Sunday Morning Coffee with Jeemes: THE CURSE OF LIVING IN INTERESTING TIMES
THE CURSE OF LIVING IN INTERESTING TIMES “There is a Chinese curse which says, ‘May he live in interesting times.’ Like it or not, we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and uncertainty; but they are also the most creative of any time in the history of mankind.” Robert […]
Georgia: authoritarian transition or state capture?
Georgia: authoritarian transition or state capture? by Ronald S. Mangum Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia Presented to the 4th Pan-European Conference (virtual) 13 September 2021 © Ronald S. Mangum, 2021 Abstract Huntington posited that democracy is the best form of state governance, but he recognized that often before a state could become a democracy, there […]
Sunday Morning Coffee with Jeemes: RELUCTANT MISSIVES: THE FUTURE OF WAR Part III
RELUCTANT MISSIVES: THE FUTURE OF WAR (PART THREE) by Jeemes Akers Chinese Strategies in the Shadow War “Current estimates are that 80% of American adults have had all of their personally identifiable information stolen by the Communist Party of China. Bill Evanina (Former Director of the U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center) 60 […]
Sunday Morning Coffee with Jeemes: RELUCTANT MISSIVES: THE FUTURE OF WAR (PART II)
RELUCTANT MISSIVES: THE FUTURE OF WAR (PART TWO) General Artificial Intelligence and the Coming War “Whichever nation is the leader in AI [artificial intelligence] will be the ruler of the world.” Vladimir […]
Sunday Morning Coffee with Jeemes: RELUCTANT MISSIVES: THE FUTURE OF WAR PART I
RELUCTANT MISSIVES: THE FUTURE OF WAR (PART ONE) by Jeemes Akers The Early Skirmishes of an Undeclared War “Today, we are all actors in a global information war that is ubiquitous, […]
Why does American foreign assistance fail so often?
Why does American foreign assistance fail so often? Looking beyond Afghanistan Ronald S. Mangum, Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Retired) Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia The recent collapse of the Afghan government after receiving billions of dollars of assistance from the United States and its allies over the past twenty years demonstrates the […]
Sunday Morning Coffee with Jeemes: What’s all this talk about the Metaverse?
WHAT’S ALL THIS TALK ABOUT THE METAVERSE? by Jeemes Akers “Look at all of our tech billionaires trying to leave the world to evade responsibility for their malevolent influence on it. Anything to avoid being confronted by the workers they exploit or the victims of the ethnic and religious clashes facilitated by their platforms. Jeff […]
Sunday Morning Coffee with Jeemes: That Most Eventful Year: 1979 in the Middle East
That Most Eventful Year: 1979 in the Middle East by Jeemes Akers “Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.” Adam Michnik “(There is only one possible solution to unrest in the Middle East), namely the annihilation and destruction of the Zionist […]
Sunday Morning Coffee with Jeemes: REGARDING THE MATTER OF TODAY’S IDOLS
REGARDING THE MATTER OF TODAY’S IDOLS “Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.” 1 John 5:21 “Humans have turned away from the creator God and have worshipped and served created things instead. They have even created for themselves second-order images of created things, thus worshipping objects twice removed from the creator God and thereby abusing […]
Sunday Morning Coffee with Jeemes: An Old Professor’s Reverie
AN OLD PROFESSOR’S REVERIE by Jeemes Akers “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” William A. Ward After all these years, I am now more convinced than ever that the happiest and most successful people I have known in life share one of two characteristics (if […]