The Art of War: Power Projection 

Power projection is Simon taking over RU-vid with 50 different channels and uploading quality videos in multiple different topics.

Tips to peacefully gain PP (Power projection): - Keep longtime rivals: +5 per rival - Embargo rivals: up to +10 per rival - Insults rival: +5 or +10 for scornful insults - Subsidize rival's enemies Maintaining 50+ PP will grant a nation extra Administrative, Diplomatic and Military power.

Clicks on video "You're a king." Thanks Simon, I needed that😁

The argentinians learnt of this the hard way, when the british came to retake their islands from half a world away.

Other countries: “let’s burn the bridges” Rome: “Let’s build more”

You know Simon, you’re not allowed to quit. You’re not allowed to scale back or slow down. You only have your self to blame, you charismatic 😈, you.

"Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power" - *Lucius Seneca*

ik you may never see this Simon and team, but thank you for listening to your audience and stopping the use of ai art in your videos. it does not go unnoticed and your videos feel more authentic for it.

The US has force projection capabilities of defending homeland and allies as well as fully operating two different theaters of war, there is not a single nation on earth able to even do part of this. China is trying but it's still way behind. Russia can't even properly enforce its will on a nation right on its doorstep. Iran uses lots of proxies because they severely lack any capabilities to deploy it's own forces for a sustained amount of time even in the region it claims is under its influence. All of our allies rely heavily on US military infrastructure to send their forces into coalition conflicts. They all have strictly defensive militaries if they even have one at all

One quote comes to mind: “International order is not an evolution; it is an imposition. It is the domination of one vision over others - in this case, the domination of liberal principles of economics, domestic politics, and international relations over other, nonliberal principles… 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩.” - Robert Kagan, The World America Made (2012)

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I say there's nothing more entertaining than listening to whatever Simon has in store for us today.

Amazing how many people don't understand this. I get it they don't like war blah blah none of us do but while they sit there complaining about it they're doing so safe from war.

Wake up babe, Simon dropped a new banger

I learn more from watching you explain our world than I ever thought possible. It's so nice to have such a reliable, well-researched source of information that clarifies and explains things I learn elsewhere and put them into context better than reading it myself alone. Not to mention all the things I've learned from you that I would have never researched on my own. Thank you, very sincerely, for everything you do Simon! Cheers from Montana, USA!💯😎

I love this art of war series, I hope you put them all in a playlist soon!

There is this small country in the middle of East Africa called “Rwanda” I keep telling people that country is full of geniuses and military geniuses as well. The fact that they’ve been able to project their military forces all over Africa is nothing short of a miracle. Especially when just 30 years ago the country was completely destroyed.

Simon : "A nation needs wealth to project power." USA : "Hold my debt."

Simon saying the word “ empire” is a power unto its self

On RU-vid, Simon has the best power projection.

Simon has the greatest power projection on RU-vid.

I am very glad you also enjoy deep diving into the art of war simon. I hope you have more art of war videos on the way, possibly a collaboration with the operations room for DEEEP dives into battle of what country or kingdom also used these tactics and how effective they were.

That intro…. Screw online courses! Give me Simon Whistler ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ 80’s books read like this!!!!!

For anyone who wants a deeper understand of how power projection works/influence, read The Tragedy of Great Power Politics by John J Mearsheimer

Simon......you are a non stop busy bee.....

Love how this quirky facts channel has grown, in to a professionally presented non slanted geopolitical news source 👏🏼love the content Edit: aware of the historical see dive bios and true crime and top ten stuff too - same opinion on those too 👌🏽

just woke up and warographics uploaded a vid this day will be my lucky day

As much as power projection is imprtant, not being affected by power projection is also important, this comes with good natural geographical protection + lucrative liquidity (resources) + securing trade (with alternative or neutral partners) The countries that come in this club are - India (natural naval protection) - China (ample trading partners) - Russia (enough resources) - Canada (geographical isolation) - Saudi Arabia (large support base & liquid assets)

France and the UK still have power projection capabilities. They both have base around the world and aircraft carrier. And France's intervention in Mali was a success in term of power projection (in terms of result, it is an other story).

