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Paul M Kearney

@strategerist.bsky.social
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US Army Goodpaster Scholar, Wargamer, & Paratrooper | USMA ‘09, KCL War Studies ‘15, G’town SSP ‘20 | PhD Candidate @ Duke PoliSci | Personal Acct per DoDI 5400.17

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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I’m very excited to be teaching the Game Theory as part of this awesome Virginia Tech course and awesome graduate certificate in wargaming. Huge thanks to @ctreese2.bsky.social and the entire team at VT SPIA
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
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Rick And Morty: Slavery With Extra Steps
ALT: Rick And Morty: Slavery With Extra Steps
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Many others have already dunked on this extreme poor op-ed from someone who should know better... So let me pile on.
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Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
My "Littoral Commander Baltic" #wargame is featured in Yaah! magazine! What a delightful surprise. 😁
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Military Writers Guild @milwritersguild.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🚨 The Professor Richard H. Kohn Fellowship: Fully funded opportunity for 3 military & veteran writers •One‑week intensive retreat for writers to turn operational experience into policy‑shaping work. • Focused writing time • Expert coaching • Peer review • Support publishing
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Academia is a wonderfully strange place where you might hear, "this is a great piece of research that will make a big splash," and "it's just that I think it's all wrong," as one, unbroken sentence. Anyway, I've survived my prelim defense and am now ABD.
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
SO... democracies and war. It's easy to imagine that democracies, with all of their inefficiencies, are somehow hampered when it comes to war. It's perfectly logical when you consider that unity of effort and unity of command are principles of war invoked by doctrine & military maxims.
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Military forces designed by authoritarian regimes are optimized for authoritarian purposes. They aren’t dumb. They didn’t get into power by accident. They may be ruthless, immoral, or evil… but not dumb. So their force design and management should not be dismissed as just budget restraints.
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Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The French Army's Wargaming Bureau has some EXCELLENT taste in #wargames. Not biased at all by the fact they feature two of my games from the "Littoral Commander" series. 😁 🎲 💥
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Fun side fat about this race: Rep-Elect Gregory was a military spouse… married to a West Point classmate and fellow cavalryman (and great guy)
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
“Tactical friend with benefits”
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Exogenous Shocks and Brittle Systems: 🧵 A thread that is not about what you think it's about, nor is it about the other thing you're now thinking of.
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a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a sign that says the work is mysterious
ALT: a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a sign that says the work is mysterious
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Welcoming an incredible scholar and friend to the BSky, @nechamahuba.bsky.social Nechama’s research is in the political psychology of radicalization, intelligence operations, and other security/peace/conflict studies. Welcome her with a follow
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Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
My "Littoral Commander: Baltic" #wargame is featured in Defense News! www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
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What if Russia invades the Baltic? A tabletop game offers answers
“Littoral Commander: The Baltic” depicts a Russian invasion of the Baltic region around 2030.
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Let’s just call this the A.I.Pak Hands program. mwi.westpoint.edu/the-army-bui...
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The Army Built an AI Talent Pipeline—But It’s Filled with Career-Killing Roadblocks - Modern War Institute
The Army is losing exactly the kind of artificial intelligence talent it insists it needs to win the next war. Only four of the seven Army Artificial Intelligence Scholars recently considered for on-t...
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
This list should 100% include "Littoral Commander: Baltic Edition" Great for kids E-1 to O-10 www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/mil...
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Six wargames to add to your holiday gift list
Some wargames aren't available to the public. Fortunately, there are games out there that can be obtained without needing a security clearance.
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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · 16/12/2025
Now available! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
The Preferred Proper Nouns (™️) just dropped.
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Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
My "Littoral Commander: Baltic" in Germany! LET'S GO!
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Finally, the Catholicism I remember from 12 years of Catholic school
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Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
My "Littoral Commander: Baltic" #wargame is featured in Defense News! www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
defensenews.com
What if Russia invades the Baltic? A tabletop game offers answers
“Littoral Commander: The Baltic” depicts a Russian invasion of the Baltic region around 2030.
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I’m pretty mid… better polish off the ol’ resume…
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
🪖 NEW ARTICLE 🪖 Since the creation of functional areas for Army officers, there has been the dual worries about a “brain drain” of talent from combat branches and a concern that officers are “quiet quitting” in “easier” billet… so which is it? warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/fun...
warroom.armywarcollege.edu
FUNCTIONAL FITNESS: IMPROVING RETENTION AND FIGHTING "BRAIN DRAIN"
In the late 1990s, the U.S. Army shifted from a "dual-track" career model that required officers to maintain their basic branch along with any additional structure to a "single-track" model that at mi...
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Just to keep the record straight, yes, it was. The Baathist regime was killing tens of thousands of Iraqi Kurds and Shia in horrific attacks. After needlessly attacking Kuwait and sacrificing tens of thousands of their people. After needlessly attacking Iran sacrificing tens of thousands.
