Chace A Nelson

amateur polemologist | Artillerist @USMC | MA @warstudies | fmr @TheKrulakCenter | Threads @ chace.of.spades | Views my own / not endorsing

[Chace A Nelson @ChaceANelson]

Check out my Substack on war, warfare, and all its contexts @ThePolemologist! https://t.co/wOVQlNOQVE

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A short comment on domains. Hopefully the first of many on the taxonomies of war.
https://t.co/Ktygttekpp

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My latest

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How does the arms trade affect the Defense Industrial Base? https://t.co/XVbERL0PgI

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How does the arms trade affect the Defense Industrial Base? https://t.co/XVbERL0PgI

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We always talk about systems of systems, but what about problems of problems?

It's just problems that present more problems as you look at em.

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My latest on the Cold War's influence on the US Intelligence Community

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In the 1940s, Truman established the CIA was established to coordinate all intelligence matters for the nation. In 2005, Bush established the DNI for the exact same purpose... so why couldn't the CIA do it's job?

Read here! https://t.co/EUS5kJgSNW

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Quote of the day from @TheEconomist 's Espresso.

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Me in Defense Economics class

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Please note my apologies for the typos in this thread. I don't know what a boy of statecraft is. I meant to write tools.

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I don't see what all the fuss is about. Taken at face value, it seems to argue that using all instruments of national power is a good thing. 🧵 1/

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But placing the dividing line between "war" and "non-war" somewhere different on the spectrum of conflict doesn't seem a paradigm shift to me. There still exists another line along a state's interests that it would willingly risk human life to not cross it. 13/13

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Escalation often comes from misunderstanding intent, coercive measures short of war, or even pre-emptive strikes to gain an advantage. Thus is the unfortunate reality of international politics. 12/