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5 months

@NC_Renic And I’ll carry over the page numbers into the text if that helps too

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Exciting new book series: Exeter Strategic and Security Studies Publishes titles on traditional topics of war and statecraft and more recent dimensions of international security Editor: Me! DM to propose a title if interested And please RETWEET to proliferate

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Interesting oblique view of HOA

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Shipping lanes of imperial powers. 1700-1850.

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Debate . . . Have Drones Revolutionized Warfare? Thrilled to guest edit SI on this, with essays from @sekreps @LushenkoPaul @DevoreMarc @cannon_brendon @Mauro_Gilli @aa_gilli @DrJamesRogers @AntonioCalcara @ZaccagniniIvan Link to my primer

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@PatPorter76 Something in there too about technological development accelerating at an unprecedented rate with profound consequences for humankind and world politics.

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@WarintheFuture This strategic timidity (I like this phrase) extends way beyond military affairs.

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7 months

“Scholars overestimate the capability of autonomous drone swarms. They underestimate their dependence on other weapon systems. Finally, they presume that autonomous weapons will favour the offence. This paper rejects all three claims.”

Robot wars: Autonomous drone swarms and the battlefield of the future

We seem to be on the cusp of an AI-driven revolution in military affairs. Scholars have explored many aspects of this revolution but one of the most vibrant debates has addressed the question of le...

www.tandfonline.com

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Ash Rossiter

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1 year

My 'higher ups' have rather imprudently promoted me to Associate Professor. Thanks to all those whose coattails I have ridden. You know who you are (esp. @cannon_brendon )

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@shashj Wrote an admittedly labored essay on cycles of hype/disappointment here:

Hyping emerging military technology: probing the causes and consequences of excessive expectations...

International relations scholars and military historians episodically observe that emerging military technology can generate ‘hype’, that is, excessive expectat...

journals.sagepub.com

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Ash Rossiter

@RossiterAsh

7 months

Interested in how military robots are shaping war today and tomorrow? New for 2024 (you’d be forgiven for thinking this Lynne Rienner book cover is from the 1960s). At 50% off for a limited period/

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@RossiterAsh

2 years

Thanking the terrific team at @CambridgeUP (esp. @MariaSoleMarsh ) for getting some author copies of the new paperback run of my book out to me here.

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Ash Rossiter

@RossiterAsh

7 months

Safely arrived from Colorado. A little present for a February Monday morning. Shame I couldn’t open this with Peter Layton who is inconveniently in Queensland.

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Ash Rossiter

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1 year

A little deviation from my usual line of effort, but fun to write all the same. And great to be in Armed Forces & Society, an outlet I’ve admired for yonks.

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2 years

@officejjsmart @MelnykAndrij How much are we talking about for Starlink?

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1 year

Exciting week ahead at University of Seychelles and with the beautiful folks at the peace and Diplomacy Research Institute.

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@RossiterAsh

7 months

@bctallis @AndrewSErickson @_JakubJanda @bijan @WSJ @IlvesToomas @Ian_Willoughby @nafoczsk Great work. Terrible, patronizing headline.

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@RossiterAsh

2 years

@aditi_malhotra_ Hard to argue against those three points.

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@RossiterAsh

1 year

In future war, infantry will be a thing of the past. Battle with motorized. View from 1906.

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2 years

#ISTAR would be a significant development in #IAF acquisition.

Insightful Geopolitics

@InsightGL

2 years

- #IndianAirForce Chief: India is actively pursuing acquisition of ISTAR, a high-tech ground surveillance aircraft and battlefield support system - #India is going to buy 5 Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) aircraft at $3 bn Pic: LiveFist

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1 year

Huge thanks to the folks at ⁦ @UCalgary ⁩’s Center for Military, Security, and Strategic Studies (⁦ @CMSSCalgary ⁩) for hosting my talk on robots and war yesterday. Very appreciative for the lively attendance for a July event.

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Ash Rossiter

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2 years

Far too often morality is judged according to the ‘goodness’ of motives and original aims, almost without regard to the outcomes. Eloquent case here to situate morality in the ends. Obtaining a decent peace is highest moral imperative we can pursue.

