Patrick Porter
@PatPorter76
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Prof, Int Security, @unibirmingham. Contributing ed, @TheCriticMag. @RUSI_org. @CatoFP. @RANDEurope. The Case for Realism, Stanford UP. 🇦🇺🇬🇧
Joined November 2013
My book, "How to Survive a Hostile World: Power, Politics and The Case for Realism" w/ @stanfordpress is out in October. Defending the tradition in a time of war, climate crisis & economic dislocation. Now available for pre-order:.
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RT @TheCriticMag: AUKUS for all its ambition and sophistication may be burning Australia’s boats, writes @PatPorter76 .
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How should Australia secure itself against serious military powers? For decades, the question was peripheral in public life. Sure, the security problem haunted debates about borders or terrorism.
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RT @TheCriticMag: AUKUS — for all its ambition and sophistication — may be burning Australia’s boats, writes @PatPorter76 .
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How should Australia secure itself against serious military powers? For decades, the question was peripheral in public life. Sure, the security problem haunted debates about borders or terrorism.
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My piece on AUKUS in @TheCriticMag. We need a little more Machiavelli downunder.
AUKUS for all its ambition and sophistication may be burning Australia’s boats, writes @PatPorter76
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RT @blagden_david: (Of course, there are plenty of ‘case for restraint’ articles out there applied to the US…but this one makes a case for….
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RT @blagden_david: I have an article with @TheCriticMag this morning, making the case for keeping out of costly wars with limited upsides -….
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On 23 June, the Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, arrived in Singapore. Reportedly accompanying her were various highly capable escorts, including HMS Dauntless (a…
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RT @CatoFP: "But it would be a brave bet that the offensive eliminates Iran’s nuclear will. If anything, by rejecting deterrence and striki….
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To deter, or to destroy? To try to dissuade adversaries from attacking one’s people or interests, or to take the gloves off and try to eliminate them? It’s a question central to Israel’s history…
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RT @blagden_david: Someone should write a book about the “nostalgia” and “delusion” of those who believe there was a robust ‘rules-based li….
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The long read: A growing number of scholars and lawyers are losing faith in the current system. Others say the law is not to blame, but the states that are supposed to uphold it
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RT @TheCriticMag: Does it make sense to go hard if there is no final victory? @PatPorter76 reflects on the means and ends of war. https://t.….
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To deter, or to destroy? To try to dissuade adversaries from attacking one’s people or interests, or to take the gloves off and try to eliminate them? It’s a question central to Israel’s history…
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RT @DavidScullion: Is bombing Iran really going to crush their will, or just make them more determined, asks @PatPorter76 .
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To deter, or to destroy? To try to dissuade adversaries from attacking one’s people or interests, or to take the gloves off and try to eliminate them? It’s a question central to Israel’s history…
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RT @TheCriticMag: Is bombing Iran really going to crush their will, or just make them more determined? asks @PatPorter76 .
thecritic.co.uk
To deter, or to destroy? To try to dissuade adversaries from attacking one’s people or interests, or to take the gloves off and try to eliminate them? It’s a question central to Israel’s history…
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Me in @TheCriticMag: David Ben-Gurion believed Israel in its hostile region could never have finality on its terms. It would always have to deter, requiring discipline. Netanyahu's war of temptation on Iran rejects that vision. Decisiveness may elude him.
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To deter, or to destroy? To try to dissuade adversaries from attacking one’s people or interests, or to take the gloves off and try to eliminate them? It’s a question central to Israel’s history…
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RT @blagden_david: On the once-again-pertinent question of bellicose tails wagging superpower dogs…. With @PatPorter76, in @SecStudies_Jrnl….
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RT @TheCriticMag: It is not pro-Putin to oppose the Chagos deal, writes @PatPorter76. Guilt by association is just stupid politics. https://….
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If you think Prime Minister Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius is a bad deal, you are Vladimir Putin’s useful idiot and Nigel Farage-adjacent. That’s Starmer’s message, at any rate…
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My piece in @TheCriticMag, Starmer's Chagos Slur. Starmer frames dissent over his deal with Mauritius as sinister useful idiocy. But the PM is unwise to recast prudential questions as loyalty tests.
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If you think Prime Minister Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius is a bad deal, you are Vladimir Putin’s useful idiot and Nigel Farage-adjacent. That’s Starmer’s message, at any rate…
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RT @BL4CKWO7F: A little late to read this great piece from @PatPorter76.in @TheCriticMag. Brilliant riposte to those who view universities….
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My piece in @TheCriticMag, on the need for British realism abroad.
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Things are bad in Britain in many ways. Europe’s long-standing senior ally, the United States, is distancing itself from European commitments.
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RT @TheCriticMag: We need a foreign policy that accepts the dark facts of international life, argues @PatPorter76 .
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Things are bad in Britain in many ways. Europe’s long-standing senior ally, the United States, is distancing itself from European commitments.
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RT @blagden_david: Meanwhile, here’s @PatPorter76 and I in @TheCriticMag on the general case for a renewed UK tactical nuclear capability:.
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RT @SeanMolloyIR: Clever piece on the purpose of universities by tertiary education’s answer to Taylor Swift.
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