Will Yale
@wayale.bsky.social
Surface Warfare Officer (U.S. Navy) in DC. Six years in Japan, two years in China. Episcopalian, Niebuhrian, Communitarian, Social Democrat. Johns Hopkins SAIS/Hopkins-Nanjing Center alum. 中文/日本語 🏳️🌈🇺🇦
This is wild! 🤯
CIA releases new video in bid to lure Chinese military officers to spy for US ft.trib.al/Wr0PnKQ
CIA releases new video in bid to lure Chinese military officers to spy for US
US intelligence agency seeks to tap into frustration over extensive purges at People’s Liberation Army
ft.trib.al
February 12, 2026 at 6:06 PM
This is wild! 🤯
My new favorite arcane DC church fact: there is a shrine dedicated to Blessed Karl of Austria at St Mary, Mother of God Catholic Church, and the church celebrates his feast day every year on October 21st with a special mass.
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 AM
My new favorite arcane DC church fact: there is a shrine dedicated to Blessed Karl of Austria at St Mary, Mother of God Catholic Church, and the church celebrates his feast day every year on October 21st with a special mass.
The view from Tallinn (from the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service annual report) raport.valisluureamet.ee/2026/en/6-as...
China and Russia – allies without a treaty – Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service
The Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service has published a report covering the security situation in the Baltic Sea region.
raport.valisluureamet.ee
February 11, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The view from Tallinn (from the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service annual report) raport.valisluureamet.ee/2026/en/6-as...
Excited for this to finally get off the ground! breakingdefense.com/2026/01/the-...
The National Commission on the Future of the Navy: The time is now - Breaking Defense
In this op-ed, leaders of the congressionally mandated commission lay out an ambitious plan to assess the Navy's woes and recommend solutions.
breakingdefense.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Excited for this to finally get off the ground! breakingdefense.com/2026/01/the-...
This is the Anglican equivalent of Pope Michael (RIP).
February 7, 2026 at 4:34 AM
This is the Anglican equivalent of Pope Michael (RIP).
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Oh that N Plus One piece on China is real bad.
February 5, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Oh that N Plus One piece on China is real bad.
Fleming Rutledge always goes hard. 🔥
January 30, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Fleming Rutledge always goes hard. 🔥
This is an opportune moment to call attention to the article in Proceedings I wrote on this very subject! I hope the Navy takes up the idea. www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
January 29, 2026 at 5:10 AM
This is an opportune moment to call attention to the article in Proceedings I wrote on this very subject! I hope the Navy takes up the idea. www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
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How I feel reading the unclassified NDS: media.defense.gov/2026/Jan/23/...
a man with white hair is saying i feel like i 'm taking crazy pills
ALT: a man with white hair is saying i feel like i 'm taking crazy pills
media.tenor.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:03 AM
How I feel reading the unclassified NDS: media.defense.gov/2026/Jan/23/...
Funny how the superstructure of the proposed design for the Japanese ASEV (aka cruiser) resembles the “Pagoda Masts” of 1930s/40s IJN battleships.
January 24, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Funny how the superstructure of the proposed design for the Japanese ASEV (aka cruiser) resembles the “Pagoda Masts” of 1930s/40s IJN battleships.
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Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
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We spent our whole lives training and working to undermine US soft power and to be honest we’ve never felt so unnecessary. 😢
Breaking news: In a message to Norway’s prime minister, President Donald Trump linked his insistence on taking over Greenland to his grievance over not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize — adding a new twist to Trump’s stoking of a trade war.
Trump ties Greenland takeover bid to Nobel Prize in text to Norway leader
Trump’s push to take over Greenland and unleash a trade war with European nations has sparked the greatest transatlantic crisis in generations.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:54 PM
We spent our whole lives training and working to undermine US soft power and to be honest we’ve never felt so unnecessary. 😢
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T. X. Hammes politely saying this is all bonkers.
cimsec.org/the-arctic-i...
cimsec.org/the-arctic-i...
The Arctic is a Strategic Distraction | Center for International Maritime Security
By T.X. Hammes Over the past five years, numerous articles have called for increased U.S. defense resources focused on the Arctic. This is a strategic mistake, a distraction. This article will outline...
cimsec.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:33 PM
T. X. Hammes politely saying this is all bonkers.
cimsec.org/the-arctic-i...
cimsec.org/the-arctic-i...
This is a disturbing article. The members of the DSA International Committee are dupes who don't realize they are the targets of a sustained influence campaign by the CCP. Also, they betray those on the left who are intellectually honest (e.g., New Bloom Magazine). www.newsweek.com/mamdani-chin...
