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An Economic Strategy for China

ByRon P. SchweryNovember 14, 2024

One of our primary missions at The Cognitive Warrior Project is “to promote discussions that will better prepare entry-level Special Operations Forces for the challenges they face while ‘growing up SOF.’” In support of that mission, we feel that special operations forces

ByRon P. SchweryOctober 10, 2024

I am not big on anniversaries. It’s not that I don’t care but for some reason remembering dates is hard for me and they usually have a tendency to sneak up on me. Thankfully social media helps in this regard but, unless it is in the immediacy of my house, I still

ByRon P. SchweryOctober 2, 2024

I don’t really like going to the well to many times in a row for articles but here we are again with two important stories from a couple of my favorite podcasts… and I’ve been busy. First, we will discuss the remarkable intelligence gathering apparatus the IDF used to

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 25, 2024

My morning routine typically consists of getting the kids up, packing lunches, getting them off to school and trying to wind down with a podcast on my way to work. The podcasts vary, but I usually start my day with The President’s Daily Brief. It is a very good daily

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Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? China Vs…Everyone Else, A 9000ft Level View

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 7, 2024

I don’t know about you, but my X-feed has been absolutely blown up the last few days with Chinese provocations in The East Sea, The West Philippine Sea, The North Natuna Sea… or, how about The Indochina Sea? I know that a relatively small segment of the world refers to the

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What is that – and will I ever see one? China and Military Weapon Exports

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 3, 2024

Several months ago, as part of the continuing education program at the office, they began sending out ‘threat identification’ slides that focused on Chinese-made weapon systems. Naturally, I really liked them but as several weeks passed with bi-weekly updates, I had a

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Daily Dump: China dominates the Caribbean, Their Own, and Redraws the Map

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 4, 2023

As we relaunch the website and our Daily Dump, our first stop will be China. For those familiar with how I used to do the daily dump this will be a bit of a change. Instead of linking to whole bunch of articles and only discussing two or three with a general theme, I am […]

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Hiding Stupid Behind Big Words

ByRon P. SchwerySeptember 2, 2023

As I work on a re-re-rollout of the website, I have decided to shift my focus more to where I am than where I may someday want to be. What that means is an educational / awareness focus on entry level Special Operations Forces. An aide to help young special operators prepare

ByRon P. SchweryMarch 2, 2023

It has been a looong time since I have taken the time to write. Mostly because I have been busy with my actual job, side projects and a change to the kids’ school schedule, but honestly one of the biggest factors was the war in Ukraine. It caught me so off guard

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A Pandemic and War: My Grandpa’s Service in WWI

ByRon P. SchweryJuly 28, 2022

I am back! Even though I have been away from the blog I have not been away from the keys. I pseudo volunteered to the write the family history book for this years family reunion and since this is exactly a paid gig…all of my spare time went to that project instead of