Benedict Wilkinson

all things defence related @RANDEurope; Visiting Senior Fellow @PolicyatKings @KingsCollegelon; often like stuff to be able to find it again (thus ≠ support)

[Paul Poast @ProfPaulPoast]

In sum, it's important to keep in mind that Realism and Realist Theory are not fully the same as Realpolitik.

One is a philosophy. Another is a story about mechanisms. Another is an approach to foreign policy.

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[A Cambridge Diary @acambridgediary]

A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 5000) Tuesday 5th December 2023.
So here it is - my final picture of uninterrupted daily photographs of Cambridge - 5,000 consecutive posts over 13 years. I’m sure you’ll forgive the fact that it wasn’t taken today but a week ago today when the full moon eased itself between the turrets of an illuminated King’s College Chapel. I knew the moment I pressed the shutter that I wanted it to be the last photograph of my daily pictures not just because this frame is undoubtedly the most recognisable view in Cambridge but because for me the full moon symbolises a moment of release and completion and a time to sit in the fullness of life and feel grateful for my blessings. The full moon is also associated with madness, of which I must have had a portion to have stuck with this for so long!
I’d like to thank you all for your likes, comments and stories along the way - you have made A Cambridge Diary a heartwarming community and a place to share memories with Cambridge folk both from the town and the university. Most of all I’d like to thank everyone who has appeared in my pictures over the past thirteen years: the bikers, bowlers and buskers; the carpenters, choristers, clothiers and constables; the dancers, diners and dog-walkers; the entertainers and extras; the gardeners and graduates; the kayakers; the lecturers and lingerie models; the painters, parents, pensioners, porters, praelectors, proctors, professors and punters; the readers, revellers, rowers and runners; the scaffolders, scullers, singers, skateboarders, soldiers, stonemasons, strollers, students and swimmers; the tourists and touts; the walkers and workers. I’d also like to thank the cats, dogs, ducks, rabbits, squirrels and swans, and Queen Elizabeth I and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. To you all, my sincere thanks.
Whilst this is my final daily picture it doesn’t mean the end of A Cambridge Diary as I’ll still be posting my pictures from five and ten years ago and I’m sure there will be the occasional new picture popping up now and then - just not every day. Oh, and I still have to walk home don’t I?
Love to all
Martin

[ARES Group @AresGroup_EU]

📄Publication :

Defence Industrial Power, Understanding the UK's Post-Brexit Role (By @beccaLpaine and @drbenedictw)

https://t.co/DD1NpwuA7c

[Becca @beccaLpaine]

A big week for news! Pleased to announce that my colleague @drbenedictw and I have just published an article on UK defence industrial policy post Brexit: https://t.co/rIHLoyxTvj

[Forces in Mind Trust @FiMTrust]

🆕 We have awarded £150,000 to @RANDEurope for a research project on the needs of Service families in the children’s social care system.

Read more about the project ⬇️
https://t.co/l1W6804cds

[🥀_ Imposter_🖕 @Imposter_Edits]

This man has combined his impressionist skills with deepfake video editing and its way past creepy.

[Saint Javelin @saintjavelin]

Engineers from Dnipro, involved in Dovbush UAV production, disassembled the Iranian kamikaze drone, captured by Ukraine, and found an ALTERA/INTEL chip on the central processor made in the US.

[Taiwan Military @TaiwanMilitary]

7 🇯🇵Japan Coast Guard’s cutters patrolling in 🇹🇼Taiwan Strait today, and 🇨🇳China didn’t say a word.

[International Affairs @IAJournal_CH]

It's here...

International Affairs Summer Reading List 2022! ☀️

Find out what IR and politics books you should be getting into over your summer break > https://t.co/duQQ3aIdTp

[Catrina Doxsee @CatrinaDoxsee]

Hiring for intern and early career defense and security research positions with my team @CSIS_Threats @csis_isp

Descriptions linked in thread below; please share widely!
@NatSecDiver @OutInNatSec @NatSecGirlSquad @WIIS_Global @WCAPSnet @BPIAtweets @NextGenNatSec @NextGen_50

[Wisden @WisdenCricket]

Every boundary Jonny Bairstow has hit this Test summer. Extraordinary.

#ENGvIND

[Jason Matheny @JasonGMatheny]

I'm thrilled today to start as the new president and CEO of the @RANDCorporation, an organization I've idolized since I was 18. I'm humbled to join this group of thoughtful people who are relentless in their pursuit of solutions to the world's most important policy problems.

[RAND Europe @RANDEurope]

How to balance science and security: uncovering crucial issues for UK researchers working with China. New blog by @PeterCarlyon4 for @HEPI_news

https://t.co/z9hgRt3XBs

[depths of wikipedia! @depthsofwiki]

just had to be there

[Benedict Wilkinson @drbenedictw]

@GaskarthJamie @OpenUniversity @OUPolitics @OU_SSGS Thanks Jamie! Was a really enjoyable session and was great to hear your thoughts on defence priorities and foreign policy