Sometimes that Power of Projection" occurs just from eating too much chili, and drinking too much beer. Oops, and before ya know it, You're at war again with both England and France this time. "We'll teach you not to excuse yourself from the dinner table before projecting your Power! How dare you good sir! There are women present! " LOL

You are a master Simon, every video a masterpiece. Thank you.

1:35 - Chapter 1 - The method 9:15 - Chapter 2 - The history 20:15 - Chapter 3 - The present day

Simon another fascinating topic, i would like to analyze for us how does combined armed maneuver works, indicating western doctrines Ops, i really appreciate your helpful and kind way for offering us such valuable knowledge, that i couldn't get from universities or military courses in my country, much appreciated professor simon.

Big shout out from sunny South Africa. Love the work you do i watch all your channel i find it very educational entertaining. I have to say this episode was brilliant. The way you went about it and the intro i have to say was very well done.

Good job as always mates. One thing I would clarify though is when you were describing the difference between hard and soft power, soft power is always the implied application of hard power. That's why it's soft. There is no soft power if there is no implied hard power.

"you're a king..." Why would you lie to my face in the first 3 seconds! I already know I'm a mere peasant!! No need for gaslighting!!

It was a clear explanation and realistically narration about power projection . Thanks for sharing

That was a killer intro js

Simon’s content quality and upload consistency is so impressive 👌🏼

I’ll be honest. Main reason I watch this channel is for the rare occasion that Simon says words like “mustache” and “aluminum”.

That intro though. Well done Simon.

Last time I was this early my girlfriend left me

Beautiful story telling.

For those of you wondering why the US is so generous to Israel, think about how much money it takes to build and run an aircraft carrier that then must move to where you want it. They are amazing machines but having an ally as close as Israel is in one of the most volatile and economically pivotal locations on Earth is worth just an awful lot. The US has quite a lot of assets parked in Israel that are ready to go when someone in the region acts up.

having submarines on my mind thanks to Perun’s latest video… time to see if they get a mention! also overseas military bases, can’t talk about power projection without talking about overseas bases… _cough_ USA

interesting assessment...

Signing in only 4 hours late but I'm here never the less. Lets Go Si

Thank you

FACT BOY DOES IT AGAIN

Simon, those are some NICE glasses you got there!!!

I had a discussion with a friend a few decades ago about the sizes between the Roman and Mongolian empires. My friend asserted that Alexander's empire was larger while I stated that the Mongolian empire is bigger. Maybe I should send him a link to this video.

It's called a......Rapid Response Force. Usually an Amphibious force.

Why fighting for the first place when we can project the first place?

0:00 Simon: You're a king Me: *blush Stop it.

I would love to hear some words of the Vikings and their way of power projection, but still a great video 👍

The U S has warehouses full of equipment close to known hot-spots around the world, The U S also has warehouse ships, full of equipment ready to go, to show up where there are no warehouses close by.

Can you do a combind arms episode?

And I thought power projection was the kind of thing movie theaters did

I cant wait till you talk about what happened recently in Iran about their President

It's honestly not a terrible ascension perk in a pinch. Pretty useful if you find yourself on the edge of serious war, but haven't had time to up your naval cap.

Can we maybe get a video of the Sino-Indian War of 1962 and the repercussions thereof? This will also explain the rivalry of the two nations and their respective power projection against one another.

Simon, thank you for saying famine, rather than "food insecurity."

This dude owns 100 channels at this point 😂. Impressive

We need playlists dedicated to the art of war and the situation room please, sir. I’d love to just goto the playlist and hit shuffle and hear them all in a row. Channels awesome keep it up❤️

Best one so far, and I have been watching for a while. MS US history San Francisco State btw

Why fighting for the first place when we can project the first place

We had ships whose only job was make ice-cream...

I dont know if you'll see this or if you take requests, but do you think you could cover the war of the roses or the French wars of religion

The corporate version of power projection is subscription fees. Adobe charges my card $9.99/mo for probably 5 years now and I have no idea why. Even lost my chargebacks when I attempted to stop it a few years back.

