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Well, at least some retired generals are pointing out the obvious risks of the military's personal loyalty to Trump* *you wouldn't need a Stalin comparison for that, though www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This counts as being forewarned (althought that’s not the same thing as being forearmed)

Poor old 'apolitical' military leaders, being driven to execute those illegal orders like sheep to the slaughter

Sadly this rings true based on my 8 years of teaching in the Danish PME system - great students under a lot of time pressure, but very little support with the Danish Defence for their intellectual development

'the question of what those in uniform will do in pivotal moments for democracy is, alas, becoming more relevant by the day' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"There's an undemocratic politicisation of the country's leading military research institution when researchers are restricted in both their freedom of expression and their right to conduct research freely. This is the opinion of several of the Danish Parliament's defence spokespeople"

Pivot to the Western Hemisphere

Submission no. 500 at the Journal of Scandinavian Military Studies (SJMS) landed this morning! We publish in the field of military studies: multidisciplinary, practice‑relevant, with Scandinavian roots and a global scope All open access Learn more about @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....

Hey, you! Do you worry about executive abuse of military authority, but need a framework to analyze it? Well stop *worrying.* My new article on "executive shirking" is out from Perspectives on Politics. Thanks to everyone who gave me feedback on this one! #civmilbluesky

The indirect approach to the indirect approach?

The Brazilian military's superiority complex is deeply embedded in its role conceptions-its PME institutions still transmit the 'good military vs corrupt/communist civilians' worldview Brazil’s Bolsonaro was convicted but the military appetite for a coup lingers www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

“Eyes on, hands off.” Mission command sounds simple, but micromanagement often creeps in. Too detailed orders, risk aversion, and a lack of trust make implementation difficult. Currently in Stockholm to teach our latest in Mission Command in NATO. 📚 sjms.nu/articles/10.... (open access)

And the US military is now in 'repeatedly obeying illegal orders' territory

“When Trump fired the military’s top lawyers the rest saw the writing on the wall, and instead of being a critical firebreak they are now a rubber stamp complicit in this crime.”

Danish state TV says men with close connections to Trump are trying to infiltrate Greenland - one of them arguably is creating list of local people who would support Trump's desire to take over Greenland www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

Got our first book review for Non-State Special Operations: Capabilities and Effects in @terpolv.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows #CivMilSky newrepublic.com/article/1987...

It's a strange feeling after all the years of irresponsible defense cuts, but I really do believe (and proudly so) that Denmark is one countries in Europe that best have understood the new security situation and makes the right decisions. Nice to see that @alanderminna.bsky.social has noticed too.

There is a lot of talk about higher defense spending in NATO, but I think many politicians have failed to explain adequately why that is necessary. So in this video I explain what is at stake for citizens in Western European countries.

When discussing the use of the military in law enforcement, I really don't like the "soldiers are only trained to kill" argument - it's much more complicated than that, but still a very bad idea* (*Sad when old research becomes timely) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #CivMilSky

Recommend everyone read this article by Christoph and Chiara

And yet, would anyone think US Congress would then impeach Trump?

Check out our new article in Survival written with Henrik Hiim. We examine the knock-on risks of a US-China conflict to NATO's space operations and the potential impact on NATO's warfighting capabilities. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"When it is clear that a civilian government (..) is weaponizing the military to protect its political interests, to attack its political opponents, or to undermine civil society, political neutrality demands that military officers not passively obey." #CivMilSky www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-po...

This concerted campaign of US government officials in support of an extremist party is an open attack against Germany's democracy - all while these very same government officials are actively trying to destroy democracy in the US, too

Read this post about the US DOD trying to censor a peer reviewed article right before publication:

What we're witnessing is much more dramatic than the gradual nature of 'democratic backsliding' If we are using the slowly boiling a frog metaphor for 'democratic backsliding', what we're actually seeing is someone forcefully drowning a frog in a baththub of fully boiling water

"Caine said he would be candid in his advice to Trump and vowed to be apolitical." You can't be APOLITICAL!!! #CivMilSky

"if Trump directs the U.S. military to engage in such an operation, he could well precipitate the greatest civil-military crisis in American history since the Civil War." #CivMilSky

Social scientist: the US military is crisis - wake up! The cognitive dissonance of endless rejections from mainstream news and social science outlets STILL pathologically averse to talking about the military + endless bad news about military affirms (Belvoir closing)… cupblog.org/2025/04/04/p...

Trump’s degrader strategy is very effective. Responding to it requires more than observing the disruption, since the point of the disruption is to be observed. Instead of: “Trump did X”, try: “we all have to do Y now because some jackass did X”

www.tandfonline.com/journals/fde... Check out this timely collection

The corruption of the American military is happening so much faster than I thought possible. Weren’t there responsible leaders in uniform recently?

This would seem to be a sub-optimal result for long-term US strategic goals towards China (assuming long-term thinking is still a consideration in Washington). 🤦‍♂️ China, Japan, South Korea to meet as Trump tariffs take shape www.japantimes.co.jp/business/202...

Ford Maddox Ford fans should check out Page 99 of my book: page99test.blogspot.com/2025/03/thom...

Julius Caesar finding out that Brutus added him to the 'Ides of March' group chat

Thinking of Huntington's fashy West Point fantasies from the last pages of Soldier and the State today #CivMilSky

If you want to watch the whole video, it is from my conversation at @siliconcurtain.bsky.social.

Bluesky baptism post. My take on what a European defense force could look like. There's going to be a lot of proposals in the coming weeks, but this one is mine. #Europe #Europeansecurity #Europeandefense #NATO #Ukraine #Ukrainewar carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...

Following this trend, European Professional Military Education institutions should start actively recruiting people eager to leave the US. www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...

The states most likely to be attacked by Russia all spend more than the agreed threshold on defence already - but no one believes in the US commitment to Art. V any longer anyway

Our dear Royal Danish Defence College colleagues at the Department for Leadership and Organization are looking for an Assistant Professor in Innovation and Management candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

'Senators should refuse to confirm any new Defense Department nominations, including that of retired Lt. General Dan Caine as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff," the former defense secretaries wrote.' www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv... #CivMilSky