Drake Long
@drmlong.bsky.social
Senior Associate, China Warfighting Initiative, Marine Corps War College.
Focuses: China’s territorial disputes, Taiwan, ASEAN. Writing a book on the seabed! Opinions my own.
Focuses: China’s territorial disputes, Taiwan, ASEAN. Writing a book on the seabed! Opinions my own.
New undersea cable pact from ASEAN!! Good stuff
November 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
New undersea cable pact from ASEAN!! Good stuff
Just absolutely braindead. How can I get paid to write a vapid opinion on a speech I clearly didn’t actually listen to?
(and if u can struggle thru whole thing it’s abundantly clear he not only didn’t listen to it he is blissfully unaware of anything this admin’s actually doing to the military)
(and if u can struggle thru whole thing it’s abundantly clear he not only didn’t listen to it he is blissfully unaware of anything this admin’s actually doing to the military)
October 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Just absolutely braindead. How can I get paid to write a vapid opinion on a speech I clearly didn’t actually listen to?
(and if u can struggle thru whole thing it’s abundantly clear he not only didn’t listen to it he is blissfully unaware of anything this admin’s actually doing to the military)
(and if u can struggle thru whole thing it’s abundantly clear he not only didn’t listen to it he is blissfully unaware of anything this admin’s actually doing to the military)
checking in on Palladium because someone told me how utterly downhill it had fallen and I didn’t believe them
but wow. just the absolute stupidest things on the planet up there.
but wow. just the absolute stupidest things on the planet up there.
September 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
checking in on Palladium because someone told me how utterly downhill it had fallen and I didn’t believe them
but wow. just the absolute stupidest things on the planet up there.
but wow. just the absolute stupidest things on the planet up there.
CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY THIS YEAR BOYS
August 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY THIS YEAR BOYS
(4) This is what I liked the most and is immutably correct, will not take any questions or criticism on this thx
August 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
(4) This is what I liked the most and is immutably correct, will not take any questions or criticism on this thx
(3) No MLR is getting from Palawan to Taiwan. It is just not going to happen; this goes back to the mismatch between SIF hopes and ABO reality.
August 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
(3) No MLR is getting from Palawan to Taiwan. It is just not going to happen; this goes back to the mismatch between SIF hopes and ABO reality.
I am morbidly fascinated by this provision of Brown University’s agreement with the Trump admin. Mandatory partnerships with Israeli academics?
July 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I am morbidly fascinated by this provision of Brown University’s agreement with the Trump admin. Mandatory partnerships with Israeli academics?
Why on earth sign this? Genuinely the most naive thing I’ve seen.
July 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Why on earth sign this? Genuinely the most naive thing I’ve seen.
>where were you when the bombs dropped on Iran?
>shrek bar
>shrek bar
June 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
>where were you when the bombs dropped on Iran?
>shrek bar
>shrek bar
For the first time in a long time I get to chill out at the crack of dawn and catch up on reading.
(Phenomenal book, for those of you looking. And free!)
(Phenomenal book, for those of you looking. And free!)
June 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
For the first time in a long time I get to chill out at the crack of dawn and catch up on reading.
(Phenomenal book, for those of you looking. And free!)
(Phenomenal book, for those of you looking. And free!)
Had a nice night at the Mongolian Embassy last week courtesy of YCAPS and FP4A. Lovely place; embassy staff super chill too.
May 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Had a nice night at the Mongolian Embassy last week courtesy of YCAPS and FP4A. Lovely place; embassy staff super chill too.
doing my best Marco Rubio impression ‘ere
May 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
doing my best Marco Rubio impression ‘ere
April 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
My two cents. I’d toss in some primer on defense intelligence (hierarchy, origins, authorities, etc) but that’s a 12 slide ppt not a book.
March 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
My two cents. I’d toss in some primer on defense intelligence (hierarchy, origins, authorities, etc) but that’s a 12 slide ppt not a book.
Have a chapter in a new book coming out thru MCUPress commemorating the 250th birthday of the US Marine Corps. It’s free to order a hard copy! And the PDF will be online.
February 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Have a chapter in a new book coming out thru MCUPress commemorating the 250th birthday of the US Marine Corps. It’s free to order a hard copy! And the PDF will be online.
LGBTQ Historical Association releases a statement denouncing National Parks Service for erasing trans people from monuments and across their platforms.
February 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
LGBTQ Historical Association releases a statement denouncing National Parks Service for erasing trans people from monuments and across their platforms.
China’s sending their VP while Taiwan as far as I know is sending legislators. Optics not great!
January 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
China’s sending their VP while Taiwan as far as I know is sending legislators. Optics not great!
If I had one image to sum up what writing a book is like..
January 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If I had one image to sum up what writing a book is like..
Always nice to see the hometown in the news but journalists need to make sure they fact check residents when they do these kinds of safaris. Foxconn is a Taiwanese company, not a Chinese one.
January 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Always nice to see the hometown in the news but journalists need to make sure they fact check residents when they do these kinds of safaris. Foxconn is a Taiwanese company, not a Chinese one.
Apparently also a Marxist once so the comparison is yet more uncanny.
January 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Apparently also a Marxist once so the comparison is yet more uncanny.