Jason’s Substack

The Soft Dictator and Surfaces & Gaps

Letting Bertrand Russell show us the way.

Jan 11 • Jason Thomas

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The Brutus Club

On the Shills and Hollowmen after the Bondi Massacre

Jan 4 • Jason Thomas

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December 2025

Of Reform and the Hiding Hand

Is it really the most important Australian Defence reform of 50 years, or just circle work in the quadrangle of Russell Offices.

Dec 12, 2025 • Jason Thomas

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The Peril of Fighting Common Nouns

I mean, I am smiling, but…

Dec 4, 2025 • Jason Thomas

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November 2025

On Bullsh!t and Statecraft

Turning off the noise

Nov 28, 2025 • Jason Thomas

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Making Sense of Mission Command

Starting on the 'What' of Mission Comand

Nov 23, 2025 • Jason Thomas

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Getting Rid of that other 'P' word

The removal of Proxy from the miltary strategic lexicon

Nov 16, 2025 • Jason Thomas

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Presenting the Perils, Pitfalls, Potholes, Perplexity, and Passivity of Pacing

The distraction of the redundant

Nov 9, 2025 • Jason Thomas

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October 2025

Strategy: Who are we really speaking to and what are they understanding?

Strategy through the lens of Niklas Luhmann's Theory of Society

Oct 27, 2025 • Jason Thomas

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THE SILICON VALLEY EAST INDIES COMPANY

The return of Mercantile Imperialism

Oct 5, 2025 • Jason Thomas

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September 2025

I like the word lethal

An article I wrote for The Wavell Room

Sep 24, 2025 • Jason Thomas

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A Tale from Another Army

Preparing for what is to come.

Sep 16, 2025 • Jason Thomas

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