The great unboxing! It's a wonderful feeling to finally hold my first book: British Grand Strategy in the Age of American Hegemony. If you're interested in a copy, the hardback is available at a 30% discount (code ASFLYQ6) through @OUPAcademic & the e-book is on amazon for £9.99.

A reminder that we are still accepting submissions for December 2025 and June 2026 issues. Please check our website at https://t.co/rJZLNhlpBw

HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, a 🧵. (1/8) HMS Victory, commanded by Captain Thomas Hardy and flying the flag of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, played a crucial role in one of history’s most famous naval battles—the Battle of Trafalgar—on this day in 1805.

As anticipated, President Trump confirms that AUKUS will proceed “full steam ahead”. Big question now is how to harness the zeal of his administration to uplift the project and start delivering on its deterrence ambitions. Some key levers sit with the US.

This week’s guest is the inimitable John Mearsheimer. We cover the Middle East, East Asia, and Eastern Europe; discuss the place of morality in realist analysis; and argue about offshore balancing. https://t.co/er90HVOFuY

Do 🇬🇧 & 🇯🇵 need a formal defence alliance? My view: They’re already building an entente - providing reassurance & deterrence. Better to focus on delivering GCAP than spend political capital on a time-consuming treaty. Thanks @ConGeostrategy for inviting me to pitch in #BigAsk

‘Rather than engaging in lengthy treaty negotiations, 🇬🇧 and 🇯🇵 should focus on tangible outcomes, such as delivering #GCAP on time,’ says @w_d_james, @RSIS_NTU #BigAsk #BritainsWorld https://t.co/m9l4N0CaYs

"Strengthening European nuclear and conventional capabilities, through more Franco-British cooperation among other things, is not simply a desirable option. It is becoming an unavoidable necessity."

Some big #AUKUS news, courtesy of @kenmoriyasu - sale of Virginia-class to proceed. But remember, there's still many a slip twixt scoop and ship...I don't think many (of the pro-AUKUS disposition) will relax much until the RAN boats are commissioned and in the water!

#FPDA Exercise #BersamaLima 2025 🇦🇺🇸🇬🇬🇧🇲🇾🇳🇿 Fantastic 📸 of the ships of the five partners in the waters off Malaysia in the #SouthChinaSea Significant airspace coordination required for the complex and multifaceted exercise, as seen in the exercise notice. @ADFinMalaysia

How seapower shaped the Hundred Years War | Jonathan Sumption https://t.co/oDSgNkq6lV

What should be the top priorities for 🇬🇧 new Foreign Secretary? We asked 5 experts in today’s #BigAsk ✍️ @SamGoodman22, @paulmasonnews, @JPollard01, @james_rogers, @DevoreMarc #BritainsWorld https://t.co/iU6ylgVAkJ

From the 18th-century partition of Poland to the appeasement of Hitler, Europe's troubled history warns us that indecision and inaction only serve to embolden expansionist powers and their imperial designs. The price of appeasement | Adam Zamoyski https://t.co/qXj8lOmvu6

Political activism continues to attack the defence industry, laments @jackmrankin. We should do more to protect it https://t.co/dBLAthDG98

This week we sailed over the wrecks of HMS PRINCE OF WALES and HMS REPULSE, part of Force Z. In company with 🇯🇵🇲🇾🇸🇬🇦🇺🇳🇴 escorts, the current @HMSPWLS and embarked forces paused in a service of remembrance, recognising all lives lost in 1941. #WeWillRememberThem

My latest for the Council on Geostrategy. I address how military alliances relate to the concept of 'strategic advantage'. At what point could they become a source of disadvantage? And what could mitigate those potential drawbacks?

IR Book of the Week! "AI, Automation, and War" by Anthony King. Rather than heading towards a future of "robot armies", this book shows how AI will be used like other military technological innovations: to improve the lethality of human armies. https://t.co/Qg3YqTS8go

I’ve always been a huge fan of the @guardian. https://t.co/fHu1N66IxT

In light of 🇷🇺 incursion into 🇵🇱 airspace, how should 🇬🇧 respond? We asked 6 experts for their take in today's #BigAsk ✍️ @Przemek_Biskup, Ben Goodwin, @william_freer, @JohnHemmings2, @_JakubJanda and @james_rogers #BritainsWorld https://t.co/cFvlhwngzz

Macron goes back to Gaullism | @AgnesCPoirier https://t.co/sQV9NzNSQI

A favourite line from Blackadder Goes Forth: "moving as fast as an asthmatic ant with a bag of heavy shopping." In terms of preparations for the scale of threat the West faces now, this is an apt description. You deter by being strong, not slow.