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Enjoying military PME & technical CPD (esp. IR, CMR, cyber, space, x-domain deterrence) and having horizons expanded. Joint mil tech buzzword bingo advocate.

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@TBrit90 DUNCAN is incorrect. Only T45 with rectangular protrusion just under radar dome on main/fore mast… https://t.co/t6IZFHpJBp

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@gregbagwell Any concerns on the civil-military relations aspects? Eg. From the ‘careful what you wish for’ holding-to-account dynamic as mil ‘jt staff’ HQ is split away from (and resubordinated) to civil service led teams. Noting you know the CS 4* leading the effort well.

[Engaging Strategy @EngageStrategy1]

Carl von Cyberwitz

[Mark D @Mark1_1984]

What a difference ten years can make. Great advert for building in flexibility and not listening to those that profess to have a crystal ball or repeating the latest zeitgeist. 2030 anyone? @nicholadrummond @thinkdefence @kingsbury_ollie @wavellroom

[David Blagden @blagden_david]

A great example of why claims to foresight on the ‘future character of conflict’ should be made with humility. As I argued a decade ago (https://t.co/g7wPUDtRl4), a balanced force gives you capacity to respond to what emerges, rather than leaning too heavily on the crystal ball..

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@chrisapplegate how very non-dom of you!

[Slate @Slate]

“If I shot a civilian 7 times in Afghanistan after he tried to get into a car, I’d be court-martialed for murder.” https://t.co/v5C9wXPVxx

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@Educated_Runner @rotaree_ You prepared?

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@Educated_Runner But rather odd that they didn't list Ruth Harris

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@chris_dobson4 @UKACSC @HCSCShrivenham @DefAcUK Like US’s #JFQ and #PRISM? https://t.co/SNZqgG5u6g (more essays?!)

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Good luck LCB. Sold out! (Occasional cancellation ticket becoming available, keep refreshing...) @UKACSC

[Defence Studies KCL @DSD_Kings]

'The British Army’s Contribution to Social Mobility: An Inquiry into Perceptions and Reality' join us for this Online Event by Laura Craig-Braddock @KCLSecurity Wed 27 May 2020 1-2pm. Chaired by @EllnerDr, @DefenceResearch. https://t.co/trjH2HLRxD

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@NigelJB @NavyLookout @KingNeptune767 Why oh why JB?

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@alittlegreyhair I give up: are we looking for Vader or your cat?

[Bence Nemeth @Bence_Nemeth]

Why are Defence Reviews not (fully) implemented?

My and @NPS_Monterey Nick Dew's take on this was just published as a written evidence by @CommonsDefence:
https://t.co/QCIkkhwRtE

@DefenceResearch @UKACSC @AndrewDormanIA

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@c21st_sailor @thetimes looks like advertising algorithm weirdly targeting you with old articles... The Times adverts I see are different #justsayin

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@anthony_gilham Kitchener? General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett VC KCB?

[David Blagden @blagden_david]

An essential corrective to anyone who tells you there’s a “rules-based liberal order” or - the usual corollary - that we should be squandering blood/treasure on defending it.

[RUSI @RUSI_org]

Watch a discussion between @Rory_Medcalf and @Eurasia21cntry on how #Australia and the #UK can work more closely together in the Indo-Pacific.
https://t.co/bPl5OuK8uY

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

1. Never stop learning.
2. See failure as a beginning.
3. Teach others what you know.
4. Assume nothing, question everything.
5. Analyze objectively.
6. Practice humility.
7. Respect constructive criticism.
8. Love what you do.
9. Give credit where it's due.
10. Take initiative.

[Tom McDermott @helmandproject]

Good read from H.R. McMaster @TheAtlantic. Two most interesting ideas: 1. the importance of strategic empathy as a tool in IR, which comes from studying history and culture. 2. How the suffocation of original thought in authoritarian states is a key weakness that will bite.