Jeff Meiser
@jwmeiser.bsky.social
Former war college professor NDU now UPortland. Posts on politics, IR, strategy, hip hop. Book: Power and Restraint. My views rep only me.
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Jeff Meiser
@jwmeiser.bsky.social
· May 3
Bringing a Method to the Strategy Madness - War on the Rocks
Almost 10 years ago I penned a strategy article inspiring ad hominem attacks, the suggestion by former colleagues that I had written something akin to The
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Okay strategy nerds this one is for you.
“Bringing Method to the Strategy Madness”
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“Bringing Method to the Strategy Madness”
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The coda for these days.
“The pluralists had lost.”
“The pluralists had lost.”
January 17, 2026 at 2:33 AM
The coda for these days.
“The pluralists had lost.”
“The pluralists had lost.”
Wow. I guess not surprising but still, wow.
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They Wanted a University Without Cancel Culture. Then Dissenters Were Ousted.
Inside the civil war at the anti-woke university backed by Bari Weiss.
www.politico.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Wow. I guess not surprising but still, wow.
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It is great to see this book, expertly edited by @amosfox.bsky.social and @hoanssolo.bsky.social on the streets.
I give a simple account of the origins of the army's concept.
That is followed by great analysis from others including @heatheratacts.bsky.social @jwmeiser.bsky.social.
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I give a simple account of the origins of the army's concept.
That is followed by great analysis from others including @heatheratacts.bsky.social @jwmeiser.bsky.social.
lnkd.in/gPvpMjHR
January 10, 2026 at 10:19 PM
It is great to see this book, expertly edited by @amosfox.bsky.social and @hoanssolo.bsky.social on the streets.
I give a simple account of the origins of the army's concept.
That is followed by great analysis from others including @heatheratacts.bsky.social @jwmeiser.bsky.social.
lnkd.in/gPvpMjHR
I give a simple account of the origins of the army's concept.
That is followed by great analysis from others including @heatheratacts.bsky.social @jwmeiser.bsky.social.
lnkd.in/gPvpMjHR
“In the end, U.S. consumers will wind up shouldering most of Trump’s tariffs, sending the inflation contribution of tariffs up as well.”
January 2, 2026 at 5:40 PM
“In the end, U.S. consumers will wind up shouldering most of Trump’s tariffs, sending the inflation contribution of tariffs up as well.”
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This caught my attention.
“There are foreign parts in 100 percent of our weapon systems and military platforms.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...
“There are foreign parts in 100 percent of our weapon systems and military platforms.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...
The Pentagon and A.I. Giants Have a Weakness. Both Need China’s Batteries, Badly.
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This caught my attention.
“There are foreign parts in 100 percent of our weapon systems and military platforms.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...
“There are foreign parts in 100 percent of our weapon systems and military platforms.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...
What a sad headline
“CEOs Are Learning to Live With Trump’s Turn to State Capitalism”
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“CEOs Are Learning to Live With Trump’s Turn to State Capitalism”
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CEOs Are Learning to Live With Trump’s Turn to State Capitalism
Some businesses have figured out how to take advantage of an expanded government presence in their boardrooms.
www.wsj.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
What a sad headline
“CEOs Are Learning to Live With Trump’s Turn to State Capitalism”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“CEOs Are Learning to Live With Trump’s Turn to State Capitalism”
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The 2025 NSS says a strategy is “a concrete plan.”
Who’s responsible for this?
Who’s responsible for this?
a man sitting in front of a wall of knives says there is one guilty party behind it all ..
ALT: a man sitting in front of a wall of knives says there is one guilty party behind it all ..
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December 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The 2025 NSS says a strategy is “a concrete plan.”
Who’s responsible for this?
Who’s responsible for this?
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Happy Victory for US Arms and Down With Treasonous Slavers Day!
Uncomfortable with the First Thanksgiving Narrative? Good News, it’s Actually a Civil War Holiday
Take heart, all you who grow unsettled at the time of year where the narrative of friendly Pilgrims and American Indians is spread around to make us feel good about a brief moment in American histo…
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November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Happy Victory for US Arms and Down With Treasonous Slavers Day!
I’m guess college is the new high school. Like a high school diploma means you have a 5th grade education.
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UCSD Faculty Sound Alarm on Declining Student Skills - Marginal REVOLUTION
The UC San Diego Senate Report on Admissions documents a sharp decline in students’ math and reading skills—a warning that has been sounded before, but this time it’s coming from within the building. ...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I’m guess college is the new high school. Like a high school diploma means you have a 5th grade education.
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There were precious reports of follow on strikes to kill survivors. In this case Navy picked up survivors. Why?
Also SOUTHCOM commander just resigned.
Is there a backstory here?
Also SOUTHCOM commander just resigned.
Is there a backstory here?
