Selling myself short here, but the Kindle edition of 'DETERRING ARMAGEDDON: A Biography of NATO' is on discount this weekend, as well as being the bestselling international affairs e-book on Amazon. Get it while it's hot… amazon.co.uk/Deterring-Arma…

Deeply honoured to get a decent review from always great Lawrence Freedman in the equally great The TLS for DETERRING ARMAGEDDON, reviewed once again alongside the 'other NATO history' by Sten Rynning the-tls.co.uk/articles/deter…

I still think that Ed Harris as General Francis X. Hummel in The Rock (1996) gives one of the most nuanced villain performances I've ever seen in a blockbuster...

With hindsight, the scriptwriters may have crammed too much into tying up the big storylines of the 2000s…

I've always felt the British Museum suffers from a similar deficiency…

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*Can Labour step up to fight for peace and international security?*

Defence expert Peter Apps joined the The Power Test team Flo Hutchings (They/Them) Charlotte Alldritt Ed Owen to discuss the global challenges facing a future Labour govt...

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Our service for the Fifth Sunday of Easter is from St Chad's Welbourn, in Diocese of Lincoln .

The Ven Dr Justine Allain-Chapman leads a service of morning prayer, focusing on how Jesus describes himself as the true vine.

Watch now at cofe.io/FifthSundayOfE….

Really interesting discussion earlier on what The Labour Party might do in power and the problems it will face…

For me it will be 18 years this September. Some amazing achievements, some things that haven't quite worked out (yet?) the way that I might hope.

It's certainly an unending slog, and it's always great to see other people also showing how much is possible…

Dad's Army sequel looks a bit serious to me…

Of all the responses to DETERRING ARMAGEDDON, one of the most common has been: 'I need to read more about Eisenhower'…. A bunch of his musings – particularly on defence spending as well – feel particularly relevant today…

Why do leaders – when the science is readily available to demonstrate the inherent danger – choose to deprive their personnel of adequate sleep? Why do they view sleep deprivation as a rite of passage?news.clearancejobs.com/2024/04/23/pun…

For those attending CHACR's #NATO Conference tomorrow (which will feature expert insight from – among others – General Sir Rupert Smith, Peter Apps, Lawrence Freedman and Ingrid Southworth), here's something to whet the appetite.

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I'm sure she will be brilliant, but she'll have her work cut out to match the sheer combat power of Princess Anne on a well-bred warhorse…

This really is remarkable…

The AfD is the most popular party among 14-29 year olds in Germany

I'm afraid the 21st-century flying car you ordered has been discontinued. However, in its place we are delighted to bring you the flame-throwing robot dog…

What a time to be alive…

This has been increasingly inevitable throughout 2024 – in some ways it's surprising that it's taken this long. Much of the rest of Europe – and the US – was already there months ago. But it's a measure of how seriously the international situation is currently being taken…

Fascinating video. The way he discusses 'gutter fighting' and lethality while delicately but firmly holding a cup of tea in front of two terrified-looking American officers is priceless. As is much of the rest of it…