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The fruits of small-group decision making led by “a very stable genius” #GI4059 #GI4055 #Gi5051
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March 14, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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The UN at 80 #GI4055 #GI4059
Archive on 4 - War & Peace: The UN at 80 - BBC Sounds
At 80, does the peacekeeping organisation still have a role to play?
www.bbc.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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War crimes on the rise #GI4055 #GI4059
International law meant to limit effects of war at breaking point, study finds
Report covering 23 conflicts over last 18 months concludes more than 100,000 civilians have been killed as war crimes rage out of control
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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Are we heading for another world war – or has it already started? #GI4055
Are we heading for another world war – or has it already started?
The rules-based world order is in retreat and violence is on the rise, forcing countries to rethink their relationships
www.theguardian.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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'Russia’s provocations are menacing Nato. The cold war shows how it needs to respond', writes @radchenko.bsky.social
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Russia’s provocations are menacing Nato. The cold war shows how it needs to respond | Sergey Radchenko
Despite the cost of shooting down fighter jets and drones, small skirmishes remind both sides of the dangers of escalation, says academic Sergey Radchenko
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Trump may be using Nixon’s ‘madman theory’ – and similar infamy may await #GI4055 #GI4059
Trump may be using Nixon’s ‘madman theory’ – and similar infamy may await
Nixon’s Vietnam strategy appears at play in Trump’s Iran threats, but he may want to ponder the ex-president’s fate
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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‘No clear goal’: lack of Iran war plan has unleashed chaos and could stymie US military for decades, say critics #GI4055 #GI4059
Trump entered government last year with a broad attack on the “deep state” that others have called the DC foreign policy “blob”, cutting out the career government employees that had populated agencies and departments and that he argued acted in conspiracy to undermine his previous administration and prevent changes to US foreign policy. Within months of his inauguration, Trump gutted the national security council, and later the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, proceeded with major layoffs called at the Department of State. There were few signs that key parts of the state department beyond Rubio’s immediate circle were brought into the policy planning: there were no operations to evacuate citizens and at-risk embassies remained staffed even through the beginning days of the war. But even as the US’s intention to go to war had been telegraphed, the closely held decision to launch the strikes meant that official directions had not been handed down to the state department and other key agencies.
March 13, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them
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A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them
Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans ...
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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Trump’s approach to foreign policy follows the pattern of domestic abuse: Gillian Tett’s cutting and biting analysis of a turbulent week in American “diplomacy”
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January 22, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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‘Warning to others’: murky death of militia leader as Kremlin reasserts control #GI4055
‘Warning to others’: murky death of militia leader as Kremlin reasserts control
Reports that Stanislav Orlov was killed by Moscow security services highlights careful managing of non-state power
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Ukraine attacks Russian oil tanker off the coast of Libya #GI4055
Ukraine attacks Russian ‘shadow’ tanker off Libyan coast
Reportedly critical drone strike is first in Mediterranean since full-scale invasion began as maritime conflict grows
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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When a simulated nuclear attack went awry #GI4055
atomicanalyst.bsky.social Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · Nov 9
At 8:50 AM today in 1979, data from a simulated massive Soviet nuclear decapitation attack running at NORAD were somehow sent to live warning displays there, SAC, the National Military Command Center, and the ANMCC at Raven Rock, triggering a false alarm and a ~6-minute threat assessment conference.
A black and white photograph of a room inside NORAD filled with tape-driven computers and printers. A black and white photograph of an operations room inside the NORAD command post circa 1982. Two large projection screens dominate the wall in the back (one of which displays the NORAD emblem) while in the foreground officers sit at desks with multiple buttons, switches, and large circular digital display screens. A color photograph of the dimly lit Strategic Air Command underground command post showing officers sitting at a long row of consoles in front of which are five nearly floor to ceiling display screens. A color photograph of the National Military Command Center (NMCC) inside the Pentagon. Six large display screens dominate a wall in the background while in the foreground a male officer sitting at a T-shaped conference table equipped with microphones and various switches and phones is on the telephone.
November 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war #GI4059 #GI4055 www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
August 22, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Trump falls into the Netanyahu trap #GI4059 #GI4055
What a difference a week makes: Trump falls into the Netanyahu trap
People were starting to laud the US president for his resistance to the Israeli PM’s pull, but what now?
www.theguardian.com
June 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Some fascinating stats at end of episode:
- on 11 September 2001 there were only 16 people on the US no-fly list
- the US operated in 78 states in the war on terror
- the 9/11 wars (to use Burke’s terminology) took over 900,000 lives in direct combat and probably 3 million indirectly
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Bin Laden vs the CIA: Death in Pakistan (Ep 6)
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Classified · 16/06/2025 · 1h 5m
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June 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
stevencurtis.bsky.social
Important discussion of conflict in the 21st century, especially on the role of private actors and new technologies. Essential listening for #GI4055 and #GI5073
Sideways - 25 years of the 21st Century - The Age of Digital Warfare - BBC Sounds
The Age of Digital Warfare.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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George Bush thought #Iraq invasion was ‘mission from God’ and wanted to ‘kick ass’ #GI4055
George Bush thought Iraq war was 'mission from God' and wanted to 'kick ass'
metro.co.uk
January 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM