Verbal Notes Newlsetter # 5
Verbal Notes has focused in the last few days and weeks on the war in Gaza, providing background through links to relevant articles from think tanks and Academia.
They include texts about the regional implications of the war, Israel’s Strategic culture and Hamas’ strategy, the legitimacy and effectiveness of sieges in modern warfare, and an in-depth study about the intelligence failures leading to the 1973 Yom Kippur war, among many others.
Sources include the International Crisis Group, the Rand Corporation, the Council on Foreign Relations, War on the Rocks, NewLines Magazine, and others.
You can find a selection of these posts here
In addition to this indispensable focus, Books & more has continued to add notes on books on International Relations and related topics; among them, the very enlightening memories of a US Ambassador to Russia and of a Secretary of Defence, How to solve problems before they happen, Libya, and the Politics of Catastrophe.
I hope all this can be useful to make sense and add perspective to current events.
Please feel free to reach out and comment.