Michael Shurkin
@michaelshurkin.bsky.social
Ex-CIA, Ex-RAND, NOT a political scientist. I post on things related to defense, national security, Africa (esp. the Sahel), and all things French military. Sometimes troll antisemites.
I've been watching the US military build up in the Caribbean, and I don't like it. My latest on Substack.
shurkin.substack.com/p/a-war-agai...
shurkin.substack.com/p/a-war-agai...
November 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I've been watching the US military build up in the Caribbean, and I don't like it. My latest on Substack.
shurkin.substack.com/p/a-war-agai...
shurkin.substack.com/p/a-war-agai...
Extra points for anyone who can tell me what this image has to do with Chilean defense policy?
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Extra points for anyone who can tell me what this image has to do with Chilean defense policy?
American centrists and moderates these days be like:
September 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
American centrists and moderates these days be like:
This finally arrived!
August 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
This finally arrived!
My little YouTube hobby is going well. Another milestone achieved.
June 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
My little YouTube hobby is going well. Another milestone achieved.
I wonder how much thought he puts into these before hitting "post."
June 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I wonder how much thought he puts into these before hitting "post."
Newark, NJ 1967.
June 8, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Newark, NJ 1967.
My latest on Substack. Ruminations about the relative importance of "root causes" in conflicts.
open.substack.com/pub/shurkin/...
open.substack.com/pub/shurkin/...
May 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
My latest on Substack. Ruminations about the relative importance of "root causes" in conflicts.
open.substack.com/pub/shurkin/...
open.substack.com/pub/shurkin/...
My joke about Andorra being a hoax really riled people up.
May 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
My joke about Andorra being a hoax really riled people up.
Interesting comments. It seems Al-Sharaa may have been groomed by Mossad. Lol.
May 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Interesting comments. It seems Al-Sharaa may have been groomed by Mossad. Lol.
All it took was one disastrous Oval Office meeting...
April 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
All it took was one disastrous Oval Office meeting...
I roll with these guys.
March 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I roll with these guys.
Found this in a South African military strategic review. Turns out the US military isn't the only one with a taste for useless rococo graphics.
March 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Found this in a South African military strategic review. Turns out the US military isn't the only one with a taste for useless rococo graphics.
New milestone reached for my little YouTube hobby! Thanks, everyone.
March 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
New milestone reached for my little YouTube hobby! Thanks, everyone.
March 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
She's on to me.
March 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
She's on to me.