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2500+ years old – still true: “All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive, when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away,...

Not Putin on your thinking cap. When Nobel prize-winning economist Friedrich Hayek spoke of “the local knowledge problem” -- that 200 million heads are better than one -- he had a different iteration of Russia on his mind. But a tyrant’s flaws, regardless...

The Liar’s Dividend refers to a political leader blitzing so much bunk as to create a fog of confusion, from which he then harvests political and/or military gains. But the practice has a shelf life, as shown the subtle resistance that grew under the...