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Chatham House: What does Russia want in the Black Sea region?
This Chatham House roundtable discussion is chaired by Hugo Dixon, Reuters. On the panel are: Galip Dalay, Turkey Initiative, MENA Programme and Natalie Sabanadze, Russia and Eurasia Programme. Galip and Natalie have done a report on ‘Russia’s Black Sea Strategy’. The entire European security architecture is under scrutiny in the high level peace talks that… Continue reading
Africa, Armenia, Balkans, Baltics, Black Sea, Caucasus, Central Asia, Chatham House, China, Crimea, Dardanelles, Energy security, Europe, Galip Dalay, Global South, India, iran, Latin America, mediterranean, MENA Programme, Middle Corridor, Military, Moldova, Natalie Sabanadze, NATO, Odessa, peacekeeping, Putin, Reuters, Russia, sea drones, Shadow Fleet, Transnistria, Turkey, Turkey Initiative, Ukraine, USA, Vladimir Putin -
Review: AI, Automation, And War – The Rise Of A Military-Tech Complex – by Anthony King
Artificial Intelligence or AI is a real technology buzz word. It has dominated global news stories and is seen as the great new leap forward in modern technology that will have a transformative effect on all our daily lives. Whereas the advantages to the civilian sector seem positive, good and acceptable. There has been a… Continue reading
44C, 8 Engineer Brigade, AI, Amazon Web Services, army, Artificial Intelligence, AWS, Brigadier Fossey, British Army, CCTV, Chain of Command, conflict, Covid Gold Command, Covid-23, Crimea, cybersecurity, cyberwarfare, drone swarms, drones, Elon Musk, Four Four Cyber, future war, Gaza, google, Gospel, Guardian of the Walls, hallucinations, Hamas, IDF, intelligence, Israel, Israeli Defence Forces, JAIC, Lavender, Liverpool, Masterschool, Microsoft, Military, modern warfare, news, nuclear war, Operation Protective Edge, Palantir, Palestine, Politics, Project Maven, Russia, Russian Navy, Speed of Light, Starlink, Surveillance, Swords of Iron, tech, technology, Tel Aviv, Ukraine, Unit 8200, US Military, USA, war, West Bank -
Chatham House: How Effective Are The United States’ Sanctions? 19.06.2023
Chatham House is the Royal Institute of International Affairs. It is based in St. James’ Square, Mayfair, London, a short walk from Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square. I have been a member of Chatham House for several months but with me being based in Wales all of my interactions thus far have been on Zoom. I had… Continue reading
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Review: Memoirs – by Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev was one of the most influential and critical figures of the twentieth century. When I was growing up in the 1980s he was part os a set of international world leaders that seemingly had much more influence over people than the political leaders of today. Gorbachev was the last leader of he Soviet… Continue reading
Baltic States, Belorussia, Berlin Wall, Boris Yeltsin, cold war, Communism, Communist, Crimea, espionage, François Mitterand, glasnost, Gorbachev, KGB, Mad, Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Gorbachev, Military, NATO, Nomenclatura, perestroika, Politburo, Politics, Putin, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Soviet Union, Stalin, Ukraine, USSR, Vladmir Putin, Warsaw Pact, World Leader -
Review: The Last Empire – The Final Days of the Soviet Union – by Serhii Plokhy
When the Soviet Union ended and thus the Cold War ended on Christmas Day 1991, it was probably one of the biggest political events of my lifetime. This well-researched, detailed book, by Ukrainian author Serhii Plokhy, details the last 18 months of the Soviet Union’s existence. After USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev’s revolutionary policies of Glasnost… Continue reading
AMerica, August 1991, August coup, Baltics, Boris Yeltsin, CIS, cold war, Commonwealth of Independent States, Communism, Crimea, Dacha, domino effect, end of cold war, Estonia, fall of communism, george bush, George H.W. Bush, glasnost, Gorbachev, KGB, Latvia, Leonid Kravchuk, Lithuania, Mikhail Gorbachev, Party Centre, perestroika, President Bush, Russia, serhii plokhy, Soviet Union, the last empire, Ukraine, USA, USSR, Yugoslavia -
Review: Winter Is Coming – Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped – by Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov, former world chess champion, is clearly an intelligent man. Having retired from the game he has entered the world of politics and is a key human rights activist. The book explores his frustrations with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. It is a study of Putin and the way in which he has eroded the… Continue reading
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