Author Archena Posted on April 1, 2025April 1, 2025Categories MondayTags , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Calm Down, Europe

Seriously? One little kick in the proverbial behind and you’re convinced the United States is suddenly ‘unreliable’? Does your definition of reliability involve promising to do something and not bothering for twelve years? ‘Cause we Americans seem to recall you European NATO members promising to get your defense spending up to 2% of GDP back when Obama was still in office. Just so you know, 2% was half of the 4% of GDP that the US spent on defense at … Continue reading “Calm Down, Europe”

Author Archena Posted on March 26, 2025March 26, 2025Categories Current, WednesdayTags , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Putin Doesn’t Seem to Have Gotten the Memo

Good grief. If Putin thinks he’s bringing his A game he better have something special up his sleeve. Playing dominance games with Trump is playing with fire. Dominance games? The silly stunts like being late for meetings or in this case a phone call and making others wait for you. It’s the political version of fighting for pole position. There are a lot of times when this sort of nonsense actually is important. When your country’s economy is about to … Continue reading “Putin Doesn’t Seem to Have Gotten the Memo”

Author Archena Posted on March 31, 2022March 31, 2022Categories Current, SeriesTags , , ,

Nuclear Triad 101

I am not a military expert and I don’t play one on TV. Politics on the nation-state scale are intricately tied to military function. Fish need water – both statements are blatantly obvious but to the point, you can’t analyze national or international politics without some basic – and I do mean basic – understanding of how the military fits into this. I’m writing a book on American politics that I almost didn’t write because it seems so incredibly obvious … Continue reading “Nuclear Triad 101”