Santayana, The Opium Wars and Chinese Policy
I had a very good high school history program, but had never heard of the Boxer Rebellion or the Opium Wars until Beast Barracks, my first summer at West Point. There, we learned some plebe knowledge about a young soldier…
Threat Part 2: Component Integration
Part 1 of this series developed the core threat components and noted that they pertain to all organizations, whether military, commercial, educational, charitable, non-governmental (NGO), or political. The components in the function statement: Threat = ƒ(Capability, Capacity, Intent, Socio-cultural, Risk)…
The Fentanyl Attack
With all the reporting on the fentanyl crisis, a question has been growing in my mind: Why would a drug cartel want to kill off its customers? For that is exactly what is happening with fentanyl. The answer may be…
