Andrew Foxall

UK MoD. Formerly UK Cabinet Office, @UniofOxford & @QUBelfast. Ex-think tanker. By-lines in @nytimes @thetimes & elsewhere.

[Sir William Browder KCMG @Billbrowder]

Since Sep 4th when Vladimir Kara Murza was sent to Siberia he’s been held for 43 straight days in a punishment cell. They’ve now sent him to solitary confinement for another 3 months! Because of his deteriorating health from 2 poisoning attempts, he will die if he’s not freed

[Andrew Foxall @DrewFoxall]

@PurpleGranite_ @khfcofficial @Mattro1980

[Luke Coffey @LukeDCoffey]

🧵 Nobody in the think-tank community gets it right all the time. I’ve been wrong and I try being the first to admit when I am. That’s how you learn. But one year ago, just before the invasion, Samuel Charap and Scott Boston of Rand got it WRONG.

And I mean W.R.O.N.G. 👇🏻

[These Football Times @thesefootytimes]

The Harriers of Norway: welcome to the most unlikely @khfcofficial supporters club | By @JoshisButler90. #Harriers #KHFC https://t.co/AGDIcyPyWs

[Andrew Foxall @DrewFoxall]

A late contribution to #MedalMonday…

I ran my first marathon in Sunday’s @LondonMarathon in memory of my son Ralph.

Thanks to @LullabyTrust, all those who lined the course for their support and encouragement, and everybody who has donated to the cause.

#BLAW #BabyLoss

[Andrew Foxall @DrewFoxall]

In a few days I’ll be running the @LondonMarathon raising money for @LullabyTrust in memory of my son Ralph, who died in November 2020 aged 6 weeks.

If you’re able to, please consider donating to help this brilliant charity.

#babyloss #BLAW22 #SIDS

https://t.co/G3AdXNKCvQ

[Andrew Foxall @DrewFoxall]

A month today I will be running the @LondonMarathon raising money for @LullabyTrust in memory of my son Ralph, who died in November 2020 aged 6wks.

These are stretched times, but if you’re able to please consider donating to help this brilliant charity.

https://t.co/G3AdXNK4Gi

[Andrew Foxall @DrewFoxall]

It’s a property that used to feature in @clamp_k’s “Kleptocracy Tours”.I seem to recall that @OliverBullough had it on the first tour, but then it was handed down to me as Oliver moved to Brompton Road tube station.Or have I misremembered? @r_borisovich @artied @lukeharding1968

[Sir William Browder KCMG @Billbrowder]

BREAKING: London mansion reportedly owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska occupied by squatters https://t.co/4ku83bdSaj

[Andrew Foxall @DrewFoxall]

I called for oligarchs’ yachts to be seized in 2014,when Russia first invaded Ukraine. It led to a double-page spread in The Sun.I was dismissed as being alarmist,along with others (inc @RhonddaBryant and @edwardlucas) who warned of Putin’s aggressive tendencies.Funny old world.

[Chris Bryant @RhonddaBryant]

I don’t understand why we haven’t seized a single Putin oligarch yacht, palace or serious asset yet. Unlike our European neighbours.

[Andrew Foxall @DrewFoxall]

Quite an achievement by @ChelseaFC to release a statement about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine without actually using the words “Russia” or “invasion”.

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

Club statement on the conflict in Ukraine.

[Andrew Foxall @DrewFoxall]

@Isakjee @AlPinkerton @ConGeostrategy Hi Arshad. Since I left Bham I’ve spent more time at Oxford Uni than I have anywhere else. Any partic reason why you focus on the part of my career at HJS, esp as this paper was written after I left (in fact when I was back at Oxford)? Thanks.

[Andrew Foxall @DrewFoxall]

… as warmongers, neocons, new Cold Warriors etc in Western capitals (but never those in the Baltics or Central / Eastern Europe). Now is not the time to pick apart why this was; there’ll be years, perhaps decades, to do so. For the moment, Slava Ukraini! 2/2

[Andrew Foxall @DrewFoxall]

It brings me no pleasure saying this, but I was right when I warned consistently about the threat Putin poses. So too were others, many more prominent than I am (eg, @Billbrowder, @edwardlucas, @anneapplebaum, @lukeharding1968). Yet for at least a decade we were dismissed… 1/2

[Match of the Day @BBCMOTD]

"This is what the FA Cup is all about!"

Watch Final Score on @BBCiPlayer: https://t.co/u9AvxkSYOm
#bbcfacup #facup

[Andrew Foxall @DrewFoxall]

My latest for the @spectator's @SpecCoffeeHouse, with @ConGeostrategy's @james_rogers:

"Is a full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine likely? You can forgive Kiev for worrying so — Vladimir Putin is already getting his excuses ready."

https://t.co/gbzdVtKfBZ

[Andrew Foxall @DrewFoxall]

Ok. Il’l bite. Russia “invaded” Ukraine seven years ago, and has occupied territory (Crimea, plus Donetsk and Luhansk) and waged a war since then.

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

TONIGHT: Is Russia preparing to invade Ukraine?

Joe Biden has called for a summit with Vladimir Putin over the tension on Ukraine's eastern border, as Russia builds up military in the area https://t.co/FPBbBmuMJm

@AleemMaqbool reports at 2245 on @BBCTwo

#Newsnight

[Andrew Foxall @DrewFoxall]

Finally, I am grateful to Sir Andrew Wood, former UK Ambassador to Russia and Associate Fellow at @CHRussiaEurasia, for his generous Foreword to the report, as well as @MatBoulegue, @ALanoszka and others who provided feedback on drafts.

[Andrew Foxall @DrewFoxall]

I have a new paper out today with @ConGeostrategy.

Entitled "How Russia ‘positions’ the United Kingdom", the paper it available at:

https://t.co/Ah08WxgdRO

It makes six key arguments:

[Andrew Foxall @DrewFoxall]

6. In responding to Russia’s attempts to position the UK, Britain needs statespersons who will defend and promote the national interest using frank but professional language -- including about the nature of the Russian ‘threat’ and the nature of Russia’s current regime.