Prof Robert Pape is a Substack about war, terrorism, and how political conflicts intensify, why they become difficult to reverse, and what strategies can contain them—along with reflections on the broader context and implications of political violence.
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Final Reminder: Today’s Live Briefing — 6:30pm ET
Wars are won — or lost — through coercive strategy, not tactics alone.
But the political logic connecting military force to actual leverage is difficult to explain in three-minute cable TV segments.
That is the focus of today’s live brief...
Link for Today's Live Briefing, 5:30pm CT 6:30pm ET
https://open.substack.com/live-stream/193318?utm_source=live-stream-scheduled-upsell
https://open.substack.com/live-stream/193318?utm_source=live-stream-scheduled-upsell
Sunday Live Briefing: The Iran War’s Second Phase — Why US Strategy is Failing
Seventy days into the second phase of the Iran war, the Trump administration — and most of the media — are still debating tactics: which ships to board, which islands to seize, which threats to make.
But coercive success is not determined...
Why the Iran War Could Reshape American Politics
Last evenining I joined The Left Hook for an extended interview on the Iran war, escalation dynamics, and why this conflict could become far more politically consequential inside the United States than many currently assume.
We discussed:...
US Humiliation — and the Escalation Reality
The rhetoric surrounding next week’s Xi–Trump summit is becoming extraordinarily dangerous.
Chinese analysts are now openly describing the United States as:
“A giant with a limp.”
In Germany, Chancellor Merz says the United States has b...
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I teach at the University of Chicago and study how force is used to achieve political objectives, how escalation unfolds, and how strategies of restraint can succeed or fail in international and American political violence.
The Left Hook is a thoroughly opinionated and biased intellectual playground for people who enjoy political, cultural, and religious hot takes without corporate censorship and nonsense centrism.
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