Alfonso Camacho-Martinez
@renaissancealf.bsky.social
Opinions are mine, but they should be yours.
SAISHopkins Alum (Strategic Studies). Currently at the Middlebury Institute for International Studies at Monterey (NPTS). Middlebury Provost National Security Fellow. Conflict Transformation Fellow.
SAISHopkins Alum (Strategic Studies). Currently at the Middlebury Institute for International Studies at Monterey (NPTS). Middlebury Provost National Security Fellow. Conflict Transformation Fellow.
From 2000 to 2020 the Venezuelan regime spent ~$30–$40B in defense, with ~$1.5–$3.0B in anti air and fighter jet capabilities, evidently, a useless use of public funds. A paper tiger if I ever saw one.
January 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
From 2000 to 2020 the Venezuelan regime spent ~$30–$40B in defense, with ~$1.5–$3.0B in anti air and fighter jet capabilities, evidently, a useless use of public funds. A paper tiger if I ever saw one.
Incredible performance art.
A fire broke out at a pavilion inside the COP30 global climate summit in Belém, Brazil, on Thursday. It is the latest in a series of mishaps for the annual conference this year. nyti.ms/43Iej2X
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Incredible performance art.
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In a world in which people with too much power and influence desperately need to be told and to understand when they are wrong, we are suddenly all inescapably drowning in sycophancy machines.
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
In a world in which people with too much power and influence desperately need to be told and to understand when they are wrong, we are suddenly all inescapably drowning in sycophancy machines.
LOLZ
Andrew Cuomo to join Harvard’s Institute of Politics
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
LOLZ
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hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.
we’ll all subscribe en masse
we’ll all subscribe en masse
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.
we’ll all subscribe en masse
we’ll all subscribe en masse
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The quantum race isn’t just about qubits. It’s about what keeps them cold, powered, and pure. The second piece in our series examines the supply chains that decide who will build the future.
The Supply Chain Chokepoints in Quantum
Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a four-part series. The first article, “America’s Quantum Moment,” was published on Oct. 13, 2025. As
warontherocks.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The quantum race isn’t just about qubits. It’s about what keeps them cold, powered, and pure. The second piece in our series examines the supply chains that decide who will build the future.
My latest for War on the Rocks.
Colombia’s drone problem isn’t coming. It’s already here.
Colombia Is Struggling to Keep Up With A Criminal Air Force
Armed groups in Colombia have built an air force — and it flies on cheap, store-bought drones. In late August 2025, the National Liberation Army claimed
warontherocks.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
My latest for War on the Rocks.
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KOKO THE GORILLA: Koko birkin bag. Practical Koko possession bag
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
July 17, 2023 at 3:57 AM
KOKO THE GORILLA: Koko birkin bag. Practical Koko possession bag
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
Both Phillip II and Queen Victoria are rolling in their crypts.
September 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Both Phillip II and Queen Victoria are rolling in their crypts.
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Netanyahu's attack on Iran is about sparking regime change with just enough strikes on nuclear facilities to frame it as an act of preemptive self-defense. I doubt this will turn out well. My latest in @ForeignPolicy.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/13/i...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/13/i...
Nuclear Claims Are a Smoke Screen for Hopes of Toppling Iran
The Israeli strikes aren’t about facilities or centrifuges, but regime change.
foreignpolicy.com
June 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Netanyahu's attack on Iran is about sparking regime change with just enough strikes on nuclear facilities to frame it as an act of preemptive self-defense. I doubt this will turn out well. My latest in @ForeignPolicy.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/13/i...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/13/i...
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Fires at Natanz Uranium Enrichment Plant based on video geolocated to the road outside the facility: 33.738 N°, 51.737 E°
@armscontrolwonk.bsky.social and I have been talking about the vulnerability of air defenses there a lot the past few weeks
@armscontrolwonk.bsky.social and I have been talking about the vulnerability of air defenses there a lot the past few weeks
June 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Fires at Natanz Uranium Enrichment Plant based on video geolocated to the road outside the facility: 33.738 N°, 51.737 E°
@armscontrolwonk.bsky.social and I have been talking about the vulnerability of air defenses there a lot the past few weeks
@armscontrolwonk.bsky.social and I have been talking about the vulnerability of air defenses there a lot the past few weeks
Big “Continental System” vibes here.
