Aaron MacLean
@AaronBMacLean
Fellow @HudsonInstitute. Previously @SenTomCotton, @USMC. Host @schoolofwarpod.
A little @schoolofwarpod news--it took us 2.5 years to get our first million downloads. Now it's taken us *just* less than one additional year (almost to the day) to hit two million. Thanks guys!!
In our new @WSJ piece, my colleague @Doranimated and I: Reveal how during the 12-day war, Israel launched a historic cyberattack, erasing Iran’s financial data and signaling a new era of cyberwarfare. wsj.com/opinion/predat…
I initially only planned to read the chapter on Borodino in the Kutuzov book, for some context. Anyway, I read the entire thing. Both these books are wonderful. Must haves for those interested
This podcast episode pairs perfectly with this @HudsonInstitute event with @clarkdefense. hudson.org/events/buildin…
@WillSomUSA Chairman of Regulus Global and CEO of @UNION_Prime joins the show to discuss rebuilding the U.S. defense industrial base. Hit the link to listen! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sch…
Tight focus, doesn’t sprawl… not sure what the problem is here.
Just got this Providence submission in my email - subject line: Foreign Policy email text: foreign policy attachment title: foreignpolicy.docx the attachment: a 500 word doc composed of a ChatGPT-generated definition of "foreign policy"
I confess I have never heard of this film. Stunning.
Michel Gondry talks about this magnificent scene from "Kes" (1969, Loach): "With Ken Loach, it's always very social. So, its the middle of England. In the '70s, probably still now, but it was very ravaged by unemployment and poverty. And you see kids when they are 15, they've…
Hoe maakt de VS militaire munities? Wat voor figuren — en wat voor business case — zit er achter wat Europa 🇳🇱/🇪🇺 aan gaan schaffen voor 10 miljard? Uitstekend als altijd met @AaronBMacLean. 👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sch…
It was an honor to host @yzarka for my first bilateral meeting with a fellow Ambassador. Under President Trump, the United States and Israel are not just the strongest we’ve ever been, but the strongest together we’ve ever been. We discussed our common goals in preventing…
Really interesting discussion today on @schoolofwarpod with @WillSomUSA. We discuss what it takes to make munitions in America in 2025. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-…
Today I sent my robot into the garage to lift weights for me. Everyone should buy robots.
The whole thread is valuable.
My book "The Mongol Storm" offers a history of the Mongol invasions into the Middle East told from many different perspectives - Byzantine, Mamluk, Seljuk, Armenian, Ayyubid, Crusader etc. If you're looking for a summer read... @BasicBooks @BasicBooksUK
I will never tire of reading about the insane reactions of eighteenth century French people reading Rousseau for the first time
A reminder to all that antisemitism is seeing a major revival not as mere prejudice, but as politics. As a universal political explanation. As a mobilizing political force. As an alliance-forming political tool.
I learned a lot from this piece on Syria's Druze community in @EngelsbergIdeas . It's a great example of how deep historical understanding can help us make sense of otherwise exceedingly complex contemporary sectarian and geopolitical developments: engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the-d…
This is where Mussolini was hanged upside down in 1945, it is now a McDonald’s, total American cultural victory
In my latest essay in my applied history series for @WarOnTheRocks I argue that Sully's so-called "Grand Design" for pan-european strategic unity is eminently worthy of rediscovery (2/9) warontherocks.com/2025/07/toward…
Who was Sully? Why was this grizzled warrior & early seventeenth century statesman admired by figures ranging from Kant to Tsar Alexander I & Winston Churchill? Why was his vision of European unity so influential over the centuries? And what insights can it provide us today? 1/9
.@AaronBMacLean
Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.
Live update about the current situation in southern Syria with @Israel_Alma_org and Adv. Anan Kheir as fragile ceasefire declared. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
The weekend read you need - by @AaronBMacLean my colleague @HudsonInstitute - engelsbergideas.com/essays/a-warni…