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The Obsolescence of Overmatch A tectonic shift is underway in the character of war....and maybe I am just spitballing here...but, the traditional Clausewitzian conception—war as the destruction of an enemy’s military forces to compel political will—is collapsing under the weight of modern complexity. In its place emerges a new model of victory: one achieved not …
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“We’re playing 2-D chess while Beijing is playing 4-D chess.” — Former National Security Council China Director I’ve been thinking about strategy for most of my life — as a student of history, a practitioner of leadership, and a citizen watching the world shift around us. What makes strategy truly strategic? What separates deliberate, long-range action …
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In the winter of 2028, the lights in the western hemisphere didn't go out all at once. They flickered—on screens, in minds, in institutions—until the world quietly realized it had entered a new kind of darkness. A darkness not of power, but of perception. Not of silence, but of signal. It was the year the …
The Comfort of “Good Enough” There’s a peculiar danger that stalks successful organizations, leaders, and even artists: the trap of “good enough.” When the metrics look solid, when the crowd is clapping, when the machine is humming along smoothly, the temptation is to keep things as they are. Why rock the boat? Why introduce turbulence …
Artificial Intelligence is no longer a speculative concept but a defining condition of our era. Leaders across sectors have grown comfortable describing AI as a “tool,” yet this framing is already outdated. A tool waits passively to be used; a condition saturates the environment whether we engage it or not. Just as weather, markets, and …
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