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NK Finney

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Servant of the Republic | Fellow, Duke Program on American Grand Strategy, @AtlanticCouncil.bsky.social, & the Pacific Forum | Ed., @britjnlmilhist.bsky.social | Pres, @milwritersguild.bsky.social | Historian of WWI (book @cornellupress.bsky.social)

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · Mar 22

Refreshed my list of national security and strategy fellowships and seminars. Most are tailored for new and mid-career individuals, though there are a few sprinkled in for old folks like me, as well.

I welcome any additions!

@milwritersguild.bsky.social

Fellowships and Seminars

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Chris Levesque @levesque-chris.bsky.social · 19h

We should really spend more time on teaching the English Civil Wars as they relate to the American Revolution.

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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 1d

FYI! The awesome @nathankfinney.com's awesome book "Orchestrating Power" has an awesome cover! Find more about (and maybe pre-order...) his upcoming addition to the #Battlegrounds series at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501783777/orchestrating-power/

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · Aug 27

I just received my first copy of the book!

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · 2d

Thanks, Doc! So cool to finally have it coming out.

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · 2d

Thanks!

NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · 2d

Orchestrating Power: The American Associational State in the First World War” has an official publication date of December 15, 2025!

Please pre-order a copy (40% discount: 09FORTY) & consider asking your local or university library to order a copy!

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Orchestrating Power by Nathan K. Finney | Hardcover | Cornell University Press

Orchestrating Power explores how the expansion of the American state for the First World War reshaped the nature of governance. This wartime state expansion is examined through the creation, structure...

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · 3d

Thanks to Susie Colbourn for the invitation to drive up & support a great group of students from across the Triangle—Duke, UNC, NC State, and NC Central—for a Bridging the Gap, Duke Program in American Grand Strategy, & TISS Foundations of International Relations Success & Training (FIRST) workshop.

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James @ashevillepictures.bsky.social · 4d

A stunner sunset in the Blue Ridge Mountains tonight

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · 12d

Only five more days to apply to join the great Board of Directors at @milwritersguild.bsky.social. Members interested in shaping the organization should self-nominate at the form below!

2025 MWG Election Nomination Form

Four positions on the Board of Directors for the Military Writers Guild are open for election - the President, the Vice President, and two board seats. If you would like to help lead the organization...

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · 19d

“you have little time you must give testimony
be courageous when the mind deceives you”

- Zbigniew Herbert

NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · 23d

Maintenance week as the half marathon gets closer…beautiful day around Bragg. Almost to autumn…

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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.bsky.social · 24d

One of Tilly’s key arguments in Politics of Collective Violence is that there’s no such thing as “a” civil war. What we call civil wars are aggregations of lots of different kinds of violence, at different scales, and involving different dynamics.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 26d

This was common in Iraq too. We once responded to a tip, raided the suspected house, then learned the occupant was guilty only of building a balcony that allowed him to see into his neighbor's back yard.

The neighbor had informed on him, hoping American soldiers would arrest him. We left.

thinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 26d

During the Spanish Civil War it was common for people to use the war as a convenient excuse to permanently settle grievances or just straight up steal their neighbor's property. Same in Afghanistan. An environment in which someone informs on you because they covet your wife or truck...very very bad

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · 24d

We have 4 board seats coming open - including to replace me as President. I hope some of our great members that have the time and drive to support the community nominate themselves!

Military Writers Guild @milwritersguild.bsky.social · 24d

Learn about MWG Board Nominations:

open.substack.com/pub/milwrite...

MWG Board Nominations

A note from MWG President, Nathan Finney

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Military Writers Guild @milwritersguild.bsky.social · 26d

Check out a set of published works from MWG members, including some of our newest members!
milwritersguild.substack.com/p/mwg-member...

MWG Members' Submitted Works

XVIII: Welcome back to the MWG members’ published works newsletter!

milwritersguild.substack.com

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · 24d

In case you want to be verified here…

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We’re introducing a new layer of verification — a user-friendly, easily recognizable badge. Additionally, independent organizations can verify accounts directly through our Trusted Verifiers feature.

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · Sep 7

Solid 10 miles along the Cape Fear River today. Pace was slower than desired, but putting the work in. Half marathon in October is calling…

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · Sep 7

Energizing first Board of Advisors meeting today for the Military Writers Guild! Such an amazing group of writers and leaders to help us bring the organization to the next level. Look forward to working with them in the coming years!

Board of Advisors — Military Writers Guild

www.militarywritersguild.org

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · Sep 4

Truth

NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · Sep 4

Great to drop into the alma mater and participate in the great events hosted by the Duke American Gand Strategy Program! Some sage words and a few candid comments by former Chairman General CG Brown…

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · Sep 4

So good to see you and catch up! And congrats on hitting 24!

NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · Sep 1

I’ve been learning from James Greer for almost 20 years…and yet listening to his analysis here I learned a ton. This is a must listen for any professional…

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The Operational Arch

Government Podcast · Updated Monthly · The official podcast of the School of Advanced Military Studies, dedicated to bridging the gap between tactics and strategy through the study of operational art ...

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Olivia Garard @teaandtactics.bsky.social · Aug 30

I have two poems coming out in this collection of poems on the end of the so-called Forever Wars.

It is available for preorder today, purchase tomorrow.

Be on the look out for:

- “Salty”

- “Five-Star Google Reviews of the Green Beans Cafe at Kandahar Airfield”

www.amazon.com/So-Long-Anth...

So Long: The Anthology of Poet Warriors: Volume III

So Long: The Anthology of Poet Warriors: Volume III [Jenkins, Leo, Dow, Keith] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. So Long: The Anthology of Poet Warriors: Volume III

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · Aug 30

“Now a mix of factors have created an opening for a new strategic arrangement in the South Atlantic…Argentina wants Britain to loosen its restrictions on arms purchases. Britain wants discreet acceptance of its role in the rest of the South Atlantic.”

www.economist.com/the-americas...

Inside the secret military dialogue between Britain and Argentina

A deal would counter China and please America. It requires deft diplomacy on the Falklands

www.economist.com

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · Aug 30

“Lily, a millennial in Shanghai, got into debt when her employer, stopped paying her wages because of its own cashflow difficulties. To help, she is dabbling in “debt IP”—when people turn stories of ruin into a means of generating cash as online influencers.”

economist.com/china/2025/0...

Why so many Chinese are drowning in debt

Some contemplate suicide. Others vaunt their folly as influencers

economist.com

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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · Aug 28

Nice…will give it a read!