Ukrainian destruction of russian air defense systems over the past several months, showing a clear increase in the pace of russian AD degradation. Context thread in next post ⏬️
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...
Earlier this week, FASI were delighted to host a Roundtable discussion with India’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social.
The discussion was centred around India’s defence transformation and its strategic engagement with global partners.
Congratulations. You’ll be missed here but DC will be quite something too 😳👏👏
As Shaun Pinner says, it’s not about “haggling” over a “few km” of land. It’s about what happens to those people forced to live under Russian occupation
@sophyantrobus.bsky.social was joined by Lord Toby Harris, Professor Emma Williams, AVM (Ret’d) Fin Monahan OBE & Group Captain Ryan Mannering - who each shared their thoughts on the preparedness of society for conflict
Thanks to all the speakers, students & guests for an inspiring evening!
The joy that is South Western Railway just keeps on giving. My train was cancelled but delay repay says because I got a later train I’m not entitled to claim. I marvel at their appallingness. It must be soul destroying working for them 🥲
📣 Opportunity: Oral History PhD Research Project w/t Imperial War Museums & University of Strathclyde.
An #oralhistory of women paramilitaries during ‘The Troubles’ in Ireland and Britain.
For more information visit: www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...
#Postgraduate #NorthernIreland #TheTroubles
@shashj.bsky.social: ‘A war to weaken Iran ends up with the US having to dilute sanctions on Iran. A mark of how blundering this whole endeavour has been.’
Incredible amazing read. Thoroughly depressing.
Stephen Miller & @StephenM X.com To anyone still gullible enough to fall for scummy media hoaxes: Trump said warmongering neocons love sending your kids to die for wars they would never fight themselves. Liz Cheney is Kamala's top advisor. Liz wants to invade the whole Middle East. Kamala = WWIII. Trump = Peace. 7:59 AM • 11/1/24 • 53K Views
November 2024
UK Spacepower: Lessons from 2025
In this latest viewpoint, @allenant.bsky.social reflects on 2025 as the ‘year of promises for UK spacepower’ and explores the urgent steps that need to be taken in 2026 to secure the UK’s defence-space strategy.
Read here 👇
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This is an absolutely incredible example of someone telling on himself, because for almost all of his life Matthew Goodwin craved nothing more than exactly this. He boasted for years of being the “youngest full professor of politics”, and then applied for post after post at more prestigious unis.
This is David Marsh. He went to my old school.
He is one of the small number of European troops who went to Afghanistan and never did much nor went to the front line according to Donald Trump.
He died in 2008 aged 23 in Afghanistan when the patrol car he was in was blown up in Helmand Province.
Stephen was a great contestant. But also the daily game of betting whether he would be dressed as a) a suspect in a seaside Poirot mystery, b) Christopher Robin, or c) ABBA. #thetraitors
Interesting article. ‘students show “strange deference” to AI — questioning classmates but accepting AI pronouncements’. I can see why this is especially pertinent in the PME environment for a number of reasons discussed here.
‘Middle powers must act together because if you are not at the table, you are on the menu.’
"European defence stocks are enjoying a blistering start to 2026, as US threats to take control of Greenland and tensions with Venezuela reignite a rally in one of last year’s hottest equity market sectors." www.ft.com/content/0bea...
What Europe could do is threaten to boycott the World Cup. It won't. But that might actually work. Trump wants his big show.
I would love to experience being in Dan Hannan's brain. Just for a little bit. What's it like to never worry about making a mistake? To just breeze merrily through a life where every wrong turn confirms your belief that you're smarter than the map?
📢 Lecture Series: Call for Papers
The @rafmuseum.bsky.social is seeking proposals from postgraduate students, early-career & established researchers for the 2026 air and space power research programme.
📅 Deadline: 23 Jan
❔ ResearchNews@rafmuseum.org
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This is a deeply depressing read by Rachel Hewitt and one that will feel frustratingly familiar to anyone trying to get a book published right now!! Also when she lists the big non fiction sellers - phew.
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✈️ How has the RAF's culture around safety and risk shifted and what is the right balance in the context of today’s threats?
Read as @sophyantrobus.bsky.social examines the RAF’s changing relationship with risk - its approach, attitude, and appetite.
Explore 👇
kcl.ac.uk/warstudies/a...
I don't begrudge Vance et al seeking to prioritise Asia over Europe. I'd make same choice in their shoes. But what's happened is not a prioritisation (we see a new chimerical long war in the Americas), it's a chaotic & short-termist approach to Ukraine, and a needles diplomatic war on Euro allies.
Thanks so much! Xx
It’s weird that news organizations like the BBC are covering this as if it’s a real thing with a real process behind it—and not clearly some nakedly invented “participation trophy” by a corrupt organization to curry favor with a corrupt and easily manipulated man-child. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
It sure looks like Russian intelligence attempted to use military drones to assassinate the President of Ukraine inside an EU country.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Chris Mason presuming to make a call on my behalf. I wouldn't have him queue for a shared lavatory on my behalf.
