War and Peace
Mark Urban, Nick CohenDefence, diplomacy, intelligence, counter-terrorism, & geopolitics from a guy who survived 40 years of battlefields, summits, and press briefings, with a side hustle writing military history. Expect the odd post about the media & its coverage of that
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Steadying the Ship
US generals and senior enlisted summoned early in 2025 to Washington to hear President Trump speak. Image: Getty
Much ink has been spilt about how Donald Trump has undermined Nato or alliances more generally. From the threats against Green...
Economic Warfare Is Back
Omsk oil refinery burning after a Ukrainian attack
The latest US strikes on Iranian infrastructure targets and threats to reimpose their naval blockade on the Islamic Republic point to the centrality of economic warfare in current conflict...
'Most Inveterate Enemies'
It’s 250 years since the American declaration of independence but the war had actually started fifteen months earlier in Boston. During that period many of the colonists claimed that they would remain subject of King George III if a new dea...
The Drone Trap
I’ll say one thing for the British government. Their spin on the Defence Investment Plan, shorter version ‘ooh shiny drones’, worked well for a time. Knowing the weakness of many commentators, news editors, and lovers of tech for such syste...
Shoot the Archer
This week’s strike on the Sborka electronics plant in Voronezh
For a long time now supporters of Ukraine and armchair generals more generally have been arguing that the best form of defence against Russia’s largescale drone and missile att...
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