Multipurpose

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My latest at the Diplomat tries to explain the Republic of Korea Navy: Last week, Kyle Mizokami argued that the Republic of Korea Navy is “Impressive … and Pointless.”  Mizokami makes the nutshell case against South Korea’s shift to the sea: "In the country’s rush to embrace its destiny...

Layaway

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Alex Tabarrok's piece at Marginal Revolution about the bad economics of layaway makes sense on one level. It got all the appropriate and expected twitter hits this morning (Yglesias, Klein,.

Bermudo the Gouty

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On October 23, 2013

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In what is extremely rare medieval history blogging, this list of unfortunately nicknamed medieval kings is pretty great. Below we have Alfonso the Slobberer And here's Henry the Impotent

Airpower: Culture Plus Institutions

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Mojo asks a good question: The fact that the major example of a country which follows your prescription to subordinate air forces to the Army failed completely at performing core ground support roles certainly seems relevant to your thesis. Blaming failures of independent air forces on...
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