Author Archives: Holmes Oliver

I had the below chats with Grok and ChatGPT. I asked (clumsily and I did not edit for this article) each the same questions about a discomfort I have had about some of the strategy conversation addressing the war in … Continue reading →

This essay briefly outlines a potential method for distributing much of the land now controlled by the U.S. Federal Government. This essay previews a section for a forthcoming Geography textbook on conflict geography, expanding ideas from my book On Multiform … Continue reading →

I have a plan for NATO: We assert that the “North Atlantic” begins north of the 45th parallel; NATO is then reduced to those countries with naval access to the North Atlantic — Britain, Iceland, Canada, the Scandinavian countries, the … Continue reading →

So much has happened so fast. Today Pete Hegseth was made SecDef and Radcliff was made CIA Chief. I figured I better get off X and get back here to make a lame prediction before the two of them act … Continue reading →

I’m writing this on the fly and off the cuff directly into this space, so you get what you get. This is January 7th, President Trump has been making some moves and setting out some strategic pieces. One of the … Continue reading →

Grok, when was the terminology “nation-state” first used by a political writer? Grok: The terminology “nation-state” was first used in a political context by William Allen White in The Nation in 1919.However, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term … Continue reading →

The British are losing Britain. Not sure that Nigel Farage can do anything about it soon enough. It might be time, what with new eyes and a fresh start just ahead of us, to consider the potential long-term effects of … Continue reading →

For those who are tired of the samo samo focus on Ukraine or maybe Israel, President Trump comes to your rescue talking about Panama and the little canal thing. He threatens to just take it back if they don’t shape … Continue reading →

It’s now 11 November and a long time since I’ve opined on the site.  My excuse is party that I’ve spent writing time on X and on Willy OAM. Also, the global geopolitical landscape and our internal domestic politics and … Continue reading →

The end to the war in Ukraine will be negotiated. My bet is that neither ‘Ukraine’ nor ‘Zelensky’ will be valid descriptors of parties in that negotiation. ‘Ukraine’ will be the subject or object of any talks and “Zelensky’ an … Continue reading →