Matthew Hoh: Channeling Carnac the Magnificent

I was asked to answer some questions by a Polish author, Michael Krupka, for a book he is publishing later this year. The questions required me to provide my thoughts in a manner that came out resembling predictions. I’ve long been a fan of Yogi Berra’s maxim:...

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What Is JAUKUS?

On January 23, Japan and Australia signed an agreement to enhance strategic capabilities in robotic and autonomous systems for undersea warfare. This project is the first under a bilateral research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) arrangement signed in...

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They Hate Us for Our Bases and Bombs

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. The recent deaths of three U.S. soldiers near the Jordanian-Syrian border made me reflect on an obvious fact: It would be hard to kill U.S. soldiers in the Middle East if they weren’t based and deployed there....

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