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Author Archives: Luke Ford
Decoding Lazard’s Geopolitical Advisory
Lazard’s Geopolitical Advisory makes sense only if you understand the old merchant bank tradition. Lazard historically operated less like a commercial bank and more like a discreet diplomatic intermediary for capital. For decades the firm advised governments on privatizations, restructurings, … Continue reading
Decoding The Atlantic Council
The Atlantic Council began in 1961 as a civilian support structure for NATO. American policymakers worried that the United States and Western Europe might drift apart as Europe rebuilt economically after the war. The Council gave military officers, diplomats, and … Continue reading
Decoding Control Risks
Control Risks grew out of the Lloyd’s insurance ecosystem, and that origin still shapes the firm. Many of its services exist because insurers need a way to price extreme risks. Kidnap and ransom insurance, political violence insurance, and war risk … Continue reading
Decoding Oxford Analytica
David Young arrived in Oxford in 1974 as an American expatriate seeking a quiet exit from the wreckage of the Nixon administration. Before he became a fellow at All Souls, he had served in the White House Special Investigations Unit, … Continue reading
Decoding Nadia Schadlow
9:59 AMNadia Schadlow is a strategist of consolidation. While many on the current American right focus on disruption, she focuses on the architecture that remains once the dust settles. Her core argument is that the primary failure of the post-Cold … Continue reading
About 300 active-duty members of the US Armed Forces die in accidents each year
It’s not clear that Trump’s wars will cause a rise in deaths in our armed forces (given that improvements in medical care steadily reduce accidental and criminal deaths). Approximately 250 to 320 active-duty members of the US Armed Forces die … Continue reading
Decoding Human Rights
David Pinsof argues that human rights do not exist as objective moral truths. He views them as strategic tools used in a complex social symmetry. Humans form alliances to gain status and power. They do not fight for rights because … Continue reading
The Invention Of Mental Illness
What is mental illness? I like Allan Horwitz’s analogy. When your wrist does everything your wrist you should, your wrist is healthy. If your psyche is doing what your psyche should do in your situation, your psyche is healthy. If … Continue reading
The Summer Of ’42
Could a film like Summer of ’42 be made today? No. The movie depicts a fifteen year old boy who has a sexual encounter with a woman in her twenties whose husband just died in the war. While the movie … Continue reading
Decoding FT Columnist Gideon Rachman
In David Pinsof’s Alliance Theory, Gideon Rachman is the High Priest of the Transatlantic Server. As the chief foreign affairs commentator for the Financial Times, he does not just report on geopolitics; he manages the Sacred Symbols of Global Stability … Continue reading