The very rare case of an assassination that worked to achieve exactly its objectives with no blowback. Killing Abe exposed a deep corruption at the heart of right wing politics. A church that was allowed to fleece ordinary Japanese, preying on lonely or grieving women. Worse, a South Korean church!
https://shingetsunewsagency.com/2022/08/23/bank-shot-abe-assassins-wild-success/
Some more background on the Moonies.
https://podbay.fm/p/behind-the-bastards/e/1646737200
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https://podbay.fm/p/behind-the-bastards/e/1646737200
This is a compare and contrast. On one side we have a paper about how to evade drone swarms. On the other we have the condensed experience of a YPG guerrilla and Ukrainian volunteer explaining how to evade hostile UAVs.
https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/military-drone-swarms-and-options-combat-them
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International Relations and the only author you have to read, apparently. A complete guide to Thucydides’ related papers and articles to get you up to speed on all things contemporary IR.
https://eidolon.pub/thucydides-and-contemporary-politics-a-syllabus-b169c8e7c41a
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Here’s a cool thing: a Chinese knockoff robot dog with a gun strapped to it. Drones have been modified to become offensive weapons of war. How long until variations of this land based attack robot are deployed? (Watch the video, and… yeah, these things are not going to be viable anytime soon)
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Continuing the saga of Twitter fucking up their crisis management, the CEO sent a letter to employees that is breathtaking in its stupid approach. Calling Mudge a bad leader with poor performance just makes everyone think that the CEO is an idiot, or a liar.
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