Defense Analyst | Writing on Statecraft, Christian Realism, and the Defense Industrial Base

Washington, DC
Joined October 2026
The failure to promote and value skilled trades is not just a cultural failing but a strategic one, as the defense industrial base is increasingly unable to recruit the technical workforce necessary to sustain America’s military. providencemag.com/2026/10/th…
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Washington is finally waking up from its 40-year libertarian fever dream to realize markets don't have a flag. Now let's see if the technocrats wake up to a harder truth: industrial sovereignty exists to serve the common good of a people, not the other way around.
My new report on why US needs a new policy framework and organization of government if we are not to lose techno-econ war with China. It requires new organizational structures focused on national economic power industry competitiveness and strategy. itif.org/publications/2026/1…
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"America First" isn't a foreign policy debate; it’s an admission that an empire can no longer afford to pretend it’s a republic.
New: The GOP is divided over what “America First” means for the US-Israel relationship, and the debate could become a 2028 fault line. A deeper look at the factions, from staunchly pro-Israel Republicans to the Tucker wing to those in between: semafor.com/article/10/26/20…
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‘Libertarian hedonism’ is just social liberalism with a checkout cart. @ehaspel
Public opinion is turning against vices like weed and gambling, but liberal politicians remain mostly unwilling to reconsider laissez-faire policies. That needs to change, argues @ehaspel: compactmag.com/article/liber…
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