The deterrence mindset – and I believe there is such a mindset to account for in Washington – consists of instilling fear through threats on one hand and imposing a serious ‘cost-benefit analysis’ on the other hand. Moreover, deterrence is part and parcel of the basic relationship between military action and the ultimate goals of … Continue reading The Deterrence Mindset
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Defining Strategic Rationality
I was told by a relative who served in the Afghan special forces before the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 that the deep state will not relent until one relinquishes an open and independent mind for the ‘Cold War intellectualism’ or ‘NATO intellectualism’ which many intellectuals and scholars have critiqued and deconstructed. But … Continue reading Defining Strategic Rationality
“Zikrayet” (Ninth Note to the Review)
All along, my aim and goal has been and will continue to be downsizing and minimalizing as much as it is humanly possible, even though it has been a mental and psychological fight and struggle to do so. The inclination and tendency is of course expansion for expansion’s sake. But I believe it would bode … Continue reading “Zikrayet” (Ninth Note to the Review)
Eighth Note to “Jew Hater”
My aim and goal was to educate and train everyone out of such trickery and cognitive behavior, but it seems as though I’ve failed in achieving my aim and goal, just as they’ve failed to achieve their aim and goal through such trickery and cognitive behavior. “Mutual Assured Destruction” as someone said.
Second Footnote to the post “Believe an Expert”
And even if the propaganda is accompanied by actions which seek to carry out American foreign policy with good intentions as in the case of giving countries foreign aid or humanitarian aid, the recipients of the aid are often governments who suppress the economic and social development of their people, as Morgenthau argued. Therefore, aid … Continue reading Second Footnote to the post “Believe an Expert”
Adam A. Azim 