What are the core principles of sea power and why should it be a priority for a future UK government?

My essay on the above for the Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre ⬇️🇬🇧⚓️

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Putin in Russian History: Stalin, Brezhnev or Ivan the Terrible?
I'll be in Cambridge the week after next, speaking on 28/5 as a guest of Selwyn College's History Society. Do comne along!
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Sir Michael Fallon on rebuilding the West’s military deterrence

Iain Martin (Iain Martin) speaks to Sir Michael Fallon, former defence secretary, about establishing Western deterrence in a new age of geopolitical uncertainty.

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Greatly looking forward to this event next week!

For his latest Wavell Room #bookreview Joshua Huminski looks at James Patton Rogers' 'Precision' (@ManchesterUP), calling it 'a useful contribution to the literature due to its, rather ironic, precise focus on the intellectual underpinnings of the concept.'
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How often do I think about the Roman Empire? Well, this morning at least, rather a lot. What a wonderfully enjoyable and deeply interesting exhibition “Legion: Life in the Roman army” at the British Museum.

Check out Joshua Huminski's The National Security Institute review of 'Phantom Orbit', David Ignatius's latest spy thriller, that 'is clearer and more informative about the realities of war in space than anything the public is likely to encounter'.
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If you're in London on Monday, a little reminder of the launch of my next paper, on China's maritime strategy - including analysis of recent PLAN expansion, the coast guard, the maritime militia - and some very scary graphs.

Register below!

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'Precision' (Manchester University Press) by James Patton Rogers is an intellectual history of America's military pursuit of the titular objective. Covering the WWI through to drones, Rogers focuses on concepts as opposed to tech making it a welcome contribution. Wavell Room wavellroom.com/2024/05/16/wav…

Spaghettified?!

Watch this clip to find out what happens if you get too close to a black hole (spoiler: it’s not pretty) and then safely dive into the whole episode of “Astro-Investigates” on YouTube: youtu.be/nJ4d4QEDOYM

New Congressional Research Service Insight on the state of Russia’s War in Ukraine crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN…

NSI Senior Fellow Joshua Huminski reviews David Ignatius latest book, 'Phantom Orbit,' forThe SCIF. Check out his review on this exciting thriller and the lessons we can learn from it when it comes to U.S. national security in space.

Read more here! thescif.org/book-review-ph…

Putin holds two meetings with his operational group commanders first and then with his new defense leadership team. This is meant to show a few things: that this is a managed transition and everyone is to play nicely, and he showing continuity for leaders he wants for now. /1

I understand there are still some tickets left for Mark Galeotti's INSIGHTS Public Lectures | Newcastle University Public Lecture tomorrow. See below for details🔽

Will have to add this one to the queue!

My adapted #WorldOnTheBrink excerpt for Foreign Affairs about the lessons from the West Berlin crisis during Cold War I for the possibility of a detente with China in Cold War II foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/taiwan-…

In 'Phantom Orbit' (W. W. Norton & Company) David Ignatius once again crafts a superlative spy thriller, one that enthralls the reader with its plot, but also illuminates the realities of war and espionage on and from space. My latest The National Security Institute #bookreview . thescif.org/book-review-ph…

One of my picks for the Diplomatic Courier list of spring and summer reads! diplomaticourier.com/posts/ukraine-…

Spotted in the wild, on the shelves of Foyles Bookshop in London: “World on the Brink” by Dmitri Alperovitch (with Garrett M. Graff).

Dmitri Alperovitch Tatiana Stanovaya Up to a point - but he now doesn’t really have a staff, which does matter, nor any substantive administrative status