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Chatham House: Europe after Nord Stream: The limits of energy security
This Chatham House meeting is chaired by Katja Bego (Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House Europe Programme). also on the pane are: James Black — Deputy Director, Defence and Security; European Lead, Space, RAND Europe, Dr. Kalina K. Damianova — Visiting Research Fellow, King’s College London, Bojan Pancevski — Chief European Political Correspondent, The Wall Street… Continue reading
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Review: Conflict – The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine by General David Petraeus & Andrew Roberts
General David Petraeus, a respected military leader, co-authors a book with historian Andrew Roberts that analyzes major conflicts since World War II. Covering wars from Korea to Ukraine, it examines military tactics and technological advancements. The book serves as an essential resource for understanding past conflicts and future dangers, invaluable for students and leaders alike. Continue reading
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Review: The Rule of Law – by Tom Bingham
Tom Bingham, a distinguished British judge, explores the Rule of Law in his concise book. He discusses its principles, their application in the UK, and contrasts them with foreign interpretations. The text examines Human Rights and legal fairness, offering valuable insights for aspiring law students while highlighting the flaws in the British Justice System. Continue reading
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Guerrilla Heroico
The Cuban Revolution was an earth-shattering event with huge consequences internationally, not just in Latin America, but further afield. I felt the impact myself whilst travelling across Scandinavia in 2005. I’d run out of clean underwear and, while scanning the aisles of a Göteborg department store, I came face to face with a nice, bright… Continue reading
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Review: Defending The Realm – MI5 and The Shayler Affair – by Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding
This is just another one of the many books I’ve read on the security services / spies / intelligence agencies in general. I guess I have a morbid fascination. Non-fiction throws up some pretty weird stuff – Life itself is a lot stranger than fiction. This tale from a turncoat ex MI5 employee David Shayler,… Continue reading
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Review: Russians Among Us – Sleeper Cells & The Hunt for Putin’s Agents – by Gordon Correra
I’ve read Gordon Correra’s previous work in espionage literature and for this reason I was drawn to seek out this new offering. In the current climate of the Russian invasion of Ukraine under ex KGB spy, Vladimir Putin, I felt that this relatively recent work would highlight some of the ongoing dangers of Russian spies… Continue reading
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Review: From Pablo to Osama – Trafficking and Terrorist Networks, Government Bureaucracies, and Competitive Adaptation – by Michael Kenney
This book is an academic study of two of the major opponents of Western governments today. It examines both Narcotraffickers and Cartels and also Terrorists, mainly Islamic terrorists. Not only does it cover the methods and practices of these two criminal enterprises in their working practices, the book also examines the law enforcement approaches in… Continue reading
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Review: The Billion Dollar Spy – by David E. Hoffman
This espionage thriller tells the true life story of one of the Cold War’s most valuable assets, a Russian spy working for the CIA in the heart of the Soviet military aerospace sector. Adolf Tolkachev made the first tentative moves to reach out to the Americans in January 1977, in the heart of Moscow. At… Continue reading
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Review: MI6 – Fifty Years of Special Operations – by Stephen Dorril
This detailed 800 page book covers fifty years of MI6, the UK’s foreign espionage service. From relatively humble beginnings during the second world war, MI6 grew to become a leading foe of Soviet Russia and its notorious KGB. The book documents in detail issues that affected the service from the beginning and I especially was… Continue reading
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Review: Agent Storm – My Life Inside Al Qaeda – by Morten Storm
This real life tale of espionage is fast-moving and thrilling. It is a real edge-of-the-seat tale of true grit, the lead character, Morten Storm, leading a bewildering double or even triple life, his journey a myriad tour of far-flung places and his work at the key cutting edge of the War on Terror. After a… Continue reading
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