Look at NATO’s eastern flank. Look at the Pacific. Every “new” strategy speech from Washington sounds familiar—because the playbook was written in 1947. Containment, deterrence, forward bases. The names change, the logic doesn’t. But here’s the twist: the Cold War was fought against one rival with one ideology. Today? It’s Russia shelling Ukraine, China building islands, Iran supplying drones. Multi-front, multi-player. A map with too many fires to stamp out. So why do we still use Cold War math—troop counts, ship numbers, tank totals—when the fight is about tech supply chains, cyber disruption, and alliances that fracture overnight? If you’re planning 21st-century wars with 20th-century maps, don’t be surprised when the battlefield doesn’t match your chart. #Military #History #Geopolitics #Strategy