Elbridge Colby

@ElbridgeColby

2 years

There’s a lot of high dudgeon these days. But moralism ≠ moral. A moral foreign policy is one that meets its core responsibilities. Neglecting that is not only imprudent. It’s immoral.

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Why do some emerging military technologies generate hype? And so what if they do? Is hype necessarily a bad thing? A punt at some answers to these questions in my latest paper in International Relations here:

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Ash Rossiter

@RossiterAsh

11 months

@redunley “A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.” - Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

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Ash Rossiter

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1 year

#Quad 🇮🇳🇦🇺🇯🇵🇺🇸 leaders announce new “Quad Partnership for Cable Connectivity and Reslience” More to follow from on how this initiative might strengthen cable systems in the Indo-Pacific.

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Ash Rossiter

@RossiterAsh

2 years

Taiwan is the cork in the bottle. Once popped it’s all done.

Elbridge Colby

@ElbridgeColby

2 years

I'm obsessed with protecting Americans' long-term interests, which demands preventing China from dominating Asia. That leads me to laser-focus on Taiwan. Positions that seem balanced or moderate now will seem foolish, lethargic, and indeed irresponsible if China decides to move.

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1 year

18th C Polish Hussar armor is a thing to behold.

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2 years

@salisbot @BDHerzinger Bahahaha. For “consistency” how about a trip to State Duma members to push for negotiations to bring about peace. It’s so obvious that peace is an inherent good. Why can’t everyone just get along? Tonight I am toasting to World Peace.

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2 years

The logic should be turned on it’s head. A perceived never-ending commitment is more likely to embolden.

Elbridge Colby

@ElbridgeColby

2 years

We must stay in Vietnam so the Soviets do not get emboldened!!! How about fixing the deteriorating military balance in Europe instead? Same logic applies today.

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Make 2024 a great year by turning that big idea into a book proposal for this exciting series. Follow the link for more information: Please repost for colleagues!

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@RossiterAsh

2 years

Soviet contribution not sufficient on its own for Germany’s defeat, but in every way the necessary precondition.

Elbridge Colby

@ElbridgeColby

2 years

Take it from FDR👇

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1 year

!!!New Book Series in Strategic and Security Studies! See blurb about series in link below and earlier tweet. RETWEETS to disseminate will be hugely appreciated.

Exeter Strategic & Security Studies

Exeter Strategic & Security Studies offers in-depth analysis of the most important issues in contemporary international security. Titles in the series address traditional topics of war and statecra...

www.exeterpress.co.uk

Ash Rossiter

@RossiterAsh

1 year

Exciting new book series: Exeter Strategic and Security Studies Publishes titles on traditional topics of war and statecraft and more recent dimensions of international security Editor: Me! DM to propose a title if interested And please RETWEET to proliferate

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3 months

@shashj Was always told one should try and blow one’s own trumpet better. Still working on that.

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2 years

Thought here about the link between common weapons within an alliance and the ability, when needs arise, for the alliance to transfer same weapon type to support others outside alliance. Avoids menagerie arsenal for receiver and spreads depleted stocks across alliance members.

Gustav C. Gressel

@GresselGustav

2 years

Sharing the burden of supplying vehicles to 🇺🇦 beteen many countries s better than isolated do it alone. The #Leopard2 tank is used by 13 🇪🇺 nations. It is the logical choice to equip 🇺🇦. 👇 @jana_puglierin @_RafaelLoss & my idea 4 a 🇪🇺 Leopard initiative

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@SpencerGuard Depends on your threshold for ‘vital’ and where it sits in a hierarchy of other vital interests.

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2 years

And from my side @rikefranke , I’m toying with a paper with the working title: “To be, or not TB2.” Not sure it has the legs.

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@RossiterAsh

2 years

I think there’s a few more months left for that @RikeFranke , along with “droning on” Any others @DrJamesRogers / @SamBendett ?

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@ElbridgeColby @bf_morris In Honolulu now. These words are correct: “Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) Admiral John Aquilino testified this year that trends in the Indo-Pacific are going “in the wrong direction.”

