Category Archives: Geopolitics

What subjects do politicians and military leaders study in order to formulate and implement grand strategies for their countries and the world?

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Ted Galpin

TLDR: Grand Strategy is not only where military strategy meets statecraft. Grand strategy is understanding everything about a nation and it’s place in the world. Agriculture, business, water, energy, weather, people, religion, pop culture, internal and external politics, risks, threats, infrastructure … Continue reading →

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Why is it that governments (or large organizations) rarely do anything intelligent?

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Ted Galpin

This is a strategic exercise in understanding how large groups of people operate. TLDR: You try getting a large group of people to agree on anything while trying to figure out how to pay for it while keeping them all … Continue reading →

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Is the US uninvadable?

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Ted Galpin

So kids, this is something I killed a morning  with on Quora back in April – an excuse to write about a scenario I’ve obviously been thinking about for a long time.  After a few months it’s at 161,500 views, … Continue reading →

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Can Bruce Bueno de Mesquita predict the future?

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Ted Galpin

So here’s one I first took on in Quora, and it’s a fun topic – Can Bruce Bueno de Mesquita predict the future? NYU Professor BBdM claims to predict international policy events with >90% accuracy in his book “The predictioneers … Continue reading →

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The Difference Between Intelligence and Espionage

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Ted Galpin

An out­side the box strate­gic dis­cus­sion by Ted S Galpin The Dif­fer­ence Between Intel­li­gence and Espi­onage. Is a mat­ter of life and death. (2016 Bonus answer – because this article gets a ton of traffic – here’s the direct answer: … Continue reading →

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In Afghanistan, there are no coin­ci­dences

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Ted Galpin

In Afghanistan, there are no coin­ci­dences. An out­side the box strat­egy analy­sis by Ted S Galpin. Reprint from July 2nd, 2010 This week we’ll talk about Afghanistan, mainly because cur­rent events make it too fun not to.  Last week I orig­i­nally started … Continue reading →

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