Eliot Cohen: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Kyiv calling! jobb.ui.se/jobs/5906383...

Norway has for the first time ever a national security strategy. The government presented it today, symbolically on the 80th anniversary of VE day. www.nrk.no/norge/regjer... Press release: www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/-...

Hi Everyone, I'm delighted to be able to say that @alanderminna.bsky.social first post (free for everyone) has just been released on the Substack. She discusses the reports of Russian military preparations against the Baltics and Nordics. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

This is an important article: contrary to popular belief, the decline of citizens’ willingness to fight for their country is not permanent. Proximity to ongoing conflicts actually increases the willingness to fight. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

We at @sjms.bsky.social not only have the nicest notebooks, but we also: -Want your manuscripts in the broad field of military studies -Exclusively publish open-access articles Read more here: sjms.nu #CivMilSky

“The West should not be fooled by any “gestures of good will” coming from Moscow. They are always calculated to influence the information space in Russia’s favor.” www.kyivpost.com/opinion/51174

Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Head Sergey Naryshkin threatened a Russian attack against NATO states in response to NATO states building up their defenses in line with US President Donald Trump's push for Europe to increase its defense capabilities. isw.pub/UkrWar041525

“One of the great allures of military power is that it promises to bring conflicts to a quick and decisive conclusion. In practice, it rarely does.” A superb essay from @ldfreedman.bsky.social www.foreignaffairs.com/age-forever-...

Want to write for War on the Rocks? warontherocks.com/submissions/

“Washington would be particularly unwise to go it alone in a complex global competition. By retreating to a sphere of influence in the Western hemisphere, the United States would cede the rest of the world to a globally engaged China.” www.foreignaffairs.com/china/undere...

Ben Jensen on achieving battlefield mass with AI mwi.westpoint.edu/the-converge...

Secret Pentagon memo on China, homeland has Heritage fingerprints www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

"In Greenland what we saw was American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain." snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...

I agree 100 per cent. It is essential that Europeans don’t fall for this US/Russian stitch up, which will strengthen Russia, weaken Ukraine, and undermine the security of the rest of Europe.

With or Without the US, NATO Exercises Are Priceless | "Political uncertainty doesn’t change the critical need for alliance forces to practice warfighting together." @elisabethbraw.bsky.social

What we invest in defence is how we value our defence. The White Paper we present today is our proposal for working together for European Defence in the EU. And the ReArm Europe Plan brings the financing possibilities to it.

Brilliant podcast with clear messages from @shashj.bsky.social and @camillegrand.bsky.social Good to listen to these voices of reason especially when Germany is a little handicaped in its ability to play along. Bottom line: Yes, we can!

@camillegrand.bsky.social on Brussels Sprouts with @jteurope.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/b...

NATO SACT Vandier: www.defensenews.com/global/europ...

NATO announces "Baltic Sentry", a "multi-domain activity" (?) in response to cable damage (see below). Also a joint statement by eight Baltic coastal states: "the involved nations are coordinating the employment of different options and assets." www.presidentti.fi/joint-statem...

You have just about enough time, if you think you know anybody that might be at risk of having a happy Christmas and looking forward to 2025, to buy them this book instead. amzn.to/4cFI1b6

For those interested in NATO and what it does.

Over the weekend, I have tried to catch 'em all. This starter pack includes academic researchers and military analysts with the Royal Danish Defence College. Follow for more on strategy, security, operational concepts, doctrine, civ-mil relations, Ukraine, etc. #MilSky, #PolSky, #CivMilSky

Doctrine, grand strategy, tactics, military technology, command, planning, etc. 👉 Here is a starter pack with good colleagues from the Royal Danish Defence College / Forsvarsakademiet. Have I missed any? Please tag them below, and I will add them. #MilSky #PolSky #CivMilSky #RDDC

Fortunately, a paper on the future of alliances written by yours truly should be published by ACT soon, and makes a very similar point (basically saying that NATO is a very weird and exceptional alliance, and that using it as an implicit benchmark to assess other alliances is a mistake)

Dear academic friends and members of the ISA. Please take a minute to read and sign this! www.openpetition.eu/petition/onl...

Koster and Binnendijk www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-at...

For everyone in #highered and especially #JPME

Please share widely: Our joint (fully funded) PhD programme (HU Berlin & Hertie School) is hiring 10 new doctoral researchers in the following fields: Political Science, Public Policy, Sociology, Demography, and International Relations 👇 More info & FAQs: sowi.hu-berlin.de/en/dynamics Polisky

I went to an undisclosed location in eastern France to see the 🇫🇷 army training over 2,000 🇺🇦 forces. It is the first European effort to train and equip a full brigade, ready for deployment on the front Ukraine’s secret army in France in The Economist www.economist.com/europe/2024/...

Russia's War on Everybody by Keir Giles on Audible. www.audible.com/pd/B0BTG63MB... Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum on Audible. www.audible.com/pd/B0CVBNGZX... Video and transcript from PBS Frontline www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...? 2 of 3

Fascinating report on drone-pilots in Ukraine: www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

Call for papers for our 2nd annual ✈️ conference focused on the future of airpower! We are looking for traditional academic panels geared to the practitioner as well as creative approaches! Questions? Email [email protected]!

Brilliant

The war against Ukraine through the prism of Russian military thought www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Heresy, but Trump doesn’t actually change SO much for Europe in strategic terms. We STILL need to - arm ourselves - renew European NATO - deter Russia - secure Ukraine & support Taiwan - reboot competitiveness & growth - derisk from China - renew our democracies - win the hybrid war Etc etc etc etc

Bridging the Gap Award - research with policy implications www.bridgingthegapproject.org/policy-outre...

Now that Bluesky has gained some juice, let me reintroduce @gsqjournal.bsky.social the journal I co-edit with Brent Steele. We’ll post new articles as they get published but here is a little video where Brent and I talk, very clumsily and not very coherently, about the journal.

history is so back

Professional Military Writing - special issue of ‘Military Review’ www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Mil...

Leaving beautiful autumnal Riga after #RigaConf2024. Thoughts: after 2 1/2 years of war, most of Western Europe is still talking about what it needs to do, not investing real money in doing it. Maybe leaders still don't think Ukraine’s defeat would affect their countries? Big mistake! 1/n

I’m not a fan of his music but this is unnecessary.

NATO AS A MILITARY OECD To understand what NATO does - as an international organization to enable its function as a military alliance - it is useful to see it as a military version of the OECD: 🧵 Link to Global Governance article (open access): brill.com/view/journal...