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
What the hell is the National Guard doing?!?!?! Everyone knows the active duty force trains for this exact mission every Red Cycle. Get these amateurs out of here and let’s get a Battalion of OPERATION Clean Sweep veterans for this vital mission.
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
I’m no historian but… Was the negotiation in Carthage just haggling over the price of salt? Was the negotiation in Berlin “who’s gonna put this shallow ditch out? It’s on fire with Hitler in it” It seems like there’s a serious knowledge gap here.
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Calling All Army Functional Area Officers!!! If you have 5 quick minutes (even on your phone) could you answer this short survey about how functional areas impacted your mid-career decisions to stay or leave the Army. duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Important perspective from @risabrooks12.bsky.social, one of the sharpest civ-mil experts around. The military can't save democracy, but in my judgment they can and should save their profession by defending its values.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/08/2025
The Department of Homeland Security is holding up more than $100 million preapproved dollars intended to help hurricane-battered North Carolina clean up storm damage and fix infrastructure, according to documents obtained by The Post.
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DHS is delaying millions in already approved North Carolina recovery funds, documents show
Communities across the region still need to be reimbursed for about a hundred projects including debris removal, waste water treatment repairs, roads and bridges, damaged buildings and parks, as well ...
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Is anyone else expecting Putin to open a second front declaring the longstanding and traditional status of Alaska as Russian territory and launching a deNazification campaign?
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t the “Border Tsar” on CNN saying ICE was detaining people using “physical appearance” as being “reasonable suspicion” of a crime? Man, that’d be an embarrassing example of hypocrisy… www.cnn.com/2025/07/13/p...
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Bash presses Homan on using appearance to detain someone | CNN Politics
CNN’s Dana Bash questions President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan about what constitutes “reasonable suspicion” when it comes to immigration agents detaining someone.
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Besides the hilarity of Derek Guy’s response, “Alex” and his ilk bother me. They want Derek to not comment on matters outside his narrow expertise but have elected football coaches into high office. Which is it?
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Gentle souls, This movie is LITERALLY shown in the Defense Nuclear Weapons School’s course on Nuclear Policy. But considering how many tropes from post-apocalyptic movies we’re all now living through, I’ll forgive you if you don’t have it in you to imagine this nightmare too.
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Advertise your account with a gif
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two soldiers laying in a field with one wearing a helmet that says us army
ALT: two soldiers laying in a field with one wearing a helmet that says us army
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
As always, I’m eager to hear @proftalmadge.bsky.social ‘s thoughts on this development. www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...
stripes.com
Trump meets with candidates for 4-star general in break with tradition, White House acknowledges
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Use its proper name
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
News Anchor: “Local man continues his intellectual hunger strike, refusing to consume even crumbs of intelligible ideas. More after these words from our sponsor.”
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
A reminder: military build up in the face of threats is not a way to make an adversary “docile”. It is a way to credible signal to that adversary that you are going to increase the costs of aggression. Particularly with the hope that the cost will seem too high and the adversary won’t invade.
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Caitlin Talmadge @proftalmadge.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
More evidence that US efforts to coerce China in a Taiwan conflict by closing Straits of Malacca unlikely to be successful www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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How China Curbed Its Oil Addiction—and Blunted a U.S. Pressure Point
The Chinese government is boosting domestic production and the EV industry in the name of national security. There are 14 million chargers nationwide.
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
6 figures is a rounding error to the Federal Budget. It’s less money than the $6 million (7 figures!) the government obligates every single minute of every single day, all year long. An unelected bureaucrat put that over children’s lives, without shame or remorse.
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
“Adversaries will see this hasty withdraw as yet another example of flagging American will.” -NYT, or Foreign Affairs, or maybe The Onion. Who can tell at this point.
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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
This is basically my issue with Western policy on Ukraine. There’s no consideration on how the Russians fear us and how we can use that to our advantage. The conversation is only ever about Russian escalation.
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Okay, just in case this happens, I’m publicly laying claim to the new theory about comedy overcoming authoritarianism. President Colbert 2028?
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
So I’m no economist, but if you have a supposedly high-end luxury good and you think an extremely inexpensive substitute is cutting into your sales then you’re item/brand isn’t worth the $100 markup as a signal of conspicuous consumption. Apropos of nothing, I’m really like my new Kirkland pants
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Listen, I love Mexican Coke as much as the next guy, but if you’re trying to re-shore industries and appeal to a rural, domestic base, how does cutting a major consumer of US corn products and shifting their purchases to a resource that the US does not have a comparative advantage in?
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Paul M Kearney @strategerist.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
I am no legal scholar (re: earlier posts) but as a card carrying political scientist, this does not end well regardless of the judge’s sentencing decision. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
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Justice Dept. Asks for 1-Day Sentence for Ex-Officer Convicted in Breonna Taylor Raid
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