Paul Hansbury
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 225 min read
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
Jul 185 min read
'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 168 min read
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
Feb 145 min read
THE IDIOTS (I): A NOTE ON TRUMP AND CARLSON
Donald Trump is wrong to assert America's NATO allies 'free-ride'; his rhetoric damages the alliance more than inadequate spending.
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Paul Hansbury
Jan 245 min read
PEACE: DEAL OR NO DEAL?
Claims that Boris Johnson scuppered a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine last year aren't new, and probably aren't true.
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Paul Hansbury
Jan 35 min read
PARSING JUDGEMENT #2: RIGHTS AND WRONGS IN RUSSIA POLICY
Thomas Graham's new book on the United States' Russia policy will rile many readers, but it's a well-informed appraisal. Here's my review.
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Paul Hansbury
Dec 15, 20235 min read
A NOTE ON HENRY KISSINGER (1923–2023)
The death of Henry Kissinger came at a watershed moment for political realism in the context of the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Paul Hansbury
Aug 28, 20237 min read
SCEPTICISM TOWARDS 'PENTAGON SOURCES'
A spate of media stories, beginning a week and a half ago, suggested that Ukraine’s counteroffensive was ‘failing’. Then followed stories...
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Paul Hansbury
Aug 16, 20234 min read
PARSING JUDGEMENT #1: STORMTROOPERS IN UKRAINE
Yes, this really does involve Stormtroopers, but not quite yet. When I started this blog, one of my (many) ideas for content was to...
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Paul Hansbury
Mar 8, 20233 min read
REASONS TO STICK TO YOUR GUNS #1
US intelligence agencies, according to the New York Times, now think that a ‘pro-Ukrainian group’ sabotaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines...
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