Anatomy of Modern War - Part 5: The Silicon Chokepoint
·1975 words·10 mins
The systemic vulnerabilities hidden deep within the defense supply chain, specifically microelectronics and raw materials.
Innovation
Anatomy of Modern War - Part 4: Procurement at the Speed of War
·1720 words·9 mins
How Ukraine forced a radical shift from bloated, centralized procurement to agile, digitized defense ecosystems.
Anatomy of Modern War - Part 3: Nagorno-Karabakh
·1753 words·9 mins
The unsustainable economics of using multi-million-dollar interceptors to shoot down cheap, mass-produced drone swarms.
Anatomy of Modern War - Part 2: The Hardware Trap
·1915 words·9 mins
The unsustainable economics of using multi-million-dollar interceptors to shoot down cheap, mass-produced drone swarms.
Anatomy of Modern War - Part 1: The End of the Peace Dividend
·1619 words·8 mins
The structural transition from post-Cold War drawdown to industrial-scale rearmament.
The Anatomy of Modern War
·1295 words·7 mins
A five-part series exploring the transformation of the global defense industry since 2015 — from macroeconomic shifts and tactical revolutions to supply-chain vulnerabilities and the new geopolitics of arms production.
The Rope - Part 6: Woven Metal and the Conquest of the Skies and Seas
·773 words·4 mins
A look at how wire rope transformed the world as we know it. From bridges to the first transatlantic cables and the first man on the moon.
The Rope - Part 5: From Ropewalks to the Industrial Machine
·711 words·4 mins
How the Industrial Revolution transformed rope manufacturing and led to the development of synthetic fibers.
The Rope - Part 4: Knots of Meaning: Spirituality, Magic, and Information
·840 words·4 mins
The symbolic power of knots in marriage, religion, and as a system of communication and information storage.
The Rope - Part 3: Binding the Seas and the Architecture of Global Navigation
·1317 words·7 mins
How rope enabled global exploration, trade, and warfare through the development of advanced shipbuilding techniques.