National Interest, Not Ideological Nausea

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 What do we want? National interest! What do we get? Ideological nausea!   What do we want? National interest! What do we get? Ideological nausea!   What do we want? National

Comments On National Sovereignty

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 Over several weeks now I have been drawn to comment, on others’ blogs, on the subject of USA national sovereignty and the phenomenon of sovereignty en soi.  For example: ……… In…

National Security And National Sovereignty: #2

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 It is possible, Admiral, that Grover Norquist is involved in the Reagan Administration’s failure to answer Iran’s aggressions. The biggest thing leaders don’t do now is listen. They no longer hear…

National Security And National Sovereignty: #1

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 think there has been made a cleavage conceptually between national security and national sovereignty.  I hear an implied assumption from D.C. chirpers and Poison Ivy League faculty that USA can…

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.…

Attitudinal Data Points — October 2023 to May 2024 — Let’s Face Facts

The foregoing is the root of USA Foreign Policy, and as such, a correlate of the Primakov Doctrine, the root of Russian Foreign Policy. We start with the most recent: By dumbing down your schools, you have degraded your own security, military ability, and even moral courage and spiritual serenity. A consequence of Nominalist, Positivist,…

Attitudinal Data Points – October to December 2023 — Let’s Face Facts

The foregoing is the root of USA Foreign Policy, and as such, a correlate of the Primakov Doctrine, the root of Russian Foreign Policy. We have no general staff; we grant no higher degrees in military science; and, except for Admiral Mahan, we have produced no strategist of international repute. Richard Pipes, Why the Soviet…

Organizing By Strategic Vision

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. President Putin with citizens and theirnew flats in Mariupol, 19 March 2023…

Understanding Russia

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. Statement by Permanent RepresentativeVassily Nebenzia at UNSC Briefing on Ukraine Excerpt: For…

Architecture

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. We are fully aware of the fact it is at this juncture,…

Pensieri – IV

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. Pensieri – I is here.Pensieri – II is here.Pensieri – III is…

Pensieri – II

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. Pensieri – I is here.Pensieri – II is here.Pensieri – III is…

A Typhoon Of CIA IO

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. Russians play their opponents, not their cards. Euro-American Fascists (WEF, CIA) play…

On Getting Ahead In Strategic Studies

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. Two rivers of thought reached confluence in my mind today. One carries…

Maritime And Other Powers

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. Maritime power — also land, cyber, air, and space power — is…

Correlation, Ratio, Statecraft

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. Reason is a force in and of itself. Patience. The American Intelligentsiya…