Blake Herzinger
I like big navies and I cannot lie. Navy Reservist | CIMSEC | Asian Security | ex-Citi, AEI, USSC, Twitter, Pacific Forum, US Pacific Fleet | Proud Idahoan | Opinions mine, but you're welcome to adopt them
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- Reposted by Blake Herzingerthis is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
- Reposted by Blake HerzingerIt's an unusual form of isolationism...
- Merry Christmas, shitter was full!
- Reposted by Blake HerzingerNew post out: @ldfreedman.bsky.social talks to @kschake.bsky.social - who's worked at senior levels in the US defense and state departments - on how the military should deal with Trump, Hegseth and illegal orders. (Free to read) samf.substack.com/p/the-state-...
- Reposted by Blake HerzingerInformation Office of the PRC State Council furiously scribbling down notes on how you roll out the public announcement of a blockade
- ...Happy Hanukkah?
- Reposted by Blake Herzingerwrote this week about a topic there's surprisingly little coverage of in the United States even in think tanks focused on the Chinese military: the everyday lives of Chinese soldiers. foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/16/c...
- *looking for the land Venezuela stole from the United States*
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- At least there's a solid rebuttal to that gawdawful Harrison Kass piece about getting rid of the Marine Corps thehill.com/opinion/nati...
- What possibly could have led that young man to believe he was in possession of the necessary understanding or insight to write something like this?
- It is the year of our lord 2025, the Marine Corps is here. We made that choice a long time ago, and it is an institution of incredible value. Don't write stupid stuff.
- Reposted by Blake HerzingerChina to fall out of Germany’s top five export destinations for first time since 2010 – Reuters: ‘dropping to seventh place as shipments decline 10% to 81 billion euros ($95.04 billion) this year’ ‘as imports from [China] rise more than 7% to around 168 billion euros, accounting for 12% of all’
- Reposted by Blake HerzingerGreat piece by Chris Miller: “The Trump administration’s offer of economic inducements misses the point. Russia doesn’t want a business deal, it wants Ukraine: a building block of Mr. Putin’s new sphere of control and a victory that could humiliate the West and demonstrate his great-power status."
- The man suspended enforcement of the foreign corrupt practices act for gods sake. What possible reason could you have for doing that if not “doing corruption”?
- Reposted by Blake HerzingerMy assessment of the Trump national security strategy: "it sees the United States’ adversaries as partners in that war, but it does not see how much U.S. power relies on the voluntary assistance of other countries."
- Those that can erect protectionist barriers will do so. Those that cannot will be hollowed out by Beijing.
- .. a “remarkable figure, never before seen in recorded economic history ..” @wsj.com 🇨🇳 www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
- Seeing a leader of the United States adopt this line is revolting. While the US remains imperfect, it is also the global leader in FDI as well as the world’s leading destination for inbound investment. China would love to have an economy like America’s.
- Holding ourselves up against a state directed economy that relies on SOEs and manufacturing exports, along with market distorting practices, is a dead end. Wrong comparison. We don’t want to be China.
- And the incredible irony given this administration killed *the department we used to feed people* is just…wow.
- Finally, the fact that a Russian propagandist is posting this, which originated with a Malaysian MAGA influencer, speaks volumes about the things gone wrong in this administration and the online right.
- The thing about this is that it makes a real nice place to live.
- Reposted by Blake HerzingerGovernment of posters facing a crisis: what if the solution was more posting
