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Author Archives: Luke Ford
Regime Change In Iran
We have already seen one form of regime change in Iran, and more changes are unfolding now. But it doesn’t look like a clean, completed collapse so far — it looks like leadership decapitation and institutional transition under stress, not … Continue reading
Calm Comes From Insulation, Not Wisdom
Tiers are situational. A corporate executive may react as high tier on foreign policy but low tier on cultural change if their social world feels exposed. A tenured professor may be high tier on climate but mid tier on AI … Continue reading
Cliches Dominate Iran War Coverage
Here’s a list of the predictable talking points you’ll hear about this Iran wars: 1. “You can’t achieve regime change through an air war.” Rebuttal: Historically, outside air power alone has never toppled an entrenched regime or produced a stable … Continue reading
WP: Don’t forget who fears the AI economy most
Megan McArdle writes: …you may have read about the growing pushback against data centers, driven by AI fears. The protests are real enough, but are they really about stopping AI, or is this just a general backlash against aesthetically uninspiring … Continue reading
Just Because Iran Was Negotiating Does Not Mean It Was Negotiating In Good Faith
Elites are embedded in systems that reward procedural rationality. If there is a negotiation channel, they treat it as real because their professional world is built on the premise that states are unitary actors who respond to incentives. Diplomacy is … Continue reading
The Pitt
I love this TV show, but its propaganda is hard to take. It’s all doctor knows best, expert knows best. It’s always pushing the ideology of the expert class, but maybe that is the norm for doctor shows? Yes, that … Continue reading
Decoding Iran Expert Alex Vatanka
Alex Vatanka’s role as the director of the Iran program at the Middle East Institute places him at the center of the “credentialed strategic expertise” coalition. As of March 1, 2026, his analytical framework is being tested by the most … Continue reading
Justification For This War Depend Upon Unverifiable Expert Claims
The work of Stephen Turner on the logic of expertise and the nature of tacit knowledge provides a specific lens to view the opening of this war. His skepticism toward the “expert” as a neutral provider of facts is particularly … Continue reading
Decoding Jack Keane
Jack Keane sits in the hawkish national security alliance. Military leadership. Defense intellectuals. Fox News tier media. Republican foreign policy elites. Parts of the pro Israel ecosystem. Defense industry adjacency. His credibility rests on three pillars. Combat proximity. Institutional rank. … Continue reading
Why Are The High Status Pundits So Pained?
Why is tragic and pained such an essential part of the high status commentator? Do consumers of this punditry ever tire of this pain and tragic performance? Why do the high status need to pretend to care about the pain … Continue reading