Jacob Shively
jacobshively.bsky.social
Jacob Shively
@jacobshively.bsky.social
Foreign policy & grand strategy. I also teach tech & nt'l security, religion & int'l politics, int'l law, causes of war. Failure my own, success coincidental.
Have been adding ingredients to this mix as it is eaten. You could say it's a... Snack of Theseus!
October 14, 2024 at 1:59 AM
I wonder if it's a COVID stimulus effect: a LOT of US households felt like they had breathing room on their budgets, could achieve some long-desired purchases, etc. People paid down credit cards. Child poverty dropped.

The rush out of that support feels bad even w/decent wages.
August 27, 2024 at 4:11 PM
See also:
August 20, 2024 at 3:55 PM
June 21, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Are we talking Palácio da Alvorada in Brasilia?
June 10, 2024 at 7:10 PM
The original metalheads.
June 1, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Whatever the press, definitely sci fi or fantasy.
May 17, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Blackthorne: Tell him that states are self-interested but are able to develop cooperation through institutions that preserve long-standing reputations and relationships. Power and coercion are inescapable but may be moderated.

Mariko: He says he believes in a utopian international system.
April 19, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Midwestern Zest Level: maximum
April 10, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Security and strategic studies folks: I know Sun Tzu quotes are nearly pro forma, but maybe let's be real about how much mileage we're getting.
April 5, 2024 at 9:18 PM
See also: Bell Riots, September 2024
April 5, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Our awkward national secret is that that minivans are both more fuel efficient and more useful for hauling than pickups.
March 28, 2024 at 3:44 PM
March 15, 2024 at 1:55 PM
But you don't even need the tower in the middle!
February 27, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Similar dynamic in the '60s and '70s among nationalist movements.
February 19, 2024 at 10:33 PM
"Grand strategy" spiked in the 1930s. Any thoughts on which publication(s) or other usage driving this?

I thought Liddell Hart, JFC Fuller, etc, but I don't yet see obvious pubs from them.

CURIOUSLY, "Fiction" is the bulk of the spike. Is something miscoded or was the term in some popular novel??
January 18, 2024 at 5:56 PM