WHOA. The AP reports that in the latest strike on a boat alleged to be carrying drug smugglers (which has never been proven), there were actually survivors, and they've been rescued.
The Pentagon has yet to formally acknowledge they have survivors in custody.
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The Pentagon has yet to formally acknowledge they have survivors in custody.
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US has seized survivors after strike on suspected drug-carrying vessel in Caribbean, AP sources say
The U.S. has seized survivors after a strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, the first since President Donald Trump began launching deadly attacks in the region this summer.
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October 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
There were precious reports of follow on strikes to kill survivors. In this case Navy picked up survivors. Why?
Also SOUTHCOM commander just resigned.
Is there a backstory here?
Also SOUTHCOM commander just resigned.
Is there a backstory here?
Colin Dueck wrote a book The Obama Doctrine in which he argues Obama was a feckless political hack who nefariously politicized foreign policy.
I wonder what Professor Dueck is up to these days?
I wonder what Professor Dueck is up to these days?
October 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Colin Dueck wrote a book The Obama Doctrine in which he argues Obama was a feckless political hack who nefariously politicized foreign policy.
I wonder what Professor Dueck is up to these days?
I wonder what Professor Dueck is up to these days?
DoD renaming to DoW is the apogee of GWOT lethality cult thinking
I read the WAPO piece defending the DoD renaming, and this might be one of the most pathetic mainstream media takes of the year:
"If those troops are commanded by the War Department, rather than the Defense Department, might it prompt more opposition to their deployment?"
Pure magical thinking.
"If those troops are commanded by the War Department, rather than the Defense Department, might it prompt more opposition to their deployment?"
Pure magical thinking.
September 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
DoD renaming to DoW is the apogee of GWOT lethality cult thinking
Today’s WTF moment
“the aim was to infiltrate Greenland's society and promote its secession from Denmark to the US”
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“the aim was to infiltrate Greenland's society and promote its secession from Denmark to the US”
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Greenland: Denmark summons top US diplomat over alleged influence operation
The aim was reportedly to infiltrate Greenland's society and promote its secession from Denmark.
www.bbc.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Today’s WTF moment
“the aim was to infiltrate Greenland's society and promote its secession from Denmark to the US”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“the aim was to infiltrate Greenland's society and promote its secession from Denmark to the US”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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“It has been clear from Israeli actions as well as the rhetoric of numerous Israeli officials that Israel’s war is not simply against Hamas but aimed at all the residents of Gaza,” writes Robert Pape.
The Unparalleled Devastation of Gaza
Why punishing civilians has not yielded strategic success.
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August 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“It has been clear from Israeli actions as well as the rhetoric of numerous Israeli officials that Israel’s war is not simply against Hamas but aimed at all the residents of Gaza,” writes Robert Pape.
New article documenting attacks on academic freedom in the DoD
www.advancejournal.org/article/1431...
www.advancejournal.org/article/1431...
Eroding Critical Thinking: The Quiet Dismantling of Academic Freedom in the Department of Defense | Published in ADVANCE Journal
By Nellie Fly, Alvaro Shakes & 1 more. This manuscript asserts the position that recent executive orders and DoD mandates have narrowed DoD teaching and inquiry —namely, the development of critical th...
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August 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
New article documenting attacks on academic freedom in the DoD
www.advancejournal.org/article/1431...
www.advancejournal.org/article/1431...
I’m surprised by the WOTR battle studies series because I thought batttles didn’t matter?
Or maybe not everyone drank the koolaid?
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Or maybe not everyone drank the koolaid?
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The Importance of the Battle of Leuthen - War on the Rocks
In the snowy evening of Dec. 5, 1757, a Prussian grenadier sang out the chorus of the hymn Nun danket alle Gott (“Now Thank We All Our God”), and was
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August 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I’m surprised by the WOTR battle studies series because I thought batttles didn’t matter?
Or maybe not everyone drank the koolaid?
warontherocks.com/2025/08/the-...
Or maybe not everyone drank the koolaid?
warontherocks.com/2025/08/the-...
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Born too late to do presence patrols in Baghdad
Born just in time to do presence patrols on the Mall
Born just in time to do presence patrols on the Mall
August 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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There are multiple ongoing conflicts that are equally as disastrous in terms of humanitarian suffering and countless examples in recent memory.
Israel’s actions in Gaza aren’t really outside the norm in conflicts. But it is far outside the norms of what we expect from governments we support.
Israel’s actions in Gaza aren’t really outside the norm in conflicts. But it is far outside the norms of what we expect from governments we support.
Israel’s war in Gaza combines a staggeringly high death rate, shocking violence toward children, unparalleled physical destruction, and now a world-historical famine.
The world has, by objective measure, never seen anything like this.
The world has, by objective measure, never seen anything like this.
August 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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