Michael Shurkin
@michaelshurkin.bsky.social
Ex-CIA, Ex-RAND, NOT a political scientist. I post on things related to defense, national security, Africa (esp. the Sahel), and all things French military. Sometimes troll antisemites.
American centrists and moderates these days be like:
September 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
American centrists and moderates these days be like:
This finally arrived!
August 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
This finally arrived!
My little YouTube hobby is going well. Another milestone achieved.
June 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
My little YouTube hobby is going well. Another milestone achieved.
I wonder how much thought he puts into these before hitting "post."
June 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I wonder how much thought he puts into these before hitting "post."
Newark, NJ 1967.
June 8, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Newark, NJ 1967.
My latest on Substack. Ruminations about the relative importance of "root causes" in conflicts.
open.substack.com/pub/shurkin/...
open.substack.com/pub/shurkin/...
May 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
My latest on Substack. Ruminations about the relative importance of "root causes" in conflicts.
open.substack.com/pub/shurkin/...
open.substack.com/pub/shurkin/...
My joke about Andorra being a hoax really riled people up.
May 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
My joke about Andorra being a hoax really riled people up.
Interesting comments. It seems Al-Sharaa may have been groomed by Mossad. Lol.
May 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Interesting comments. It seems Al-Sharaa may have been groomed by Mossad. Lol.
All it took was one disastrous Oval Office meeting...
April 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
All it took was one disastrous Oval Office meeting...
I roll with these guys.
March 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I roll with these guys.
Found this in a South African military strategic review. Turns out the US military isn't the only one with a taste for useless rococo graphics.
March 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Found this in a South African military strategic review. Turns out the US military isn't the only one with a taste for useless rococo graphics.
New milestone reached for my little YouTube hobby! Thanks, everyone.
March 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
New milestone reached for my little YouTube hobby! Thanks, everyone.
March 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
She's on to me.
March 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
She's on to me.
The state of the discourse in this site.
March 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The state of the discourse in this site.
This site isn't better than x, it's just more self-righteous. Here's someone attacking me for writing with pride about my son attending West Point.
March 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This site isn't better than x, it's just more self-righteous. Here's someone attacking me for writing with pride about my son attending West Point.