I would also possibly differ on an occupation being considered soft power. An occupation results from hard power and I believe is just an after effect of hard power and wouldn't be considered soft power at all.

Speaking of power projection, Simon should do one on military logistics. The US cannot project power without its logistics system. One grunt with a gun takes 30 guys working behind the scene.

What is the brand of glasses are you wearing? 👍👍👍

"chaos" is the answer. the growing concern of damages and chaos is the direction all of humanity is going. when everyone gets the ability to shoot someone in the eye we have a world that figuring out who's to blame is hard to see and harder to get right!

Simon is RU-vid Omnipresent.

I'm waiting for "The Art of War" series to cover: Naval warfare Asymmetric warfare Blitzrieg Biological warfare Modern siege tactics

You see the world is a dangerous place, the only way for anyone to be safe is to make everyone dangerous -Lucky Harith.

Suitable soundtrack: The rains of Castamere

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yeah deterrence is cool and all apart from the fact it hasn't been working.

Roman history mentioned 🗣‼️

You need a good amount of influence and power to really power project globally. Only a few can and maybe some collectives

There is an element of force projection regarding Ukraine as something of a proxy for NATO, at least post-invasion. NATO advisors did assist in warning Ukraine about Rissian movements prior to the first wave, aside from which setting aside advisors and training personnel to assist Ukraine indirectly on the warfront. I think that shipping will over arms and ammunition has assisted, albeit such an investment has always been limited to older vehicles and weapons that are deemed more or less unnecessary.

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That’s it…I’m starting a go fund me to get you a new mic 😂. Those sharpe S’s just broke my windows

This is what I love about paratroopers. Anywhere in the world, 18 hours or less

Oh I remember Mrs Thatcher. Go an get them boys!

"Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like Fire and be still as the Mountain." -- Sun Tzu

Ah..11:25..even the great magnificent Mr Whistlers resolve sometimes falls victim to his own immaturity

I think Mansa Musa should get a shout out in this video. Nothing says power projection like marching 60,000 slaves and soldiers dressed in the finest clothes and jewels 2,500 miles on your Hajj to Mecca just to give out so much wealth on the way that it cratered the value of gold for years along the route.

"Tales of your misdeeds are told from Ireland to Cathay."

The 3 largest airforce capabilities in the worls are all inside one country. And the 2 largest navys

Do cyber!

Grayjay app anyone?

can you also talk about how countries use other countries as it's own proxies/subsidiaries. in a similar manner of how big businesses use business entity structure to fool litigants in lawsuits the way the parent companies use subsidiary/proxy companies to do dirty work and alot of the litigants are not smart enough to hold liability also onto the parent company and this shield the parent entity responsible from severity of losses or chances of losses in litigation. but how countries use these similar concepts in wars. how iran uses a ton of proxy countries to carry out it's own tasks. how usa is currently using ukraine and isreal as proxies to carry out it's own tasks to bully opponents on the global stage how this fools the public about liability of who is responsible etc.

I love how everyone says we have 11 aircraft carriers

I would argue that you shouldn't start the historical account with Alexander the Grea but rather with the Assyrians - arguably the first "world empire" (although an argument can also be made for certain Egyptian dynasties doing power projection earlier). The Assyrians were also followed by the Babylonians - that didn't last long - and the Persians. The Persians were very good at projecting power on all their borders, and in particular into Greece. In fact, you can interpret Alexander's campaign as an attempt - that was successful beyond expectations - to stop Persian power projection in the Aegean region. It should also be said that the Macedonians were not very good with power projection. To much of their long term strategy was dependent on Alexander's charisma and military genius. The moment he died, the entire system fell apart and the armies sent to the East actually became a threat to the Macedonian homeland.

Power projection is not a strategy, it is a capability. How you apply power projection is a strategy.

Thought-provoking but you must be able to sustain that projection in the face of opposition. China and Russia I would argue can not, they can only project power regionally yes they do have bases but that is with the forbearance of others. If the West (US and allied nations) told both, "Your days in Africa are done" there is little either could do about it.

I don't want power projection, I want healthcare. QQ

Canada has to do better in the Arctic before we start getting pushed around.