Shashank Joshi
@shashj.bsky.social
Defence Editor at The Economist.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
'At a recent protest outside an ICE facility in Durango, Colorado an immigration agent grabbed a protester by her hair, choked her and threw her to the ground. In a video... Mr Bovino chirps: “We’re taking this show on the road to a city near you.”' www.economist.com/interactive/...
See how Donald Trump is creating his own police force
Immigration agents are operating in cities with few legal constraints
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November 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
'At a recent protest outside an ICE facility in Durango, Colorado an immigration agent grabbed a protester by her hair, choked her and threw her to the ground. In a video... Mr Bovino chirps: “We’re taking this show on the road to a city near you.”' www.economist.com/interactive/...
After I wrote on this, one person with knowledge of UK intelligence sharing told me that they could think of one example comparable to this cut-off. Notanly, it was handled quietly and not made public. But that was more than a decade ago.
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I wrote on the UK's reported suspension of some intel sharing with the US on legal grounds. I spoke to several former intel officials & all agreed that they could not think of a comparable case over decades. Some expressed serious concern over retaliation www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
After I wrote on this, one person with knowledge of UK intelligence sharing told me that they could think of one example comparable to this cut-off. Notanly, it was handled quietly and not made public. But that was more than a decade ago.
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I can only speak to the UK-US context, but the people I spoke to said that this activity was discovered after the fact & that the US had changed policy, so that intel sharing was ultimately uninterrupted (though not unaffected).
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I can only speak to the UK-US context, but the people I spoke to said that this activity was discovered after the fact & that the US had changed policy, so that intel sharing was ultimately uninterrupted (though not unaffected).
"What Ukraine’s campaign has exposed about Russia is really a deeper vulnerability: an energy superpower whose strength lies in infrastructure built decades ago, maintained through improvisation, and preserved by command rather than innovation." www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/slow-...
The Slow Death of Russian Oil
Why Ukraine’s campaign against Moscow’s energy sector is working.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
"What Ukraine’s campaign has exposed about Russia is really a deeper vulnerability: an energy superpower whose strength lies in infrastructure built decades ago, maintained through improvisation, and preserved by command rather than innovation." www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/slow-...
'Harrison notes that treatment times for gonorrhea dropped from 25 days to just 24 hours, and for syphilis from 40–50 days to 4–5 days. The British Medical Journal colorfully described gonorrhea discharge as being “turned off like a tap.”' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Military Medicine and Military Effectiveness
Despite extensive scholarship on military effectiveness, the role of military medicine remains largely untested. We argue that robust medical capabilities improve effectiveness by preserving manpow...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
'Harrison notes that treatment times for gonorrhea dropped from 25 days to just 24 hours, and for syphilis from 40–50 days to 4–5 days. The British Medical Journal colorfully described gonorrhea discharge as being “turned off like a tap.”' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....