Paul HansburyApr 115 minWHOSE MAN IN HAVANA?A new investigation pins a series of mysterious 'attacks' against US diplomatic staff on Russia's military intelligence. A few comments.
Paul HansburyApr 56 minCHINA 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?
Paul HansburyNov 7, 20235 minTHE OLD MEN AND THE BOMBForty years ago this week the world came close to nuclear war. NATO's Able Archer exercise very nearly went very wrong.
Paul HansburyAug 28, 20237 minSCEPTICISM 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...
Paul HansburyJun 13, 20236 minAWKWARD INTELLIGENCEIn the context of the war in Ukraine, I’ve found myself thinking frequently about the relationship between the intelligence community and...
Paul HansburyJun 6, 20238 minON UKRAINE'S COUNTER-OFFENSIVEThe Chaplain struggles to distinguish between illusion and reality. I can’t remember the context of the following quote from Catch-22...
Paul HansburyApr 13, 20237 minWHO 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...
Paul HansburyMar 8, 20233 minREASONS TO STICK TO YOUR GUNS #1US intelligence agencies, according to the New York Times, now think that a ‘pro-Ukrainian group’ sabotaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines...