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cybernetics

strait of hormuz

The more instability surrounds the Strait of Hormuz, the more valuable it becomes. The paradox is that a prolonged conflict may be increasing the strategic importance of one of Iran’s most powerful sources of leverage.

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history

The Few

Never in the conduct of public affairs has so much risk been imposed upon so many by the reckless certainty of so few, and most of all by the belligerent incompetence of one man.

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cybernetics

Managed Peace

Managed peace is the hard, ongoing work of keeping real conflict from tipping a tightly coupled world into outcomes it cannot survive.