Archive - John’s Newsletter

To Dare More Boldly, Part 1

We are the political risk

11 hrs ago •

32:43

Javier Milei is our worthy winner of the Bismarck Award

It's astounding what one honest man can do

Dec 11 •

Europe's decline by the numbers

The days of Euro-cope must now come to an end

Dec 10 •

29:55

The NSS from China's Eyes

Avoiding the ghost of Dean Acheson

Dec 8 •

36:33

Donald Trump's National Security Strategy is a Realist Triumph

This amounts to nothing less than a revolution in American foreign policy; or more precisely, a counter-revolution

Dec 6 •

The Man Who Would Be King, Part 2

The greatest story ever written about the rise and fall of the British Empire

Dec 5 •

28:09

And the winner of the Merkel is...Emmanuel Macron

Our pocket Jupiter destroyed the Fifth Republic, and all because the peasants voted against him in a European election

Dec 4 •

Trump expands the Roosevelt Corollary of the Monroe Doctrine

Venezuela is the new test case for a revolution in American foreign policy

Dec 3 •

For Ukraine, the political risk lies in the mirror

Dec 1 •

21:31

November 2025

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

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