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Every think-tank wargame is a model. Models have assumptions. We change the assumptions and show you what moves. We tear open classified-adjacent reports from CSIS, RAND, CNAS, and other institutions, rebuild their models in code, and run the numbers they didn't publish. The goal isn't to tell you who wins — it's to show you what the answer depends on. When you see what war actually costs — 3,500 lives in three weeks, two carriers on the ocean floor, 90% of aircraft burning on the tarmac — you start to understand why peace isn't just preferable. It's rational. The war ends when the assumption does. New episodes every Tuesday and Friday. wargame, war game, military analysis, think tank, CSIS, RAND, CNAS, Taiwan, defense analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, sensitivity analysis, military strategy, geopolitics, peace, conflict analysis