Monthly Archives: October 2026

The Hudson Institute Is A Menace

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I do a lot of vague complaining about the military industrial complex. Sometimes it’s nice to dive in on some specifics. The Hudson Institute is one of the dumbest organizations out there, all 67 million dollars of annual revenue’s worth of it. In today’s episode, Ruairi and I look into the organization that keeps Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley fed.

In today’s Substack I zoom out a bit and describe some of the basics of the US think tank fantasy world.

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Yemen Won’t Fall Like Assad

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A lot of folks are hoping that Yemen’s Houthi government (Ansarallah) will fall like Syria’s Assad did in 2024. They’re going to be disappointed. Today’s podcast covers this quite silly comparison in detail. The accompanying Substack post reveals why I still think the Arab Spring was a step forward.

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Is Pakistan Doomed?

Pakistan has kind of always been doomed. It’s a testament to the grit of the country and the savvy of (some) of its leaders that it has survived this long. We discuss Pakistan’s challenges in today’s podcast. But I also wrote on the incredible potential of Pakistan’s region, and why we should pay more attention to it in today’s substack.

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