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R. Jordan Prescott

R. Jordan Prescott is a private contractor working in defense and national security
since 2002.

Establish a Special Inspector General for War

R. Jordan Prescott July 19, 2023

We should not repeat the same oversight mistakes that have characterized every war from Bosnia onward.

‘The Clash of Civilizations?’ at Thirty

R. Jordan Prescott June 7, 2023

Samuel Huntington's 1993 essay was a prophetic warning to all would-be nation-builders.

NATO Generosity Betrays Institutional Obsolescence

R. Jordan Prescott April 12, 2023

NATO expansion has failed to bring modernization and integration to the armed forces of member countries.

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Lamenting Lewinsky (Still)

R. Jordan Prescott March 1, 2023

Kevin McCarthy, Meet Frederick Gillett

R. Jordan Prescott February 1, 2023

Grand Old Investigations

R. Jordan Prescott January 17, 2023

Of Course Trust in the Military Has Declined

R. Jordan Prescott December 6, 2022

American Equipment in Enemy Hands

R. Jordan Prescott August 31, 2022

Abandoned equipment as a postscript to disastrous military interventions is a too often recurring consequence.

The Second Great Inflation

R. Jordan Prescott July 11, 2022

Here we are, Mr. President, by way of Keynes and Kiev.

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Putin Needed a Scowcroft

R. Jordan Prescott May 25, 2022

If Putin had a Scowcroft at his side in early February 2022, he might have avoided this disaster.

Democrats Face Fate of Whigs

R. Jordan Prescott February 26, 2022

Like the Whigs who opposed "King Andrew," the Democrats re-imagined themselves as the "resistance" to a Trump tyranny.

Don’t Repeat the Crimean War

R. Jordan Prescott February 19, 2022

Failing to remember history, President Biden appears condemned to repeat it.

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