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Author Archives: Luke Ford
Any Iran expert saying he’s surprised by this Iran war?
No, from recent reports and expert commentary on the ongoing U.S.-Israel military operation against Iran (which began around February 28, 2026, involving massive strikes, the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and Iranian retaliatory actions), there don’t appear to be … Continue reading
Decoding Ronen Bergman
Ronen Bergman’s position as a bridge between the Israeli security apparatus and the global liberal elite has undergone a profound stress test since 2023. Alliance Theory suggests that his primary function is to maintain the symmetry between these two worlds. … Continue reading
Decoding Israeli Journalism Nachum Barnea
Alliance Theory starts with a blunt premise. Speech is coalition behavior. It signals who you are aligned with, who you are criticizing, and what kind of social order you are trying to preserve. Barnea is not just a reporter. He … Continue reading
Decoding The Iran War (3-1-26)
01:00 Blogging vs Streaming, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=17334103:00 Gulf states are learning a tough David Pinsof alliance lesson — it is hard to stay neutral., https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=17337505:00 Iran’s Elites Slaughtered, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=17338606:00 How Eliminating Ayatollah Khameini Will Change The Middle East w/Michael Doran, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMEEVmJGUc010:00 Regime … Continue reading
Iran’s Elites Slaughtered
Iran’s top leadership and senior figures are being killed in this conflict. The supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s highest authority and central figure of its regime, was killed in a major joint U.S.-Israeli military strike. State media and multiple … Continue reading
Donald Trump’s Transactional Relationships
Trump is not a zealot for any lobby. He is focused on what he perceives as leverage and advantage for the United States and for his own political positioning. Recent reporting on the major military action against Iran under Trump’s … Continue reading
‘I Know Things That You Do Not Know’
All of my adult life, more institutionally embedded people than myself told me, “I know things that you don’t know.” At least half the time, this special knowledge was not decisive. When someone inside an institution says, “I know things … Continue reading
Gulf states are learning a tough David Pinsof alliance lesson — it is hard to stay neutral.
In Alliance Theory terms, neutrality only works when: The dominant coalitions tolerate fence sitters. The stakes are low enough that punishment is costly. The neutral party offers something both sides value more than their defection. Right now, those conditions are … Continue reading
BBC Epistemics
In my nearly 29 years of blogging, I often reported news that many people denied because there were no official confirmations. Because I was operating out where the buses don’t run no more. I didn’t have any official pieces of … Continue reading
Why did some elites focus on deaths in Gaza but not protester deaths in Iran and vice versa?
There is no evolutionary reproductive fitness reason why people would care about deaths among out-groups on the other side of the world. Ergo, when you hear moral outrage on this score, it is about alliance signalling and status seeking (which … Continue reading