ALL AHEAD FLANK
Written to invite your thinking, these occasional essays offer my views on the wide stream of events and ideas carrying us forward. Reposted in Medium for a general audience, I look forward to longer exchanges here.
Keep the Big Guns
US Naval Institute Proceedings—January 2000 Restoring battleships—and battleship ethics—to the Navy. Published as a "Comment and Discussion" item in US Naval Institute Proceedings. Re: "Keep the Big Guns" by John F. Lehman, Jr., and William L. Stearman in January 2000...
Moving Upstream
December 1999 Principles for shifting from emergency response to conflict prevention. Written on behalf of my UNESCO colleagues and myself, this op-ed was used in an internal UNESCO publication. Its points remain on point. By Larry Seaquist with Prof. Federico Mayor...
Foundations of Accountability
December 1999 Written at the invitation of Navy Times, this op-ed was not, I believe, ever published. Its points remain valid. WASHINGTON - From time to time a sad headline in Navy Times announces an accident in the fleet. Last week it was the death of seven Marines...
Constructing Long Term Peace in Kosovo
September 1999 Emerging out of a PeaceGame held in Amman, Jordan, this op-ed was written for in-house use at UNESCO. The ideas remain valid--and not just for Kosovo. Note, too, that the advice for Kosovo was never taken: Kosovo today is a wreck—a corrupt and nearly...