
The lesson of a long life, and of ruling a small country, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha suggests, is that minor states are perennially at the mercy of greater powers, writes @carsonjbecker on.wsj.com/4ve9iKs
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The lesson of a long life, and of ruling a small country, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha suggests, is that minor states are perennially at the mercy of greater powers, writes @carsonjbecker on.wsj.com/4ve9iKs

In the first weeks of the war with Iran, the US burned through years of Tomahawk production and other crucial stockpiles. @anduriltech chairman @traestephens talks to @carsonjbecker for @arenamagdotcom on the lessons of modern war, the China challenge, and rebuilding America's arsenal.

In the first weeks of the war with Iran, the US burned through years of Tomahawk production and other crucial stockpiles. @anduriltech chairman @traestephens talks to @carsonjbecker for @arenamagdotcom on the lessons of modern war, the China challenge, and rebuilding America's arsenal.

In the first weeks of the war with Iran, the US burned through years of Tomahawk production and other crucial stockpiles. @anduriltech chairman @traestephens talks to @carsonjbecker for @arenamagdotcom on the lessons of modern war, the China challenge, and rebuilding America's arsenal.










The lesson of a long life, and of ruling a small country, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha suggests, is that minor states are perennially at the mercy of greater powers, writes @carsonjbecker on.wsj.com/4ve9iKs


"Sovereignty is a direction. It's not a destination." For Arena 008: At Sea, @carsonjbecker sits down with @patrissimo, founder of the @Seasteading Institute and the world's first charter-city venture fund @PronomosVC to talk tax havens, competitive governance, and the limits of the nation state. Read it at @arenamagdotcom




"The Last Supper" was the 1993 dinner at the Pentagon where the DoD told defense CEOs the industry was consolidating and they had to figure out who would survive. The term was named by Norman Augustine on his way out the door. He was the man who later merged (and led) Lockheed Martin. Read @carsonjbecker's interview with him in the latest installment of Principals (link below):