Brian Forester

Army | Ph.D. @UNCPoliSci | Views are mine.

[Zachary Griffiths @z_e_griffiths]

What novel approaches can the United States military employ to solve the recruiting crisis? New @WarInstitute essay competition. Send in your 1500 words with new ideas by 3 September.

https://t.co/iDZetURRH0

[Brian Forester @bgforester]

@us_sams @philip Thank you for your service, Phil!

[Brian Forester @bgforester]

@AndrewBellUS @uncpolisci I understand, Andy. Though I must say I’ve grown to love that lighter shade of blue.

[Brian Forester @bgforester]

Pleased to report successful defense of my dissertation yesterday. Can’t say enough good things about @uncpolisci . Great day to be a Tar Heel!

[NPR @NPR]

"When I was 21, I pledged my life to the service of our people," the queen said, a quarter-century after assuming the throne. "Although that vow was made in my salad days when I was green in judgment, I do not regret nor retract one word of it."
https://t.co/QD9u04Gw1Q

[Brian Forester @bgforester]

Tracking the Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis | ChinaPower Project https://t.co/0riwOwG3ju

[Brian Forester @bgforester]

@TJMenn @CWTSatoTravel I feel this in my bones at this moment. Hopefully see you at FLKS!

[Brian Forester @bgforester]

@HultquistPhilip @CooleyOnEurasia @dhnexon This whole special issue from Security Studies has great stuff, including the authors you mention: https://t.co/8lpslJlghs

[Eliot A Cohen @EliotACohen]

If you want to know what historically informed analysis of contemporary military issues looks like, I offer you @PhillipsPOBrien. Excellent piece on how the realists….were unrealistic. https://t.co/Z8Af4dyP65

[Paul Poast @ProfPaulPoast]

The second amendment was designed to solve a specific problem...a problem that hasn't been relevant for over 150 years.

[THREAD]

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

"Every war must end, and this one will as well. One set of follow-on objectives for the West is clear: helping Ukraine rebuild and put itself in a condition to defeat further Russian aggression," @EliotACohen writes: https://t.co/XgaUEj7tZg

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

When Osama bin Laden was killed, Navy SEALs found a trove of personal documents. Scholar Nelly Lahoud combed through thousands of those pages when they were declassified. In her first T.V. interview, Lahoud shares her findings with Sharyn Alfonsi, tonight https://t.co/O7YYloDO2q

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

Grand strategy relies on simplifications, and yet the world is complex, @EliotACohen writes. No longer in a position to fashion world order as it chooses, the United States is better off emphasizing competence and flexibility in its foreign policy. https://t.co/NYpllFZW99

[Brian Forester @bgforester]

@RTPerson3 @JordanMBecker @ergatta I can say — with some authority — this is impressive. You need to put together a team for Brigade Open Indoor Rowing. Jordan can anchor.

[Carolina Basketball @UNC_Basketball]

"I'm back."

[Brian Forester @bgforester]

@JordanMBecker I would add: if a Latex user, the Better Bib(la)tex extension for Zotero. Managing bibliographic data is virtually automated.

[Paul Poast @ProfPaulPoast]

Many worry that the 🇺🇦-🇷🇺 war could escalate to World War III.

But are we ALREADY in a World War?

[THREAD]

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Russia’s war in Ukraine is not only reshaping the strategic and political order in Europe, it is also upending long-held assumptions about the intricate connections that are a signature of the global economy. https://t.co/fhF1Qqr9W0

[Dan Lamothe @DanLamothe]

The United States has seen signs that Russian soldiers in the invasion force, especially young conscripted ones, did not know they were being sent to combat, the senior U.S. defense official said.

[Brian Forester @bgforester]

The plight of the young Russian soldier in all of this is just gut wrenching.

[CSPAN @cspan]

Ukrainian Ambassador to the @UN @SergiyKyslytsya reads text messages between a Russian soldier and his mother moments before he was killed.


"Mama, I'm in Ukraine. There is a real war raging here. I'm afraid. We are bombing all of the cities...even targeting civilians."