@warmatters

Saarf-Londoner. Professor @Forsvarshogsk. Associate @I_W_M. Senior fellow @USF_GNSI. Honary Constultant @Royal_Armouries. Series editor @HurstPublishers

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Latest publication: Hammers and Nails: Military Innovation as a Strategic Dead End In this article I argue that innovation has become an end-in-itself, supplanting the much harder challenge of defining a meaningful, justifiable and achievable strategy Many thanks to the folks at @milstrategymag for publishing my work. militarystrategymagazine.com…

Hammers and Nails: Military Innovation as a Strategic Dead End - Military Strategy Magazine

This article argues that contemporary Western military innovation has become a strategic dead end. Tracing the evolution of military innovation from the Revolution in Military Affairs through...

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It’s been a full-on rock and roll month. 1) I made full professor. 2) We missed out on a €10m European Research Council Synergy Grant. So now we have to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, address the questions and reapply in May next year.
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After that it has to be @HistorianBlood. I’ve had loads of important discussions ranging over way too many disciplinary challenges with Dr Blood. All them have challenged and shaped my thinking.
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After that there are way too many folks. If I try to call them all out then I’d probably miss someone. I don’t want to do that. What I recognise now though is that it takes a lot of good people & much hard work. I’m very grateful for those opportunities & the conversations.
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It really isn’t rocket science. Poachers cannot be gamekeepers. We have rules about conflicts of interest for a reason. The failure to manage this was one reason we had the Grenfell disaster. democracyforsale.substack.co…
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Surely AI generated?
Headquarters
@HQNewsNowOct 20
JD Vance makes a recommendation on who to vote for in the midterms: "Vote for the people who have solutions to lower the cost of gas, don't vote for the people who made the problem to begin with."
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This has to be AI generated, surely?
FactPost
@factpostnewsOct 20
JD Vance on the economy: "You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
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Maximilian Hess@zakavkazaOct 20
No better feeling than seeing your new book in the wild (okay the zoo that is Waterstones Piccadilly) for the first time
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🇺🇦 🇷🇺 🇺🇸 Given the rapidly changing situation in relations between the USA/Russia/Ukraine, we have updated our Ukraine Reading List ➡️ tinyurl.com/myxm36c5 We have newly released perspectives: @KeirGiles' ‘American Overthrow: Moscow’s Endgame in Its Long War with Washington’ and @amenka’s 'From Sovereigns to Servants: How the War Against Ukraine Reshaped Russia’s Elite'. We are rushing out ‘War of the Machines: How Ukraine Reinvented War, and the People and Systems Behind It’ with stock next month: ‘If you would bet against Ukraine, read this book and think again.’ @Kasparov63 @SMonaghanPhD @oonuch @david_g_lewis @TrevelyanWing @zakavkaza @TimSweijs @jmichael424 @irgarner @scrawnya
Image of 5 book covers: 'The Zelensky Effect,' 'Occupation,' 'To Die with Such Men,' 'Putin's War on Ukraine,' and 'Maidan.' Text reads: See our Ukraine Reading List for books providing the historical and political context for Russia’s invasion, Ukraine’s response and what it means for wider geopolitics.

ALT Image of 5 book covers: 'The Zelensky Effect,' 'Occupation,' 'To Die with Such Men,' 'Putin's War on Ukraine,' and 'Maidan.' Text reads: See our Ukraine Reading List for books providing the historical and political context for Russia’s invasion, Ukraine’s response and what it means for wider geopolitics.

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Start with yourself
Rupert Lowe MP
@RupertLowe10Oct 17
Tens and tens of millions must be forced to leave our continent. Save Europe.
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Between dumbarse Andrew Neil and Rentoul, I can’t understand why Britain is so banjaxed. Just astonishing Sunday newspaper nonsense passing off as actual commentary. 🙄FFS
John Rentoul
@JohnRentoulOct 17
Why Burnham could be the longest-serving PM since Blair independent.co.uk/voices/bur…

Why Burnham could be the longest-serving PM since Blair

Andrew Neil asks if the new tenant of No 10 is the latest in a series of leaders unqualified for the role – but he could be the longest-serving prime minister since Tony Blair, writes John Rentoul

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West Ham United
@WestHamOct 17
Together. ❤️
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Whato, the glorious 12th. One must get one’s grouse.
Yuan Yi Zhu
@yuanyi_zOct 17
Some days, one does yearn for a whiff of grapeshot.
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Andrew "bumbling" Neil is someone who has been PM and can obv comment from experience.
Andrew Neil
@afneilOct 16
ANDREW NEIL: I fear Bumbling Burnham is a dud who's not up to being PM dailymail.com/news/article-1… via @DailyMail

ANDREW NEIL: I fear Bumbling Burnham is a dud who's not up to being PM

The Labour faithful, a starstruck media and, to a lesser extent, the great British public have rather taken to Burnham's speedy elevation to the pinnacle of political power.

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🙄FFS. For King and country. Obvs
Rupert Lowe MP
@RupertLowe10Oct 17
Why would young white British lads fight for a state that so obviously despises them?
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Michael Crick
@MichaelLCrickOct 16
Party to celebrate Ian Hislop's 40 years as editor of Private Eye & 65 years at the magazine. Has anyone currently in public life held the same job for longer? The Eye is the greatest journalistic institution of my lifetime. Long may Ian and the Eye reign.
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Michael Crick
@MichaelLCrickOct 16
Party to celebrate Ian Hislop's 40 years as editor of Private Eye & 65 years at the magazine. Has anyone currently in public life held the same job for longer? The Eye is the greatest journalistic institution of my lifetime. Long may Ian and the Eye reign.
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And West Ham beat Swansea in an away game💪💪💪
Matthew Ford@warmattersOct 17
When in London have a pint of @Harveys1790 Sussex Best!💪
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When in London have a pint of @Harveys1790 Sussex Best!💪
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