Alexander J. Causwell

Jamaican. Analyst in Strategic Affairs. Writer. MA @GeorgetownCSS @georgetownsfs. BA @LawrenceUni.

[Alexander J. Causwell @XanderCauswell]

Thank you @compactmag for publishing my historical analysis of Haiti leading into the present crisis.

Contrary to the prevalent victim narrative, Haiti history is a tragedy of political hubris and its aftermath.

https://t.co/awEiVYvrp5

[Vahaken Mouradian @VahakenM]

There has been no improvement upon the Nicomachean Ethics.

Also, Rawls is overrated.

[Alexander J. Causwell @XanderCauswell]

@VahakenM Let him cook.

[Alexander J. Causwell @XanderCauswell]

I wasn’t aware there was such an active Armenian presence in Kenya. :)

[Jacqueline Charles @Jacquiecharles]

https://t.co/6oWY5gIxHJ

[Global Folder @Global_Folder]

A Kenyan protester smoking teargas from a canister thrown at him by the Anti-Riot police officers in the ongoing protests

#RejectFinanceBill2o24 #REJECTFINANCEBILL2024

[Alexander J. Causwell @XanderCauswell]

Civilian oversight of the military win

[Mackenzie Eaglen @MEaglen]

Did you know the Predator drone was initially an "earmark" in Congress--forced on the Pentagon?

Tomahawk missile, a "weapon of choice" for military commanders, wouldn't be in production today if not for Congress.

Same with small sats, commercial data analytics, or the SLCM-N.

[Michael Deibert @michaelcdeibert]

The #Haiti gang plan appears clear to me: The Martissant gangs & Kraze Barye are moving in from opposite sides above Port-au-Prince to meet & sweep down into Petionville while their soldiers below sweep up. And make no mistake: They want Guy Philippe in the presidential palace.

[Alexander J. Causwell @XanderCauswell]

As prophetic Haitian writer Lyonel Trouillot said, Haiti “isn’t a country …  but an epic failure factory, an excuse for a place, a weed lot, an abyss for tightrope-walkers, blindman’s bluff for the sightless saddled with delusions of grandeur.” https://t.co/OFEapNYbmb

[Alexander J. Causwell @XanderCauswell]

@NoahCarl90 I published a deep historical analysis here. It provides background for their brain drain problem. https://t.co/OFEapNYbmb

[Alexander J. Causwell @XanderCauswell]

Over a century ago, Haitian statesman Anténor Firmin prophesied that if Haiti couldn’t right itself, it would necessarily fall under the aegis of foreign rule, as “no people can live indefinitely under tyranny, injustice, ignorance, and misery.” https://t.co/OFEapNYbmb

[Alexander J. Causwell @XanderCauswell]

@thinkdefence Looking forward to this.

[Alexander J. Causwell @XanderCauswell]

@maphumanintent I address the issue of the mischaracterisation of these ‘gangs’ here https://t.co/GSDDUbcN4Q

[Edward N Luttwak @ELuttwak]

I hope that every US official who has a say on US policy for Haiti will read every word of [Jamaican expert] Alexander Causwell, below. Neither NGOs (thousands failed there) nor 1000 policemen can defeat armed insurgencies. Needed: infantry battalions https://t.co/EE0E0OsEmK

[Alexander J. Causwell @XanderCauswell]

@ELuttwak Thank you @ELuttwak

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

The country is experiencing not just an uptick in gang violence—as the U.N. mandate for the new security mission characterizes it—but a full-blown insurgency, @XanderCauswell argues. https://t.co/G8LisoOxfw

[Alexander J. Causwell @XanderCauswell]

We need to stop lying to ourselves about the situation in Haiti. I explain here: https://t.co/GSDDUbcN4Q

[Alexander J. Causwell @XanderCauswell]

@Noahpinion I don’t disagree with you, but there’s some important nuance overlooked. I did a historical analysis here. https://t.co/OFEapNYbmb

[Alexander J. Causwell @XanderCauswell]

@rasheedguo Any analysis of Haiti that references the 1825 restitution agreement as the root of the country’s dysfunction should be immediately dismissed.

[Alexander J. Causwell @XanderCauswell]

@MarkSKrikorian @wil_da_beast630 Are you thinking of Give War a Chance by Luttwak?

[Alexander J. Causwell @XanderCauswell]

Chesterton’s Glass Ceiling

[Alexander J. Causwell @XanderCauswell]

This phrasing has it backwards. Instability leads to hunger. Necessary to re-establish order so that aid can reach the people.

[Jacqueline Charles @Jacquiecharles]

Hunger is a breeding ground for instability. But #Haiti’s U.N. food agency is underfunded | Opinion https://t.co/y6QDqbXJTD