US warns against using Huawei chips ‘anywhere in the world’
https://www.ft.com/content/2033b5b3-974d-4d40-8498-1c46d3a8db79
https://www.ft.com/content/2033b5b3-974d-4d40-8498-1c46d3a8db79
US warns against using Huawei chips ‘anywhere in the world’
Commerce department guidance aims to toughen export controls on tech used by China to make AI processors
www.ft.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Big “Continental System” vibes here.
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Scientific American rebranding as People Are Saying American.
May 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Scientific American rebranding as People Are Saying American.
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Breaking News: A federal judge expressed deep concern that the Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras “with no meaningful process.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
April 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Breaking News: A federal judge expressed deep concern that the Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras “with no meaningful process.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
Woah
March 31, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Woah
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Whether it's the Navajo code talkers helping to defeat the Nazis or it's Nazis removing all mention of the Navajo code talkers from the US military's website, the conflict between Nazis and Navajo code talkers has continued for over 80 years.
March 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Whether it's the Navajo code talkers helping to defeat the Nazis or it's Nazis removing all mention of the Navajo code talkers from the US military's website, the conflict between Nazis and Navajo code talkers has continued for over 80 years.
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"Our missile program. We have significant results. 'Long Neptune' has been tested and successfully used in combat. The range is 1.000 km." - Zelensky
March 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"Our missile program. We have significant results. 'Long Neptune' has been tested and successfully used in combat. The range is 1.000 km." - Zelensky
Good point, the Typhoon looks like a very good option right now.
Ending support of US military equipment raises the question...why buy US military equipment. For decades, there was an implicit assumption that it bound the US to your security establishment i.e. you locked in US goods and received US services. This will reverberate way beyond Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump's team has ordered the termination of vital support for F-16 fighter jet jamming equipment that Ukraine has. What is important to understand is that this could deprive the Ukrainian Air Force of its most important air countermeasures.
news.online.ua/en/the-us-is...
news.online.ua/en/the-us-is...
March 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Good point, the Typhoon looks like a very good option right now.
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Every day, the goals become clearer: The point of DOGE is not efficiency, but regime change
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
www.theatlantic.com
February 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Every day, the goals become clearer: The point of DOGE is not efficiency, but regime change
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
We are SO back
In this Ohio diner, H1B is a virus that can be cured by Ivermectin. But they do know this: Americans are too lazy and stupid to master to Hadoop.
December 28, 2024 at 6:10 AM
We are SO back
I love BlueSky and am so happy to see it finally take off. We are back to the nuanced, measured takes brimming with effort and good faith, feels like Twitter pre-collapse.
All Ezio Auditore quips aside, as a historian of crime and violence who has written about assassinations and pre-meditated revenge-based homicide, I have a lot of thoughts about the assassination of the United Healthcare CEO. Something about this particular moment hits differently.
December 6, 2024 at 7:46 AM
I love BlueSky and am so happy to see it finally take off. We are back to the nuanced, measured takes brimming with effort and good faith, feels like Twitter pre-collapse.
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When I get older I’m going to tell kids this was crypto:
December 4, 2024 at 12:57 AM
When I get older I’m going to tell kids this was crypto:
This cannot come soon enough.
The European Federation of Journalists representing over 320,000 journalists in Europe will no longer post on X.
Soon there will be no X, only Bluesky's.
Soon there will be no X, only Bluesky's.
November 29, 2024 at 7:29 AM
This cannot come soon enough.
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Gonna see a lot of these "attention-seeking lightweight versus actual fascist" choices in the coming days www.politico.com/live-updates...
Michael Anton and Sebastian Gorka in the running for deputy national security adviser
Either would be a controversial pick that is likely to stir anger in Washington.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Gonna see a lot of these "attention-seeking lightweight versus actual fascist" choices in the coming days www.politico.com/live-updates...
It is not, under any circumstances, “coming home.”
July 6, 2024 at 7:56 PM
It is not, under any circumstances, “coming home.”