WRITING
Essays and analysis on politics, government, culture, history, institutions, international affairs, and the foundations of a free society.
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Writing and analysis on power, institutions, politics, culture, and the ideas that shape public life.
Verum et Res brings together the writing, analysis, media commentary, and public work of Erik E. Brown.
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The work
MEDIA
Television appearances, interviews, commentary, and conversations on current political and international affairs.
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Strategic counsel at the intersection of business, government, regulation, politics, communications, and public affairs.
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Current writing
Recent essays and commentary, presented as an editorial record rather than a stream of promotion.
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From the Library
An accumulating body of work.
The Library brings together essays, ideas, historical references, and recurring questions into an evolving collection—organized not simply by subject, but by the relationships among them.
Power & Political Order
Authority, legitimacy, institutions, and the conditions under which political orders endure.
Representative work Rules and Power
Liberty & Coercion
Conscience, conformity, and the boundaries between individual judgment and institutional authority.
Representative work Pax Deorum
War, Peace & Statecraft
Power, deterrence, escalation, and the continuing calculation behind political settlement.
Representative work Memorandum or Misunderstanding
History & First Principles
Historical experience and foundational ideas brought to bear on contemporary political life.
Representative work Right Makes Might
Media
Public commentary,
in conversation.
Selected television appearances, interviews, and discussions on politics, foreign affairs, and international security.
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Pentagon Reform Must Reduce Rank Inflation
Erik E. Brown discusses Pentagon reform, senior-rank inflation, unclear responsibility, bureaucratic self-protection, military readiness, and accountability in this edited excerpt from his September 4, 2026 Al Qahera News appearance.
International Affairs & U.S. Foreign Policy
Erik E. Brown joins Al Qahera News from Washington for analysis of U.S. foreign policy, regional security, diplomacy, and developments across the Middle East.
Iran, Military Strategy & Regional Deterrence
A Washington perspective on Iran, military posture, regional security, and the strategic calculations shaping U.S. policy in the Middle East.
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Speaking & Advisory
Analysis beyond the page.
Why Verum et Res
“To say of what is that it is, and of what is not that it is not, is true.”
— Aristotle, Metaphysics
“Truth and the Thing Itself.”
Verum et Res begins with a simple obligation: to see what is actually there before deciding what it ought to mean. Evidence before assertion. Reality before rhetoric.
The work gathered here applies that discipline to politics, institutions, culture, foreign affairs, and public life—observing carefully, judging honestly, and using language precisely enough to describe things as they are.