Ryan Baker
@ryanbaker51.bsky.social
Social Science and Defense Policy / Research Scientist at CNA / PhD from GWU / Reserve Marine / Personal account / Opinions are my own
There’s a lot to unpack, but the claim that the USMC has lost crisis response market share to SOF and others strikes me as correct. It also points to a glaring hole in the push for 3.0 presence… why pay top dollar for a mid-ROMO capability when others can do the job faster and cheaper?
June 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
There’s a lot to unpack, but the claim that the USMC has lost crisis response market share to SOF and others strikes me as correct. It also points to a glaring hole in the push for 3.0 presence… why pay top dollar for a mid-ROMO capability when others can do the job faster and cheaper?
Possibly of interest: statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/04/19/f...
Buy your Tesla at closing time: For 15 years, these stocks have been mildly fluctuating during the day and shooting up overnight. | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
April 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Possibly of interest: statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/04/19/f...
There's a whole literature on that:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamblin...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamblin...
Gambling for resurrection - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
April 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
There's a whole literature on that:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamblin...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamblin...
Reposted by Ryan Baker
Let's start by challenging a fundamental misconception.
The term "supply chain" suggests a linear process from raw materials to finished products.
In reality, supply networks are complex, interconnected webs of relationships.
Think of them more like this.
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The term "supply chain" suggests a linear process from raw materials to finished products.
In reality, supply networks are complex, interconnected webs of relationships.
Think of them more like this.
4/
September 26, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Let's start by challenging a fundamental misconception.
The term "supply chain" suggests a linear process from raw materials to finished products.
In reality, supply networks are complex, interconnected webs of relationships.
Think of them more like this.
4/
The term "supply chain" suggests a linear process from raw materials to finished products.
In reality, supply networks are complex, interconnected webs of relationships.
Think of them more like this.
4/
... Strategists, in turn, see themselves as doctors who do not want disease outbreaks to happen but know everything there is to know about how viruses do their deadly work."
warontherocks.com/2016/04/prof...
warontherocks.com/2016/04/prof...
Professor, Tear Down This Wall: Is the Divide Between Security Studies and Strategic Studies Permanent?
Here at War on the Rocks, Joshua Rovner has written an insightful and provocative essay about the origin and nature of what seems to be a permanent rift
warontherocks.com
August 30, 2024 at 8:39 PM
... Strategists, in turn, see themselves as doctors who do not want disease outbreaks to happen but know everything there is to know about how viruses do their deadly work."
warontherocks.com/2016/04/prof...
warontherocks.com/2016/04/prof...
Adam Elkus captured this dimension well in a WOTR post a few years ago: "In short, security scholars see themselves as firefighters and often indirectly or directly imply that strategists are arsonists. ...
August 30, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Adam Elkus captured this dimension well in a WOTR post a few years ago: "In short, security scholars see themselves as firefighters and often indirectly or directly imply that strategists are arsonists. ...
Oh, man. I have a tag in my citation database for the strategy vs security vs peace studies debates. It's been going on within US political science departments at least since the end of the Cold War.
August 30, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Oh, man. I have a tag in my citation database for the strategy vs security vs peace studies debates. It's been going on within US political science departments at least since the end of the Cold War.