Saideman's Semi-Spew

 A couple of weeks ago, I got into a running skeet spat because I argued we ought not valorize a military member for protesting the Trump ad...

NATO issued a six paragraph communique https://www.nato.int/en/about-us/official-texts-and-resources/official-texts/2026/07/08/the-ankara-su...

 I have spent the last week in London, the first time in 14 years and only the second time since my seven week experience after my junior ye...

I am in London, having finished a two day Civil-Military Relations Network workshop, our very first, on Command.  Run by Phil Lagassé, it co...

 It does not take an IR scholar or an historian to note the significance of Donald Trump signing onto a "deal" with Iran while he...

 I have been arguing that the heart of NATO, Article V, has been dead for since January 2025.  It took a while for the Europeans to believe ...

 Perhaps it is unfair to call Pete Hegseth a bad faith actor since he seems to be a real believer in Christian nationalism.  But many of his...