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#2: Billionaire warlords: Why the future is medieval | Top 10 2019
Next up on the countdown at #2, the world's next superpower might just resurrect the Middle Ages.
December 31, 2019
#8: Technology doesn't win wars. Why the US pretends it does. | Top 10 2019
Big Think's eighth most popular video of the year reveals what the real future of war could look like.
December 25, 2019
Ethnic chauvinism: Why the whole world shouldn’t look like America
We are constantly trying to force the world to look like us — we need to move on.
August 19, 2019
Why Blackwater cannot be the future of U.S. warfare
Can 6,500 mercenaries "fix" Afghanistan? The U.S. is resurrecting privatized warfare.
April 03, 2019
Billionaire warlords: Why the future is medieval
The world's next superpower might just resurrect the Middle Ages.
February 16, 2019
Technology doesn't win wars. Why the US pretends it does.
Hollywood's notions of future wars may be nothing like the real ones.
January 27, 2019
Sean McFate
Dr. Sean McFate is an adviser to Oxford University's Centre for Technology and Global Affairs, as well as a professor of strategy at the National Defense University and Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Washington, DC. Additionally, he is the author of several books, including Shadow War, The New Rules of War, and The Modern Mercenary.
