Louis René Beres
Saving The Republic: A Titanic Struggle For Mind
“Truth cannot appear naked before the people.”-Arthur Schopenhauer, On Man’s Need of Metaphysics
If America’s core problems could be reduced to their barest essentials, they would coalesce around issues of mind. What this implies, especially in the “Trump...
The Overriding Strategic Threat: Donald Trump, American “Mass” And Nuclear War
“The mass crushes out the insight and reflection that are still possible with the individual, and this necessarily leads to doctrinaire and authoritarian tyranny if ever the constitutional State should succumb to a fit...
After The US Presidential Acquittal: Vox Populi, Public Mass and America’s Future
“Who is to decide which is the grimmer sight: withered hearts, or empty skulls?” -Honoré de Balzac
Virtually all US politicians, irrespective of party, are fond of celebrating “The American People.” As the ultimate fallback script...
The Limits of Long-Distance Romance: Risks of Catastrophic War with North Korea
To reduce the risks of a nuclear conflict with North Korea, US President Donald Trump must focus on refined analytic assessments and preparation, not (as he has stubbornly maintained) on "attitude." In the end,...
Looking Beyond Current Crises: American Policy, Global Chaos and Collective Will
Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti’s Man Pointing extends his finger accusingly. But where is he pointing, where exactly, in what discernible direction and toward whom or what in particular? At one level, these are silly or unfair...
United States Nuclear Strategy: Deterrence, Escalation and War
War is a matter of vital importance to the State; the province of life or death; the road to survival or ruin. It is mandatory that it be thoroughly studied.
--Sun Tzu, The Art of...
Seeking Plausible Strategic Goals: America’s Doctrinal Imperative on Iran
Abstract: Although US President Donald Trump may eventually be content with achieving only modest operational successes against Iran, there is reason to believe he would still prefer some notion of a military “victory.” Any such...
Looking Behind the Daily News: Informed Narratives on Israel’s Nuclear Challenges
“The rational is not thinkable without its other, the non-rational, and it never appears in reality without it.”-Karl Jaspers, Reason and Existence (1935)
How shall Israel endure in a prospectively non-rational Middle East? It’s a complicated question,...
A Vast “Tyranny” Over Mind: Donald Trump and The Death of “High Thinking” in...
“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”-Thomas Jefferson
Once upon a time, Americans were still being instructed to value a life of the...
Trump’s “Space Force”: A Predictable Future of War and Chaos
On December 20, 2019, US President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act, creating the newest military service since the US Air Force was established in 1947. Although the United States Space Force...