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Analysis, data visualizations, futile eccentricity by Gabriel Uriarte

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Nov
05
Armies, What Are They Good For? Real-Time Assessment of Peacetime Militaries, Part I: Service Length and the Generals' Job Guarantee

Armies, What Are They Good For? Real-Time Assessment of Peacetime Militaries, Part I: Service Length and the Generals' Job Guarantee

Assessing military quality in real time is difficult because variables that appear self-explanatory in history books yield ambiguous or even
20 min read
Apr
19
All On the Shop Window: A Note on Russian Enlisted Reserves

All On the Shop Window: A Note on Russian Enlisted Reserves

As of mid-April in 2022, the front line in Ukraine appears to have stabilized. Russian forces have withdrawn from many
7 min read
Mar
03
Notes on Real-Time War-Watching

Notes on Real-Time War-Watching

I need first to apologize to my subscribers for the delay in publishing. I was one of the many people
17 min read
Jan
10
A Dead General, A Bombed Technocrat, and 6-0 Against Peru: The 1978 World Cup and the Argentine Elite

A Dead General, A Bombed Technocrat, and 6-0 Against Peru: The 1978 World Cup and the Argentine Elite

Peru's brief passage through the 2018 World Cup reminded me of the one fútbol anecdote I know about
8 min read