With US military action against Iran underway, Donald Trump's record as Commander-in-Chief provides important clues about how the campaign might unfold.
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Not sure I’d pass this as an undergrad essay: while important to ask hard Qs about continued resistance, drawing such bald conclusions from purely material factors-disregarding will, morale, org, leadership, pol, etc (beyond strat goals)-is seriously myopic reader.foreignaffairs.com/2026/02/26/u...
The Baltic is becoming a battleground between NATO and Russia
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from The Economist
A few thoughts on possible US-Iran conflict (1/11):
At Munich, leaders declared a new era for Europe. The terms are still up for debate.
What China is really up to in the Arctic
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from The Economist
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
What Thucydides Could Really Teach Trump
“Athens did not fall because it lacked power; power changed Athens”
#realism #geopolitics #Thucydides #War #restraint #Pericles #power #strategy #alliances #Trump #narrative #nato #hubris #melos
IRPH's Dr Duncan Depledge, Dr Tamiris Santos (@tamispsantos.bsky.social), and Dr Tom Hobson have a paper in Contemporary Security Policy's latest issue. You can read 'The UK Ministry of Defence, “Low-Carbon Warfare,” and the struggle to construct novel sociotechnical imaginaries of future war' now.
'The question is not whether the British public will rise to the occasion, it is whether they will be properly equipped to do so effectively, ahead of time.' write Ed Arnold and Major Laurence Thomson in the latest RUSI Commentary.
Caught red-handed! Sorry Neville. Perhaps an indefensible usage, but I do feel it neatly conveys a core theme of his work. That's why I frame it as a 'Thucydidean precept' & quote you, alongside a proviso. If it didn't exist, I would have concluded by saying something similar (no doubt less well).
