Andrew Winner
@acwinner.bsky.social
Adjunct Professor, SAIS Europe, Johns Hopkins University
Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval War College
Views are mine own.
Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval War College
Views are mine own.
Do we have a sense of how “nearby” the Russian vessels were? They would have limited options to intervene, especially at a distance, unless they wanted to fire at a US CG ship or SOF helo.
January 7, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Do we have a sense of how “nearby” the Russian vessels were? They would have limited options to intervene, especially at a distance, unless they wanted to fire at a US CG ship or SOF helo.
USG will want to seize the tankers (with low risk), although they could choose to stop them by disabling fire first. Seizure would likely require some "high demand; low density" assets or capabilities such as VBSS (visit, board, search, seizure) teams (USN, USCG, SOF). So some limits might exist.
January 5, 2026 at 2:51 PM
USG will want to seize the tankers (with low risk), although they could choose to stop them by disabling fire first. Seizure would likely require some "high demand; low density" assets or capabilities such as VBSS (visit, board, search, seizure) teams (USN, USCG, SOF). So some limits might exist.
More information is being released about Epstein by the House? And the discharge petition might have enough votes very soon?
September 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
More information is being released about Epstein by the House? And the discharge petition might have enough votes very soon?
Thank you Anna! So critical to have this, in detail, on the public record while it is happening.
August 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Thank you Anna! So critical to have this, in detail, on the public record while it is happening.
Awful in so many ways from the personal for these people who committed their lives and careers to serve the US and its citizens to the loss of expertise and knowledge on complex issues that the US needs to know and lead in to protect its own interests.
July 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Awful in so many ways from the personal for these people who committed their lives and careers to serve the US and its citizens to the loss of expertise and knowledge on complex issues that the US needs to know and lead in to protect its own interests.
Thank you Anna and Lawfare for such great reporting. Donating now (and should have done so earlier!).
July 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Thank you Anna and Lawfare for such great reporting. Donating now (and should have done so earlier!).
Perfect! Thank you. I had just written you an email as you were posting this, so this answers my questions. Much appreciated! Will be in touch with any follow up.
July 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Perfect! Thank you. I had just written you an email as you were posting this, so this answers my questions. Much appreciated! Will be in touch with any follow up.
Super job! Really creative, and I suspect, highly successful from the students' point of view as well as objective measurements of their learning and understanding of the course material.
July 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Super job! Really creative, and I suspect, highly successful from the students' point of view as well as objective measurements of their learning and understanding of the course material.
Hmmm. This is interesting. I run a wargame in my Strategy and Policy class, and I am now wondering whether the final paper should use/build on the wargame experience in the way you have done with your practical exercise. Would be interested in seeing the paper instructions/prompt.
July 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Hmmm. This is interesting. I run a wargame in my Strategy and Policy class, and I am now wondering whether the final paper should use/build on the wargame experience in the way you have done with your practical exercise. Would be interested in seeing the paper instructions/prompt.
“Lenin had a beard! Gabby Hayes had whiskers.” George Carlin
June 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“Lenin had a beard! Gabby Hayes had whiskers.” George Carlin
"We hold diplomacy to much higher standards than bombing." I can easily see a dozen dissertations coming out of variations of that sentence. Why/how do we...? I know some literature that addresses this in some ways; I'm sure there are entire scads I do not know. This just struck me as really useful.
June 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"We hold diplomacy to much higher standards than bombing." I can easily see a dozen dissertations coming out of variations of that sentence. Why/how do we...? I know some literature that addresses this in some ways; I'm sure there are entire scads I do not know. This just struck me as really useful.