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Author Archives: Luke Ford
Karim Sadjadpour – Sensemaker of the Iran Aftermath
In the framework of Alliance Theory, Karim Sadjadpour is the High Priest of the Transition Server. As a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a frequent collaborator with Ian Bremmer, he acts as the primary sensemaker … Continue reading
Decoding Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmer founded Eurasia Group, the first major firm to brand itself explicitly as a geopolitical risk consultancy. His clients are multinational corporations, hedge funds, banks, and large institutional investors. This sets him apart from the typical think tank expert, … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle to Define Legitimate Power in the Trump Presidency
Thomas Edsall writes in the New York Times: Trump’s Smash-and-Grab Presidency Reaches New Heights Moynihan agreed that “there are significant strategic motivations for the U.S. military action” against Iran. But for Trump, “the key point seems to be the impulsiveness, … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Status at the Hoover Institution
No one at the Hoover Institution says they want status because it gives them power. They say they advance ideas about freedom, markets, and national strength, that they ground policy in serious historical analysis, or that they translate the lessons … Continue reading
Decoding The Trump Doctrine
Michael Hirsh writes in Foreign Policy magazine: Now, it seems, Trump is also intent on leaving behind a very Trumpian global legacy. And his confidence in this grandiose ambition has only grown in proportion to the seeming ease with which … Continue reading
Decoding Trump’s Rhetoric About The Iran War
Donald Trump has not really been speaking with one voice. He has been speaking to five audiences at once. What looks like incoherence is mostly coalition management per David Pinsof’s Alliance Theory. In February 2025, Trump restored “maximum pressure” on … Continue reading
Decoding The International Institute for Strategic Studies
The International Institute for Strategic Studies represents the gold standard for institutionalized strategic logic. It operates less as a traditional think tank and more as a high-level clearinghouse for the global security establishment. Institutional Identity and Flagship Products The London-based … Continue reading
Decoding The Just Security Institute
Written with AI: The role of Just Security within the national security ecosystem extends into the granular management of professional reputations and the long-term archiving of dissent. While it functions as a coordination hub, it also operates as a prestige … Continue reading
Israel & Its Enemies – The Non-Violent War
The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement applies economic and political pressure on Israel through a decentralized campaign of boycotts and divestment from Israeli products and institutions. Pro-Israel responses have evolved from simple rhetorical defense into a sophisticated system of legal, … Continue reading
Our Enemies Exploit Western Legalism
Defeating the exploitation of Western legalism requires a transition from seeing law as a constraint to seeing it as a maneuver space. The thinkers who address this usually fall under the banner of lawfare—the use of law as a weapon … Continue reading