Paul Hansbury
WHOSE MAN IN HAVANA?
A new investigation pins a series of mysterious 'attacks' against US diplomatic staff on Russia's military intelligence. A few comments.
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Paul Hansbury
Apr 56 min read
CHINA THREAT?
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?
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Paul Hansbury
Nov 7, 20235 min read
THE OLD MEN AND THE BOMB
Forty years ago this week the world came close to nuclear war. NATO's Able Archer exercise very nearly went very wrong.
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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
Jun 13, 20236 min read
AWKWARD INTELLIGENCE
In the context of the war in Ukraine, I’ve found myself thinking frequently about the relationship between the intelligence community and...
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Paul Hansbury
Jun 6, 20238 min read
ON UKRAINE'S COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
The Chaplain struggles to distinguish between illusion and reality. I can’t remember the context of the following quote from Catch-22...
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Paul Hansbury
Apr 13, 20237 min read
WHO LEAKED THE SECRET INTELLIGENCE DOCUMENTS?
Not Hansel, not Gretel. One of the big stories of the past week has been the leak of classified US intelligence papers. These are clearly...
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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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