John Foreman CBE

Former Defence Attaché Moscow and Kyiv. Also DC, NATO and EU. Banned by Russia, decorated by Ukraine. Made in the Royal Navy. @ChathamHouse @nestcentreorg

[John Foreman CBE @John_ForemanCBE]

‘Mother, I’ve weighed the risks which I prefer to living in a world dominated by Nazis. Bill’

CWGC epitaphs are unbearably moving

[Peter Doyle @ProfPeterDoyle]

Brookwood Military Cemetery

[John Foreman CBE @John_ForemanCBE]

@iainmartin1 @robertshrimsley And Freddy Mercury. And Sir Cliff. What a confected nonsense.

[John Foreman CBE @John_ForemanCBE]

@Zaphod2042 The CCV idea is a dead duck

[John Foreman CBE @John_ForemanCBE]

An important statement of continued US support for AUKUS 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 🇬🇧, the ambition of which goes way beyond SSNs

[Secretary of War Pete Hegseth @SecWar]

I was pleased to mark the 75th anniversary of ANZUS with @RichardMarlesMP

We will accelerate our close cooperation on force posture and AUKUS to preserve a stable balance of power and ensure our forces remain lethal.

[John Foreman CBE @John_ForemanCBE]

@Anglo_Japan45 @FacelessManTwit This is the way. Gonna be a beast of a weapons platform

[Madeline Grant @Madz_Grant]

@JosephGelman This is what the contours of a Falkland Islands agreement will look like

[John Foreman CBE @John_ForemanCBE]

@RobertClark87 @ConGeostrategy A defence no brainer

[John Foreman CBE @John_ForemanCBE]

NATO not dead latest

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

US forces deployed land-based Tomahawk cruise missile launchers to Trondheim, Norway, last week as part of Operation Atlantic City 26.

Additional NSM launchers were deployed to the strategic Jan Mayen Island.

[John Foreman CBE @John_ForemanCBE]

@blagden_david At last

[John Foreman CBE @John_ForemanCBE]

@ASalmonSeoul All people are equal. Some are just equal than others

[John Foreman CBE @John_ForemanCBE]

Slumming it in Switzerland. What a spectacular, exquisite place. A privilege to stay here.

#BurgenstockNOW

[John Foreman CBE @John_ForemanCBE]

@PatrickBury @MTSavill @MarkGaleotti Political warfare baby

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

PETRAEUS: Britain's response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine provides particularly powerful example. From late 2021 onward, UK demonstrated strategic clarity.

Your leaders publicly recognized the nature of Russian threat earlier than most, provided military assistance before and after the invasion, expanded intelligence support, imposed sanctions, trained Ukrainian forces, and consistently demonstrated leadership, even as others, including my country [the US] at times, hesitated.

Your Prime Minister was also the first major Western leader to visit Kyiv after the invasion, and despite changes of government and significant challenges at home, Britain has maintained remarkable continuity in recognizing both the threat posed by Russia and the imperative of sustained support for Ukraine.

Your new Prime Minister rightly made his first trip overseas to Kyiv to be there to help celebrate Ukraine's 35th anniversary of independence.

That deserves recognition, not merely because Britain stood with a country attacked by a common adversary, but because it demonstrated the quality that matters most in periods of strategic change: the ability to recognize reality clearly and act decisively before others do so.

[Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox]

Apart from being offensive to our Armed Forces (discussed elsewhere), this ridiculous idea, along with the absurd Royal Navy-to-the-Channel proposal, demonstrates that Reform urgently needs a Defence spokesman with even a basic understanding of Defence.

[John Foreman CBE @John_ForemanCBE]

@supertolerant

[John Foreman CBE @John_ForemanCBE]

Again, a policy crock of shit

[Zia Yusuf @ZiaYusufUK]

A Reform government will grant immunity from prosecution to His Majesty’s Armed Forces for actions taken during combat operations.

We will have their backs. 🇬🇧

[John Foreman CBE @John_ForemanCBE]

Answer came there none

[Deborah Haynes @haynesdeborah]

🚨A significant intervention at PMQs by the Labour chair of @CommonsDefence @TanDhesi: “Defence is definitely one area where vibes alone just isn’t going to be enough… Will the PM urgently commit to charting a pathway to reach 3% of GDP spend on defence by 2030?” 👇

[John Foreman CBE @John_ForemanCBE]

@Kilted_Sailor @Hugh_might ‘There is an almost palpable sense of victimhood and exceptionalism in the presentation of the Irish national past, particularly as reconstructed and displayed for political purpose’ 👏

[John Foreman CBE @John_ForemanCBE]

The good news is that we can all get along living together on the British Isles

[Embassy of Ireland @IrelandEmbGB]

Ambassador Sonja Hyland today presented copies of her credentials to Mr Scott Furssedonn-Wood LVO, Director of Protocol and Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, marking the beginning of her posting as Ireland’s Ambassador to Great Britain.

[John Foreman CBE @John_ForemanCBE]

@MartinSauerbrey Much easier to cling to the past than face the future.