Cheers @spitfirefilly.bsky.social, here's to #Victory and #TheFew and thank you for speaking at the Dinner Night!

Today is the 85th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain and we paused to remember #TheFew at a superb Dinner Night last week. Awesomely evocative speech from @spitfirefilly.bsky.social really made the night. Reminded us how much we owe them all.
#BoB85 #BattleofBritainDay #RAF

#StrategicIntelligence for #SeniorExecutives. Brilliant new course @warstudieskcl.bsky.social with #EmergentRiskInternational. Fascinating, useful, insightful, hands on, networking and great speakers: #SirDavidOmand, #JohnBew
Excellently run by @paulmcgarr.bsky.social. Highly recommend!
@kcsi.uk

Informative @congeostrategy.bsky.social discussion with VAdm Angus Topshee brilliantly hosted by @starychsam.bsky.social Excellent🇨🇦 defence perspective covering geography, history and contemporary challenges. Good reminder: 3 oceans, #NORAD, #ArcticCouncil, #NATO.
@royalcanadiannavy.bsky.social

Interesting lessons from the Korean War for current 🇷🇺🇺🇦 conflict but I think the parallels with Dayton 🇧🇦 90's peace talks are most pertinent in this pragmatic #telegram from @dsorennie.bsky.social Continuation of the conflict: 'peace by other means' neatly sums it up.

Really interesting article from @ProfPaulPoast.bsky.social in the @WPR.bsky.social recently. Interesting because he highlights that all three 🇬🇧🇺🇸USSR were required to defeat Nazi Germany (and poor strategy/timing from Hitler) and I suppose it does still matter; national pride but also as a lesson?

Timely article from #Charlemagne, and whilst there are benefits from specialisation by #NATO member states, fundamentally:

'Burden-sharing means everyone must have skin in the game, including a fair share of the dangerous bit.'

Thank you for sharing @shashj.bsky.social.

Today, we hosted a #GeostrategyForum at The In and Out Club

🌍 We were delighted to be joined by Air Vice-Marshal Mark Ridgway, Director, Defence Futures, Strategic Command, to discuss the drivers of global change and shifting balance of power

Trump administration is shutting down centres of US information influence, Voice of America and others (Radio Free Europe, Free Asia, etc.). Giving the field to other States. The USAGM in charge is going down. Risk of massive and irreversible damage to US influence.

If you think you understand nuclear deterrence read this, and then you will see what it actually looks like, the practicalities and limitations for 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇺🇸and #NATO. Another highly useful and insightful article from @shashj.bsky.social in the @economist.international.