Lastly, not all threats are fully external - in order to understand risk, exposure, and the future of defense, “we must look within.”

SOS will feature updated research from Dr. Elly Rostum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social - founder and principal investigator of the BULL DRAGON PROJECT.

... I also thought the film was a great example of Perestroika & Glasnost where the Chinese govt is balancing the growth of capitalism & a free-market economy while maintaining control over the society."

He saw Gorbachev in a cute animated movie about a dragon that grants wishes. My work is done 👌🏼

"The ‘soft influence’ really was subtle and I felt if I wasn’t specifically looking for it then I really wouldn’t have picked up on most of it. his also made me rethink the
Disney movies I grew up with and try to think about the Western influence in a movie like ‘Cars’ or ‘Toy Story' was...

Pedagogically, it is important for me not just to teach the foundational academic texts, but (especially) to guide my students to seeing how theories show up even in the subtleties of every day life...including an animated movie for kids.

I'm grading their essays, this is from one of my students👇🏼

Watch it, and rewatch, and keep watching it, because we still have not learned the lessons of this war.

Battle of Algiers👇

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxQK...

Earlier this summer, while preparing for my Intro to Strategic Studies & International Relations course, I looked through my lectures on Said, Fanon, Spivak, & Foucault...and I had a moment when I said to myself: "You know all this stuff?!" 😎

Sometimes, I impress myself 😍 Get smart and read 👇

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