Commission On The [US] National Defense Strategy

The foregoing is the root of USA Foreign Policy, and as such, a correlate of the Primakov Doctrine, the root of Russian Foreign Policy. Late And Short Of The Mark RAND refuse to scrutinize the bedrock of modern US foreign/domestic policy: Russia bad, China bad, Iran bad, NORK bad — must be owned — US…

US National Defense Industrial Strategy

The foregoing is the root of USA Foreign Policy, and as such, a correlate of the Primakov Doctrine, the root of Russian Foreign Policy. In fact, the majority of the problems identified by the report involved private industry and its unwillingness to meet national security requirements because they were not profitable. Fatal Flaws Undermine America’s…

Res Ipsa Loquitur: An Alleged National Security Strategy

Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. The excerpts below are patter to warmup the audience. The immodesty of…

Strategy And Tactics

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Strategy and tactics, like husband and wife, belong together and are inseparable. Strategy and tactics are inherent, inalienable assets a system deploys to advance its survivability (strength) against externals and its felicity (happiness)…

2018 National Defense Strategy Summary

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT I just read the 2018 National Defense Strategy Summary (unclassified, open source version, of course).  Here are my thoughts thereon: 1- This is the first time I have seen or recall…

POTUS: National Security Strategy

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT National Security Strategy Of The United States Of America 18 December 2017 My studies in national strategy and sovereignty are here. What I see as highlights of this 2017 NSS: An…

Nationhood Strategy War

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT For a number of years — probably since around 1997 — my mind has exercised on the related matters of nationhood, strategy and war. A not inconsiderable anthology of essays and…

USA Grand National Strategic Objective, Strategy And Tactics — Take One

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Binding together power and freedom is the grand national strategic objective.  Binding together power and freedom is also the strategy and the tactics for achieving the grand national strategic objective.  Grand national…

Strategy

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Do not oppose someone until you can defeat them. Merely opposing someone strengthens them … and weakens you. Fight when you can win, and win every fight. Update 1: On 27 January 2015,…

Strategy Is Terrain Features

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT The primary strategic cultural factor is terrain features, and the second most important terrain feature, after mountains, is, rivers.  Culture is directly proportional to commo (communications).  Mountains block commo, rivers enable…

On Grand Strategy

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT The best commentary on Grand Strategy that I have seen of late is by John Hughes in the Christian Science Monitor. See also this, by Victor Davis Hanson, National Review Online.…

Hillary’s Strategy

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen I think it all gets down to delegate count. Hillary’s strategy, as long remarked in the public prints, including oped some time ago by Dick Morris, is to ensure an inconclusive vote on the first ballot and then, with all delegates uncommitted,…

Comfort Is In The Facts

Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova – Мария Владимировна Захарова Two fresh grand strategic architectures are emerging to cultivate lawful order in the gathering of nations: Enabling a Modernized Defense Industrial Ecosystem National Defense Industrial Strategy Implementation Plan “We are years behind.”The Pentagon revealed what it learned from the Russian army CIA agents join the fight against Kamala…

RAND and ROSTEC

The foregoing is the root of USA Foreign Policy, and as such, a correlate of the Primakov Doctrine, the root of Russian Foreign Policy. RAND: Commission on the [US] National Defense Strategy ROSTEC: President Putin’s Meeting with Rostec StateCorporation CEO Sergei Chemezov Principle I The United States have no authority in the domestic affairs of…

B. H. Liddell-Hart

The foregoing is the root of USA Foreign Policy, and as such, a correlate of the Primakov Doctrine, the root of Russian Foreign Policy. The Strategy Of Indirect Approach keep scrolling down, it’s there In the foregoing work, Liddell-Hart does NOT examine campaigns of Suvorov and Kutuzov, albeit he DOES mention Brusilov. An essay: B.…

Today Is Conceptual Architecture

The foregoing is the root of USA Foreign Policy, and as such, a correlate of the Primakov Doctrine, the root of Russian Foreign Policy. Andrei Martyanov writes: It is not just about manufacturing capacity — in theory the US may build, in the next 10+ years, some facilities to increase production of 155-mm shells or…