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Reviewing a past attempt to "reform" US international broadcasting
When framing obscures important details
Nov 20
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Reviewing a past attempt to "reform" US international broadcasting
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Introducing the Founding Member level
You can now show your support... and get a rare challenge coin
Nov 4
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Introducing the Founding Member level
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October 2024
Don't Use East-West to Describe the Soviet Union and Russia vis-a-vis others
When lazy framing is easy but misleading and even injurious
Oct 22
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The strategic plan that never was
A proposal with measurable, not just aspirational, objectives
Oct 8
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Matt Armstrong
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The strategic plan that never was
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September 2024
Losing sight of the forest because of a few trees
Some details in the "Clarifications Needed" post distracted some readers, so let me clarify the missed-information about the 2014/2015 bills to remake…
Sep 30
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Losing sight of the forest because of a few trees
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Clarifications are needed
When well-meaning academic reporting becomes misinformation
Sep 26
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You are a discerning reader...
...and I thank you
Sep 25
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Matt Armstrong
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Two examples of disinformation, one of great comms, plus a still relevant observation
Things found rummaging through old presentations last week (looking for something I never did find)
Sep 17
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Two examples of disinformation, one of great comms, plus a still relevant observation
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Functional discrepancy: syncing geographies of bureaucracies
A longstanding, often overlooked discrepancy exists between the State Department and the Defense Department in how they divide the world into regions.
Sep 13
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Matt Armstrong
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Functional discrepancy: syncing geographies of bureaucracies
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Tactical Solutions Will Not Fix a Strategic Defect
A colleague recently referred me to the following passage in the recent Commission on the National Defense Strategy report and asked, “What would you…
Sep 9
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Tactical Solutions Will Not Fix a Strategic Defect
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July 2024
Happy Insurgency Day!
aka Happy Fourth of July!
Jul 4
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Matt Armstrong
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May 2024
Follow up to the survey where I asked questions and (some of) you answered
Plus a bit of introduction for new readers of this substack
May 22
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Follow up to the survey where I asked questions and (some of) you answered
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