It’s time to speak up for tactics. Being ‘tactical’ is often disparaged and considered a lesser activity than being strategic. Yet good strategy requires good tactics.

Answers to your many questions from @Samfr and me in today’s post, everything from Musk and public sector reform to homeschooling, from Ukraine and Rwanda to Trident. (£/free trial)

RT @Samfr: New post just out: A bumper edition this morning answering dozens of your questions on everything from fighting back against Tr…

My latest post looks at the history behind the clashes close to the DRCongo’s border with Rwanda. The Congo has suffered since colonial times with the resource curse, whereby great mineral wealth brings grief and instability, and this is the latest example.

RT @Twittkowskyi: 👇 Must read!

RT @revishvilig: BBC's super interesting interview with General Viktor Nazarov, who was the chief advisor and later a consultant to the for…

Latest from @Samfr on the challenges / waiting lists and missions - facing the NHS and how if at all Labour can meet them without ending up with the opposite of what it wants. (£/free trial)

RT @TXNatSecReview: Janice Gross Stein writes about why leaders' worldviews and prevailing strategic concepts can make them vulnerable to s…

A welcome return to Comment is Freed by @lewis_baston with a guest post on the decline of two party politics and the difference electoral systems make.

RT @LawDavF: This post looks at a post-ceasefire security guarantee for Ukraine and proposals for a European multinational force to back on…

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This post looks at a post-ceasefire security guarantee for Ukraine and proposals for a European multinational force to back one, differentiating between peacekeeping, tripwire and deterrent forces. It urges realism and adopting measures now to strengthen Ukraine’s position (free).

RT @Samfr: New post just out "Trump vs. the Law" Can America's democracy, and institutions, survive another term? Or will it go the same…

@ChrisO_wiki Doesn’t a lot of Ukraine assistance go through Pentagon?

RT @John_A_Ridge: Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) is a Title 10 program implemented by the DoD via DSCA, so it *probably* isn…

This reinforces the analysis in my latest post on how Trump's approach to ending the war does not suit Putin at (which has now been updated to take it into account).

RT @LawDavF: My latest post looks at the Trump administration’s position on negotiations to end the Russo-Ukraine War and notes that it sui…

My latest post looks at the Trump administration’s position on negotiations to end the Russo-Ukraine War and notes that it suits Zelensky more than Putin. Putin has shown little interest in a ceasefire without a full political settlement (£/free trial).

RT @jakluge: Russian inflation was 🔥 14.2% in December (seasonally adjusted annualized rate), according to Russia's central bank. https://t…

RT @samdagher: 🧵NEW: Saudi Crown Prince MBS is actively exploiting the weakening of #Iran & decimation of its proxies post Oct 7 2023: He’s…

RT @Gerashchenko_en: Pro-Kremlin Russian channels have recently published numerous skeptical assessments regarding Russia-China cooperation…