If Russia's war in Ukraine has taught the U.S. Army anything about the future of warfare, it’s this:

Just look up.

Foreign Policy got a chance to travel to Ft. Irwin, one of the Army's biggest training bases, where soldiers face off against 105 drone swarms that can attack all…

'It is time to recover the UK's self-belief that it is a force for good in the world, and that it has a foreign ministry with the skills and culture to deliver success' writes Tim Willasey-Wilsey CMG in the latest #RUSICommentary .
rusi.org/explore-our-re…

On the sofa watching Blue Lights:

Is that...? I think it is...
I went to school with her!

Nicky Harley (blue tick!)

Note that the UK links proportionality in self-defense, risk of escalation, and choice of targets and weapons (not always clearly).

From the UK LOAC Manual:

A dozen cabinet ministers including Jeremy Hunt and James Cleverly are ready to oppose PM Sunak if he tries to quit the ECHR.
They are right to do so.
The climate change judgment is bad lawyering but no Ct is perfect and overall the ECHR is worth keeping.
standard.co.uk/news/politics/…

Harris makes Leo sound like Abraham Lincoln.

How did this vapid little ferretboy clamber so far up the greasy poll?

A necessity of self-defense, instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means, and no moment of deliberation, or do nothing, it's a matter of preference.

nytimes.com/2024/04/15/wor…

Absolutely this 💯

Hypocrisy is the honour that vice pays to virtue.

Ireland has lots of Brexit benefits but possible this 👇 is the most powerful one.

“The great Brext train wreck forecast to engulf Ireland never transpired. It morphed into a sort of manageable headache. Perhaps historians will see Brexit as final confirmation that the Republic…

This is a ridiculous analogy. EU brings together 27 fully democratic nation states that have freely chosen to be members. The UK sent a huge army across the Atlantic to suppress US independence by force. The EU sent negotiators to agree amicable arrangements for future EU-UK ties

The unity debate has taken another acceleration belfastmedia.com/lets-win-unity

🔴 Who is arming Israel?

A new in-depth AOAV report analysing the key military supporters of Israel.

Find the full report in the link below⬇️
aoav.org.uk/2024/who-is-ar…

Excellent piece by Martina Devlin in the Indo. Decades of Partition continue to cost us all far more than reunification even without the longer term benefits to all of the latter. Ireland's Future - Todhchaí na hÉireann David McWilliams Micheál Martin

Using directed energy to down aerial threats promises to revolutionize the business of air defense. defensenews.com/global/europe/…

#Irish #unity can’t be a question only of economics. Not saying costs are unimportant. But a vision for the future trumps all else. My column #Ireland #NorthernIreland Short-term financial pain of Irish unity could see us reap rewards in the future e-pages.dk/irishindepende…

“A substantial majority in Germany considered unity a success, despite its costs.”
~Diarmaid Ferriter, The Irish Times

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In the final episode of #MyUniLife tonight, familiar faces from across the series don their their cap and gown for graduation, including our own Thérèse Keniry.🎓

Watch tonight at 8pm on RTÉ One and the RTÉ Player.

Day 2 of the CCW Universalization Workshop is in full swing in Geneva.

Today participants will learn more about the GGE on LAWS and how to join the #CCWUN .

#disarmament

Own your shit.

‘Ecuador’s violation of the Vienna Convention, which protects embassies and their staff, had no precedent in Latin America. Even in Chile under Pinochet, foreign embassies which gave asylum to the regime’s opponents were respected.’

John Perry:

lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/apri…