Galrahn: the Great Powers series

Just got off the phone with Galrahn, he of the Information Dissemination website/blog.

He's planning a series of interpretations, from a naval perspective, of the themes in Great Powers.

Naturally, I am psyched and we will follow with great interest.

Sean will be sure to link to all of these posts and we'll create permanent links off the Great Powers page to keep track of his argument's arc. Galrahn's ambition is laudable and wonderful to witness. He's basically doing what I told the Center for Naval Analyses roughly a dozen years ago that it needed to do: create the go-to space for online thinking re: maritime strategy. Alas, CNA's site is still basically a brochure and bragging site instead of a place you turn to for interaction and understanding and aggregation and . . . information dissemination. So on that score, Galrahn's becoming a one-person brand that's becoming its own center of gravity, which I think is great.

Comments

[daskro]

That's cool stuff, Galrahn's work is pretty impressive, has really increased my interest in the navy.

[Jack]

@ daskro - I second that. Galrahn increased not only my interest in the Navy, but also my understanding of it. He has a genuine gift for explaining complex national security issues in ways that make sense to folks like me without dumbing any of it down. I'm learning to understand the basic principles, and also many of the complexities. He's an invaluable resource. Just like Tom is.

[daskro]

no doubt with Tom either. Pentagon's New Map literally changed my life. Before reading it I was a college student planning on working for a big accounting firm. I realized after finishing it that I was headed in the wrong direction and that my true passion was the military and national security policy, 5 years later I now work in strategy for a major defense contractor. I truly believe that if I hadn't have read Pentagon's New Map I would not be where I am today.