What the Octopus Knew
Paul Cornish, Paul Hough, Greg Bagwell, TMW Pulse, Jack DeverellPolitics of International Security
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Independent analyst and commentator on international security policy and strategy.
Commenting on UK and European defence and security issues.
Retired Royal Air Force Officer. President of Air & Space Power Association
Show hosts for This Means War: The Pulse. A weekly pod about national security and war. OpEds here are designed as background readers for the show coming up.
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