … Continue reading
The Truth Optimizer’s Guide To Donald Trump
A useful starting point is separating three questions that political discourse collapses into one: What outcomes has Trump produced? What are his intentions or character traits? How does he talk? Most commentary fuses all three into moral judgment. Keeping them … Continue reading
Decoding The Defense Strategy Ecosystem
The defense strategy ecosystem has its own version of the oil-geopolitics network. A relatively small set of analysts translate between the Pentagon, think tanks, defense contractors, Congress, and the media. Their influence comes from sitting at institutional crossroads where strategy, … Continue reading
Decoding The Oil Analysts
Written with AI: Helima Croft sits where three coalitions meet: financial markets, national security, and energy-producing states. That position is not accidental. It reflects a career built across institutions that rarely share the same language. She is managing director and … Continue reading
I Like It That Trump Doesn’t Want To Know Anything About The Missile Strike On The Iranian School
I don’t want America bombing schools. I want someone to investigate the February 28 strike on the Minab school, but I don’t want the president spending time on it. Every minute Trump thinks about it makes him look weaker. That … Continue reading
Why Do AI Chatbots Crawl My Site Constantly?
Gemini says: AI chatbots and their underlying models crawl your site to absorb and use your writing in several ways. The frequency of these visits is often higher than traditional search engines because AI models have different goals. 1. Training … Continue reading
Zionism For Everyone
Alana Newhouse says Zionism is for everyone. That’s a stretch. The first problem with her essay is conceptual inflation. Once you say Milei is doing Zionism for Argentines, Modi for Indians, Lee Kuan Yew for Singaporeans, the word stops doing … Continue reading
Decoding Attitudes Towards Jews & Israel
David Pinsof writes: “The more we all become aware of our incentive structures, the more incentivized we will be to choose them wisely.” People work hard because of incentives. They obey or break the law because of incentives. Tucker Carlson, … Continue reading
Iran & Israel Share Some Responsibility For The Actions Of Their Proxies
I just watched a 2024 Finnish mini-series Conflict. Wikipedia says: “The series imagines a scenario where an unidentified enemy invades Hankoniemi during midsummer celebrations, and follows the resulting conflict through the lens of the country’s leadership and among those who … Continue reading