Bookshelf - 2024

24-9-2 [Back to School Season] The Books We Build On - UATX > .

24-9-18 Medievalists' September Book Roundup - Medievalists > .

Bookshelf - 2023

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The first 7 philosophy texts you should read - Kaplan > .

Descartes’ "Proof" of God’s Existence in Meditation #3: https://youtu.be/w4Kj6SuGYLo What is a Counterexample?: https://youtu.be/jPdZ42UX41A 

0:40 Plato’s Euthyphro (~399 BCE) 

1:46 Rene Descartes’ Meditations 

4:09 Princess Elizabeth's letter to Descartes 

5:06 David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion 

6:58 HP Grice's Logic and Conversation 

7:34 HLA Hart's The Concept of Law (just chapters 2, 3, and 4) 

9:10 Peter Singer's Famine Affluence and Morality

Tyranny of the Minority (2023) ⇻

Bookshelf - 2022

22-6-6 5 great books for summer - Gates > .

0:06 "The Lincoln Highway" by Amor Towles 

0:42 "Why We're Polarized" by Ezra Klein 

1:30 "The Ministry for the Future" by Kim Stanley Robinson 

2:07 "How the World Really Works" by Vaclav Smil

3:00 "The Power" by Naomi Alderman 

Bibliophilia - Not a Jot >> .

Bookshelf - CaspianReport >> .

Geopolitics & Authors - Not a Jot >> .

Geopolitics, Military Book Reviews - MilPow >> .

Bookshelf - 2021

Ryan Hogg - Best 11 Books From 2021 + (Honourable Mentions) > .

The Bookshelf - CaspianReport >> .

00:00 - Introduction
00:07 - On The Trail Of Genghis Khan: Tim Cope
01:57 - Upheaval: Jared Diamond
05:05 - The Forgotten Highlander: Alexander Urquhart
06:36 - Power Of Geography: Tim Marshall
08:34 - Red Notice: Bill Browder
10:04 - Off The Edge Of The Map: Michael Rank
11:37 - Disunited Nations: Peter Zeihan
12:54 - The Count Of Monte Cristo: Alexandre Dumas
14:18 - Blood River: Tim Butcher
17:02 - Beauty Will Save The World: Bjorn Persson
18:19 - Plato & A Platypus Walk Into A Bar
19:14 - Honourable Mentions

Bibliophilia - Not a Jot >> .

Bookshelf - CaspianReport >> .

Geopolitics & Authors - Not a Jot >> .

Geopolitics, Military Book Reviews - MilPow >> .

Boiling Moat (2024)

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24-5-31 The Axis of Chaos c Matt Pottinger | GoodFellows | Hoover > .

24-12-18 [Chip & Resource War] - Update > .

24-12-17 The Boiling Moat | Deterrence Policy | Matt Pottinger - Hoover > .

24-10-12 [CSIS Report: Defining Success | US's Xina End Game] - Update > . 

24-9-19 [Defending Taiwan (Boiling Moat - Montgomery] - School of War > .

24-9-5 [Defense of Taiwan (Boiling Moat) - Pottinger] - School of War > .

24-8-20 Can America and China [post-Xi] be Friends Again? - gtbt > .

24-7-11 Matt Pottinger: Searching for an Endgame With Xina | FA > .

24-7-7 [XiPocrisy: 5 Principles of Peaceful Coexistence; Taiwan] - Update > . 

24-6-30 Boiling Moat [Leftist] Book Review - Update > .

24-6-11 (24-6-4) Boiling Moat: Urgent Steps To Defend Taiwan | Hoover > .

24-6-5 [Boiling Moat: Xinese Imperialist Threat to Pacific, Globe] (panel) | Hoover > .

24-5-8 [TikTok chaos as XiPaganda tool; microchips & Taiwan] - Feriss > .

Black Bear vs Dragon - Rise >> .

The Boiling Moat: Urgent Steps to Defend Taiwan .

"Chinese leader Xi Jinping has openly expressed his intention to annex Taiwan to mainland China, even threatening the use of force. An invasion or blockade of Taiwan by Chinese forces would be catastrophic, with severe consequences for democracies worldwide. 

In The Boiling Moat, Matt Pottinger and a team of scholars and distinguished military and political leaders urgently outline practical steps for deterrence. The authors stress that preventing a war is more affordable than waging one and emphasize the importance of learning from recent failures in deterrence, such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The book argues that a robust military strategy is essential for countering Beijing’s aggression ... preventing China’s coercive annexation of Taiwan requires democracies to demonstrate not just the means but also the will to effectively resist, conveying the message that a military attempt by Xi would likely lead to disastrous consequences, both for China and for the international community."

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