What’s Behind Trump’s New World Disorder? A foreign policy freed of liberal pretenses and imperial ambitions could lead to restraint—or, as the Iran attack shows, simply license hit-and-run belligerence.

🪖 One interpretation. "It’s not just that Trump is rash and reckless. … The world’s most powerful military exists in his hands not to impose order but to lash out. This isn’t hegemony; it’s a hit-and-run. #EmpireOfLiberty

The Way We Won: America's Economic Breakthrough During World War II - The American Prospect High growth needn’t require a war.

💰 "Can we obtain the same benefits today, without a war?" Goodwin says yes. #EmpireOfLiberty

Why America Got a Warfare State, Not a Welfare State How FDR invented national security, and why Democrats need to move on from it

🪖 "Americans came to understand the state itself as least controversial when it was at war, or planning for it on a permanent basis." #EmpireOfLiberty buff.ly/hPNrpcv

🚀 Important lesson from the Ukraine war: don't give up your nuclear weapons. Where are the world’s nuclear warheads? (Explore Voronoi by Visual Capitalist: Data-Driven Visual Stories from Top Creators.) #EmpireOfLiberty buff.ly/zf9IxjX

🚀 The US inability to defeat the Houthis a few months ago illustrates how new technology is changing the calculus of war. #EmpireOfLiberty Iran War Live Updates: Houthis Enter War With Missile Attack on Israel buff.ly/vMPnOw5

🪖 Money talks. #EmpireOfLiberty Congress must not give Trump a blank cheque for the Iran war buff.ly/dwHZVKG

How Important is the G7? Key takeaways G7 countries represent 28.4% of global GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP), down significantly from its 50% share in the 1980s In t…

Helps to explain why partners aren't that important to the U.S. military. How Important is the G7? buff.ly/dCq0ZAs #EmpireOfLiberty

America’s military supremacy is in jeopardy To win future wars it needs new weapons, new suppliers and a new system of procurement

🪖 Competition needed. #EmpireOfLiberty @Columbia University

🤷♂️ About all that can be said of McNamara: "[T]o admit error was worthy of admiration." #EmpireOfLiberty Columbia University www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/b...

Dispatches From Afghanistan Show How the U.S. Lost Its Way — and the War

🪖 "[A] monument to both good intentions and folly." #EmpireOfLiberty @columbiauniversity.bsky.social Dispatches From Afghanistan Show How the U.S. Lost Its Way — and the War www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/b...

Opinion | Trump Is a Situational Man in a Structural Bind

🪖The title says it all. In the meantime, U.S. military spending and globalization continue to grow. @stephenwertheim.bsky.social #EmpireOfLiberty Trump Is a Situational Man in a Structural Bind www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/o...

Reading between the lines of the new France-UK nuclear entente French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Kier Starmer released a “truly historic” declaration on nuclear planning on July 10.

🔥 More fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine: first, NATO expanded; now, Europe's nuclear powers are becoming even more united. #EmpireOfLiberty Columbia University www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-at...

The Weapon That Terrorizes Ukrainians by Night

🪖 It remains unclear if drones will be a greater advantage to the rich or the poor in war. In the meantime, they are terrifying, and causing plenty of misery. #EmpireOfLiberty @columbiauniversity.bsky.social The Weapon That Terrorizes Ukrainians by Night www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/m...

Opinion | I’m a Conservative Evangelical. I’m Done With the Army.

🪖 A conservative evangelical Republican officer speaks out, drawing a parallel to wartime discrimination against Japanese Americans. I’m a Conservative Evangelical. I’m Done With the Army. #EmpireOfLiberty @columbiauniversity.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/o...

THE VIETNAM WAR | Kirkus Reviews Military history of the Indochinese conflict, prioritizing politics and strategy over battlefield fireworks.

🪖 One war influences another. "All too aware of China’s disastrous entry into the Korean War, Johnson refused to allow an invasion of North Vietnam and strictly limited bombing." Jeffrey Wawro writes a new history. #EmpireOfLiberty Columbia University www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Degrade and Destroy: The Inside Story of the War Against the Islamic State, from Barack Obama to Donald Trump: Gordon, Michael R.: 9780374279899: Amazon.com: Books Degrade and Destroy: The Inside Story of the War Against the Islamic State, from Barack Obama to Donald Trump [Gordon, Michael R.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Degrade and Dest...

🪖 U.S. Naval War College reviewer Joseph Stieb is skeptical that the "by, with, and through" strategy used to defeat the Islamic State has broad applicability. #EmpireOfLiberty @columbiauniversity.bsky.social a.co/d/2Rl9qjk

Why some countries are once again embracing cluster bombs The once-banned weapons are making a comeback to deter Russia

🪖 Cluster munitions make a comeback. For my #EmpireOfLiberty Columbia University students. "The cluster-munition convention, like the Ottawa treaty barring landmines, was signed in a period when humanitarian protections took precedence over military utility." www.economist.com/internationa...

In Espionage and War, Secure Communication Is Key. Just Ask These Spies.

📡 "In intelligence, sometimes the most illuminating information comes from unexpected quarters." For my #EmpireOfLiberty @columbiauniversity.bsky.social students www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...

250 years later, Battle of Chelsea Creek receives its due - The Boston Globe When Chelsea and East Boston commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Revolution’s first naval battle this weekend, organizers are hoping the event does more than bring attention to a little-known Col...

🪖 Marking 250 years of U.S. naval combat. For my #EmpireOfLiberty Columbia University students. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/23/m...