Saideman's Semi-Spew

 The truly amazing thing of the time in which we live is that we have so much information, yet people buy the bullshit mis and disinformatio...

 After three days of briefings in Manila with all kinds of sharp people, I found myself thinking about some of the bigger implications.  To ...

 The last day of this familiarization tour was perhaps the best.  And not just because I finally got the french toast I had been seeking.  s...

 After so much travel in non-English speaking countries, hanging out in a former American colony is quite a shift in gears.  I have said tha...

 Today, we had a series of high level briefings, and we got a good idea of where the Philippines stands in this part of the world: on the ed...

 Today was our first day of briefings in Manila.  Our small team of two DND Public Affairs people, me, and a think tanker joined a group of ...

I knew that Japan's occupation of the Philippines was brutal, but my education of World War II history tended to be focused on Europe an...

National park  I am in Manila, capital of the Philippines, as the Canadian Department of National Defence is running a junket of experts or ...

 Yesterday, April fools day, the Canadian Defence and Security Network helped the Embassy of  Türkiye hold an event about the future of NATO...

 I missed the last two meetings of the International Studies Association as I was in Berlin for a couple of winters.  So, I was eager to get...