Writing
Essays and analytical notes.
Writing is where the reasoning gets tested. These pieces cover geopolitics, institutional behaviour, systems thinking, and the theory underneath the engineering.
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Selected Essays
Allison and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Graham Allison's three models of foreign policy decision-making are evaluated against the Cuban Missile Crisis. I argue that the bureaucratic politics model offers the most convincing explanation, as it accounts for the internal bargaining that produced the naval blockade.
Foot on Killing and Letting Die
Philippa Foot's distinction between killing and letting die is examined through the lens of moral agency. I argue that Foot successfully identifies a genuine moral asymmetry, while acknowledging that the distinction cannot serve as an absolute moral principle.
Are There Truths You Should Not Assert?
An examination of the norms governing assertion — arguing that truth is necessary but not sufficient for proper assertion, and that speakers are accountable for the predictable epistemic effects of what they say.
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