Aaron MacLean
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Fellow @HudsonInstitute. Previously @SenTomCotton, @USMC. Host @schoolofwarpod.
Virginia, USA
Joined November 2013
A little @schoolofwarpod news--it took us 2.5 years to get our first million downloads. Now it's taken us *just* less than one additional year (almost to the day) to hit two million. Thanks guys!!
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RT @SenTomCotton: Our laws that classify drones are badly outdated and cede the global UAS market to China. My bill will create American….
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RT @AntigoneJournal: Statement 1: The Universities are in financial crisis. Send help!. Statement 2: Uni of Warwick splurges £5m on a rebra….
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RT @HudsonInstitute: US forces will need a combination of adaptability and scale to succeed in future conflicts. The DoD should invest in….
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RT @AstorJacob1: I initially only planned to read the chapter on Borodino in the Kutuzov book, for some context. Anyway, I read the entire….
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RT @billbrown: This podcast episode pairs perfectly with this @HudsonInstitute event with @clarkdefense.
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Tight focus, doesn’t sprawl… not sure what the problem is here.
Just got this Providence submission in my email -.subject line: Foreign Policy.email text: foreign policy.attachment title: foreignpolicy.docx .the attachment: a 500 word doc composed of a ChatGPT-generated definition of "foreign policy".
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I confess I have never heard of this film. Stunning.
Michel Gondry talks about this magnificent scene from "Kes" (1969, Loach):. "With Ken Loach, it's always very social. So, its the middle of England. In the '70s, probably still now, but it was very ravaged by unemployment and poverty. And you see kids when they are 15, they've
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RT @dmdebruijn: Hoe maakt de VS militaire munities? Wat voor figuren — en wat voor business case — zit er achter wat Europa 🇳🇱/🇪🇺 aan gaan….
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Podcast Episode · School of War · 07/22/2025 · 42m
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RT @USAmbFrance: It was an honor to host @yzarka for my first bilateral meeting with a fellow Ambassador. Under President Trump, the Unit….
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Really interesting discussion today on @schoolofwarpod with @WillSomUSA. We discuss what it takes to make munitions in America in 2025.
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Podcast Episode · School of War · 22/07/2025 · 42m
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RT @markjonesjr: Today I sent my robot into the garage to lift weights for me. Everyone should buy robots.
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RT @NicholasMorto11: My book "The Mongol Storm" offers a history of the Mongol invasions into the Middle East told from many different pers….
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RT @j_amesmarriott: I will never tire of reading about the insane reactions of eighteenth century French people reading Rousseau for the fi….
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RT @ElliotKaufman6: A reminder to all that antisemitism is seeing a major revival not as mere prejudice, but as politics. As a universal p….
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RT @IskanderRehman: I learned a lot from this piece on Syria's Druze community in @EngelsbergIdeas . It's a great example of how deep histo….
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Syria’s Druze have often been caught between their commitment to national independence and a wariness of Sunni domination.
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RT @zriboua: In our new @WSJ piece, my colleague @Doranimated and I: . Reveal how during the 12-day war, Israel launched a historic cyberat….
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The Israel-linked outfit reportedly caused a bank run and destroyed $90 million of IRGC cryptocurrency.
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RT @comaccomacco: This is where Mussolini was hanged upside down in 1945, it is now a McDonald’s, total American cultural victory https://t….
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RT @IskanderRehman: In my latest essay in my applied history series for @WarOnTheRocks I argue that Sully's so-called "Grand Design" for pa….
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Editor’s Note: This is part of a running series of essays by Iskander Rehman, entitled “Applied History,” which seeks, through the study of the history of
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