Archive - John’s Newsletter

The Man Who Would Be King, Part 1

Nov 28 •

22:39

How The Last Best Hope Tracked the Coming of the Trump Doctrine

Our best political risk call in years, which (somehow) I have neglected to mention

Nov 26 •

26:28

The Mystery of the Disappearing Chinese Generals

We forget our enemies have problems, too

Nov 24 •

25:54

Some realist thoughts on the Ukraine Peace Plan

Battlefield realities may at last puncture the Wilsonian wish-casting bubble

Nov 22 •

27:48

The movies of Robert Redford: Quiz Show (1994)

Nov 21 •

26:34

The coming MAGA Foreign Policy Wars

Nov 20 •

God helps those who help themselves: Takaichi's new strategic policy for Japan

Nov 18 •

26:59

Ukraine's longest winter

There is no rational theory of victory left for Kiev. Time to make a deal.

Nov 15 •

24:49

The movies of Robert Redford: The Natural (1984)

Nov 14 •

21:40

The promise (and the peril) of historical analogies

Getting them right can lead to only one conclusion: The Indo-Pacific is the most important region in the world

Nov 13 •

Karma and the BBC

Nov 12 •

26:10

Why the political risk in the UK is the highest in the western world

Nov 10 •

34:42

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