Paul Hansbury
BELARUS NOTES #8: TROOPS ON THE UKRAINE BORDER
Interpreting a recent escalation along the Belarus-Ukraine border. Is there anything for Ukraine to worry about?
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Paul Hansbury
- Aug 27
- 6 min
FRANCE VS. TELEGRAM: IS FREE SPEECH AT RISK?
The arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has prompted accusations of a curb on free speech. To my mind, the debate should be about privacy.
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Paul Hansbury
- Aug 22
- 5 min
DRONE ATTACK! WHAT WILL FUTURE WARS LOOK LIKE?
Drones and killer robots. The future of war is neither science fiction nor a computer game, only an ethical and legal dilemma.
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Paul Hansbury
- Aug 16
- 6 min
THE KURSK GAMBLE: TEN DAYS ON
With Ukraine's troops still inside Russia, is it using its resources economically? Or has Ukraine overcommitted in its Kursk offensive?
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Paul Hansbury
- Aug 10
- 4 min
ARGUING WITH ORBAN
Viktor Orban continues to complicate EU policymaking on Ukraine and Russia. What is to be done?
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Paul Hansbury
- Aug 9
- 4 min
THE KURSK GAMBLE AND OTHER UKRAINE WAR UPDATES
The Ukrainian military operation inside the Russian border, which began on Tuesday, is going quite well. What's going on?
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Paul Hansbury
- Aug 8
- 5 min
SPACE RACE 2.0
Great power competition in space. The militarisation of space should concern us all, as we rely on satellites in so much of our daily lives.
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Paul Hansbury
- Jul 21
- 5 min
BELARUS NOTES #7: MINSK AND SHANGHAI
Belarus is the first European state to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation; Lukashenka's 30 years; and Tsikhanouskaya visits the UK.
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Paul Hansbury
- Jul 18
- 5 min
'ROOT AND BRANCH': DEFENCE REVIEW MUSTN'T GET TANGLED IN THE WEEDS
A few comments on the UK's Strategic Defence Review, which was announced earlier this week.
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Paul Hansbury
- Jul 16
- 8 min
PARSING JUDGEMENT #3: ON NATO AT 75
As NATO marks its 75-year anniversary, this new volume from Sten Rynning is a fitting appraisal of 'the world's most powerful alliance'.
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Paul Hansbury
- Jul 3
- 6 min
WHAT DOES THE UK ELECTION MEAN FOR UKRAINE AND BELARUS?
The United Kingdom goes to the polls this week. Does the result matter at all for Ukrainians and Belarusians?
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Paul Hansbury
- Jun 21
- 7 min
FAR FROM PEACE
From Putin's phoney peace offer to his meeting with Kim Jong-Un, there is little cause for optimism. But you can often see what you want.
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Paul Hansbury
- Jun 4
- 4 min
WAR WHISPERS
Is Russia still advancing in Ukraine? Vladimir Putin has been busy but don't believe everything you hear.
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Paul Hansbury
- Jun 2
- 5 min
GEORGIA ON MY MIND
Georgia adopted its foreign agent law last week despite mass protests, but the matter is far from its end.
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Paul Hansbury
- May 29
- 5 min
TARGET, RUSSIA!
Ukraine's military is being forced to fight with one hand behind its back. Is it time to relax restrictions on its use of donated weapons?
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Paul Hansbury
- May 11
- 5 min
RUSSIA POSTURING, CHINA CROWING
There were examples of Russian heavy-handedness and Chinese subtlety last week. Has Xi Jinping been learning from Napoleon?
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Paul Hansbury
- May 4
- 6 min
GEORGIA ON THE BRINK
Georgian protests, Lord Cameron in Ukraine, a scathing US view of the UK army, Belarusian informants... What caught my attention this week.
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Paul Hansbury
- May 1
- 7 min
THE SINO–SOVIET SPIRIT
A few notes on the Washington–Beijing–Moscow strategic triangle of today.
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Paul Hansbury
- Apr 21
- 5 min
REASONS TO CHANGE TACK #4: SPORT AND POLITICS
Why I changed my mind about the relationship between sport and politics, and (reluctantly) support a ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes.
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