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Australian war memorial

...as per my last panicked overreaction

Modern scholars: “I’m an expert in British trade policy in 1962, but not the months you’re thinking” 19th century scholars: “I am the Lord and Master of philosophy, politics, astrology, music, and phrenology”

One thing regime change advocates can never seem to grasp is how much people hate being bombed

So important to remember this, and resist the range of forces (legal, bureaucratic, algorithmic) pushing us to reconceive ethics as a sterile, box-ticking technical exercise.

Every university has one professor considered too old, cranky, and strange to deal with teaching and admin. He's put in a dark room and forgotten. The professor is blissfully happy.

“Air power is an unusually seductive form of military strength, in part because, like modern courtship, it appears to offer gratification without commitment” - Eliot Cohen

Striking how consistently absent the most basic of strategic questions is from American foreign policy discourse: how does the world look through the eyes of the other guy? Empathy in international politics isn’t a concession to your adversary - it’s vital for your own security

My abstract be like:

babe, are you ok you've hardly touched the social media app that makes you immediately depressed?

Sunset by the lake

The sad truth is that some people are impervious to strategic, political, legal, and ethical arguments against bombing other countries. They are simply horny for war.

Earlier this year, the War Studies Research Group at UNSW Canberra surveyed Australians to gauge their understanding of/attitudes towards Australian military history. I had the pleasure of chatting to the media team about it here: tinyurl.com/asuvhd4a

When writing, I recommend the 20-20 rule: 20 minutes of writing followed by 20 weeks doing new, unrelated projects you won't finish

Everyone needs a coherent filing system. Mine is to create enough folders titled some variation of “FINAL” that I drive myself utterly insane

The secret to nuclear non-proliferation is to constantly threaten your adversaries with regime change, everybody knows this

Me: "I'm incredibly busy and need to focus" Also me:

Replacing "sorry for the late reply" with "a wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to" in all work emails going forward

2035: "obviously we can all agree that the Iran War was a terrible mistake, but the North Korean operation will be brief and surgical"

“Today I’m going to type 25 words and then rest up and sleep”