Who ate all the Minsk pies?

In the wake of US strikes on Iran's nuclear programme, Vice President JD Vance gets carried away.

A round up of a week I missed: Operation Spider's Web, the UK Strategic Defence Review, and US meddling in European affairs.

A social media influencer interviewed Lukashenka. It was not pretty.

In the past Donald Trump's praise for Putin was often interpreted as fealty. His current rhetoric suggests a different interpretation.

Four reasons why the Iran-Russia relationship is the partnership western states should fear the most at present.

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.

Drones and killer robots. The future of war is neither science fiction nor a computer game, only an ethical and legal dilemma.

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.

A new investigation pins a series of mysterious 'attacks' against US diplomatic staff on Russia's military intelligence. A few comments.

Some are lobbying for the UK government to label China as a 'threat' in its official documents. How worried should we really be about China?

Forty years ago this week the world came close to nuclear war. NATO's Able Archer exercise very nearly went very wrong.

With his collar suit and Mao-styled haircut, Kim Yong-Un conjures an image of China... Frankly, I think the summit's significance is slight.

I am not usually one to throw caution to the wind, but I am rethinking my position on the rhetoric round nuclear weapons.

The Chaplain struggles to distinguish between illusion and reality. I can’t remember the context of the following quote from Catch-22...

One of my goals in keeping this blog is to track my thought processes and I particularly want to keep notes on any event or information...