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Trading on optimism, while insolvent

Trading on optimism, while insolvent

RAND report highlights US strategic weakness, with stark implications for UK

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Jul 29, 2023
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RAND war-game scenario of Baltic Conflict

If China invades Taiwan, or Russia seized one of the Baltic States, we were at least warned of the likely consequences: Western defeat. Inflection Point, a 200+ page report this week from the RAND Corporation (Ochmanek, D et al 2023), documents the current weaknesses of American military power, and the geopolitic…

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