Patrick Porter
@patporter76.bsky.social
Prof, Int Security, @unibirmingham. Contributing ed, @TheCriticMag. @RUSI_org. @CatoFP. @RANDEurope. The Case for Realism, Stanford UP. 🇦🇺🇬🇧
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A very insighful tour d'horizon of the ongoing Ukraine war and probable lessons to be drawn at the strategic, operational and diplomatic levels. The emphasis is on sober analysis rather than rash speculation. Highly recommended.
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A very insighful tour d'horizon of the ongoing Ukraine war and probable lessons to be drawn at the strategic, operational and diplomatic levels. The emphasis is on sober analysis rather than rash speculation. Highly recommended.
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A fabulous read: it excises recent distortions but also long-standing idealisations of Churchill's thinking about foreign affairs. What is revealed is a Churchill much more complex and nuanced.
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A fabulous read: it excises recent distortions but also long-standing idealisations of Churchill's thinking about foreign affairs. What is revealed is a Churchill much more complex and nuanced.
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We'll be joined by
@evieaspinall.bsky.social (Director, the British Foreign Policy Group)
@patporter76.bsky.social (Chair of International Security & Strategy, Birmingham)
@elkeschwarz.bsky.social (Professor of Political Theory, QMUL)
@drjamesstrong.bsky.social (Reader in British Politics, QMUL)
@evieaspinall.bsky.social (Director, the British Foreign Policy Group)
@patporter76.bsky.social (Chair of International Security & Strategy, Birmingham)
@elkeschwarz.bsky.social (Professor of Political Theory, QMUL)
@drjamesstrong.bsky.social (Reader in British Politics, QMUL)
October 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We'll be joined by
@evieaspinall.bsky.social (Director, the British Foreign Policy Group)
@patporter76.bsky.social (Chair of International Security & Strategy, Birmingham)
@elkeschwarz.bsky.social (Professor of Political Theory, QMUL)
@drjamesstrong.bsky.social (Reader in British Politics, QMUL)
@evieaspinall.bsky.social (Director, the British Foreign Policy Group)
@patporter76.bsky.social (Chair of International Security & Strategy, Birmingham)
@elkeschwarz.bsky.social (Professor of Political Theory, QMUL)
@drjamesstrong.bsky.social (Reader in British Politics, QMUL)
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A cogent and convincing article. (Back in 1968 Denis Healey announced the running down of UK commitments east of Suez, but the hankering for global clout hasn't eased off even now.)
October 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A cogent and convincing article. (Back in 1968 Denis Healey announced the running down of UK commitments east of Suez, but the hankering for global clout hasn't eased off even now.)
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