Democratic Socialists of America pro-China Agenda Revealed
Members of the Democratic Socialists of America have sought ties with Chinese Communist Party officials to oppose "imperialism."
www.newsweek.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:29 PM
This is a disturbing article. The members of the DSA International Committee are dupes who don't realize they are the targets of a sustained influence campaign by the CCP. Also, they betray those on the left who are intellectually honest (e.g., New Bloom Magazine). www.newsweek.com/mamdani-chin...
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"Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder."
- Pres. John F. Kennedy, May 17, 1961, Address before the Canadian Parliament.
- Pres. John F. Kennedy, May 17, 1961, Address before the Canadian Parliament.
January 21, 2026 at 3:10 PM
"Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder."
- Pres. John F. Kennedy, May 17, 1961, Address before the Canadian Parliament.
- Pres. John F. Kennedy, May 17, 1961, Address before the Canadian Parliament.
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Apparently, the only folks fighting in a war over #Taiwan are the #PRC and the #US. Taiwan is not accounted for. And the US is slinging munitions from #Japan and the #Philippines, yet neither of those MDT allies is participating in this war.
static.heritage.org/-2025/SR324_...
static.heritage.org/-2025/SR324_...
January 21, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Apparently, the only folks fighting in a war over #Taiwan are the #PRC and the #US. Taiwan is not accounted for. And the US is slinging munitions from #Japan and the #Philippines, yet neither of those MDT allies is participating in this war.
static.heritage.org/-2025/SR324_...
static.heritage.org/-2025/SR324_...
This is a great political ad!
After decades of service to our country, a career that started as a Navy pilot and finished as a three star admiral, I was removed from my position without cause.
I still have more to give, more to fight for, more work to do — and I am not done serving.
Join my team at nancylacore.com
I still have more to give, more to fight for, more work to do — and I am not done serving.
Join my team at nancylacore.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:31 AM
This is a great political ad!
I’m excited to share that I’ve been selected to join the
@fp4america.bsky.social NextGen Initiative! We're a community of diverse young professionals across the country dedicated to advancing American leadership in the world through principled foreign policy. #FP4ANextGen2026
@fp4america.bsky.social NextGen Initiative! We're a community of diverse young professionals across the country dedicated to advancing American leadership in the world through principled foreign policy. #FP4ANextGen2026
January 20, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I’m excited to share that I’ve been selected to join the
@fp4america.bsky.social NextGen Initiative! We're a community of diverse young professionals across the country dedicated to advancing American leadership in the world through principled foreign policy. #FP4ANextGen2026
@fp4america.bsky.social NextGen Initiative! We're a community of diverse young professionals across the country dedicated to advancing American leadership in the world through principled foreign policy. #FP4ANextGen2026
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I'm gonna ackshually this, because ackshually in the last century the US has defended dozens of countries from foreign aggression (both passively and actively), and within living memory it's a huge change that the US is trying to steal land unprovoked and blow up our closest alliance.
The willful historical illiteracy among pundits about American imperialism is still shocking, no matter how predictable.
January 20, 2026 at 9:40 PM
I'm gonna ackshually this, because ackshually in the last century the US has defended dozens of countries from foreign aggression (both passively and actively), and within living memory it's a huge change that the US is trying to steal land unprovoked and blow up our closest alliance.
WTH is this in the Pentagon food court?!
January 20, 2026 at 10:10 PM
WTH is this in the Pentagon food court?!
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I have driven warships through East China Sea fishing fleets. They absolutely can be used to disrupt freedom of navigation. I’ve had “fishing vessels” intentionally drive at my ship with the intention to collide (CBDR). This person has no idea what they’re talking about.
If you want to know what level of hysterical delusion US liberal imperialists are on, take a look at this: Chinese fishing boats *could be used* to disrupt American Navy movements in the South China Sea. It does not get any dumber than this. NYT China desk one of the worst around.
Driving through East China Sea fishing fleets was already one of the most challenging tasks for a ship driver, now this… www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 18, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I have driven warships through East China Sea fishing fleets. They absolutely can be used to disrupt freedom of navigation. I’ve had “fishing vessels” intentionally drive at my ship with the intention to collide (CBDR). This person has no idea what they’re talking about.
Driving through East China Sea fishing fleets was already one of the most challenging tasks for a ship driver, now this… www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers
China is practicing vast maneuvers that could be used to disrupt U.S. naval movement, a New York Times analysis of ship data reveals.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Driving through East China Sea fishing fleets was already one of the most challenging tasks for a ship driver, now this… www.nytimes.com/interactive/...