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2 years

Mammoth effort by @jppjagannath1 to get some many great titles under this series. Good job! Delighted to have had the opportunity to publish a book with @cannon_brendon with the series:

Conflict and Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific: New Geopolitical Realities

This book explores the most important strategic questions about the emerging Indo-Pacific region by offering an incisive analysis on the current and future patterns of competition and cooperation of...

www.routledge.com

Jagannath Panda, 潘杰根 | Ph.D.

@jppjagannath1

2 years

Post 3-Years, with immense Pride & Satisfaction: “ #Routledge Studies on Think Asia” has emerged stronger, a preferred publishing series on security & strategic affairs covering #Asia , #IndoPacific & #WorldAffairs . Look for some finest publications here:

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2 years

Glad to see the restored Mostar bridge and confident first jump into the icy river by my mucker Malcom.

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8 months

These girls seem to know the way

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2 years

From 1938

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2 years

Clarification: Never-ending commitment (US in Ukraine) more likely to embolden (Beijing vis-a-vis fait accompli attempt on Taiwan).

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2 years

With @Mauro_Gilli on this one. Superb primer by Bryan Clark on the #EW move-countermove cycle in #UkraineRussiaWar since Feb and long before. And one of the most readable @IEEESpectrum pieces I have read. Great job.

Mauro Gilli

@Mauro_Gilli

2 years

Somehow I had missed this article when it came out. My personal rule: I read everything that Bryan Clark writes.

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Ash Rossiter

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8 months

Finally here! Author order has me first author but that betrays the fact that the awesome Peter Layton did most of the intellectual heavy-lifting.

Lynne Rienner Pub

@RiennerPub

8 months

New! Explores the past, current, and potential uses of robotic systems by military forces. 50% off for a limited time only. @RossiterAsh

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Ash Rossiter

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2 years

Sorry Bridge ( @ElbridgeColby ). My earlier remarks were an attempt at sarcasm. My only defense is that it is a reaction to having been force fed a unpalatable diet of futurist claims that malware is the artillery of today and tomorrow. All the usual caveats that cyber is important

Elbridge Colby

@ElbridgeColby

2 years

Definitely not. Cyber is critical but ultimately kinetic physical power will be central in conflict. cc @DAlperovitch

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2 years

Can’t get enough of these

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1 year

Greece lines up One-way Attack drone production with South Africa’s Paramount

Greece lines up kamikaze drone production with Paramount

Athens is keen on building up a military-drone sector at home.

www.defensenews.com

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@RikeFranke 🛩️➖👩🏼‍✈️

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2 years

Chuffed these have finally arrived out here. Been displaying uncharacteristic patience. @ElbridgeColby @NotreDame

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9 months

WARFARE IN THE ROBOTICS AGE is alive. Publisher (Lynne Rienner) sticking to their austere cover jacket design. Mild respect for tradition.

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2 years

Cool intro to SI of @ip_palgrave on informal institutions by @AndrewfCoop @cannon_brendon + @emelparlar2 . SI features @jjkirton @TristenNaylor @OliverStuenkel @samiratoudipama + others. Awesome work. And some cud chewing by me and @cannon_brendon on #Quad to boot.

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1 year

Austere, craggily, the Musandam Peninsula looking particular striking this month.

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@RossiterAsh

2 years

After the 1922 Treaty of Rapallo, German arms firms relocate their engineering teams to Soviet facilities.

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11 months

The book is almost alive. Fantastic work by the team at Lynne Rienner for tidying up all (mine, not Peter’s) sloppy prose.

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2 years

@Sandbagger_01 So forgotten it has even spawned regiment-level accounts of their experience in the counterinsurgency campaign.

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2 years

Encourage anyone interested in the fast-evolving Quad to ringfence some time for this event. Great cast of discussants: @cannon_brendon , @jppjagannath1 , @nagystephen1 , @OfficerNagao , + @GrewalBaani

YCAPS

@ycapsjapan

2 years

The #IndoPacific Policy Dialogue series continues next month on June 15 with a recap on the recent Tokyo #Quad Summit, featuring @nagystephen1 , @jppjagannath1 , @mahimaduggal , @OfficerNagao , @GrewalBaani and Dr. Brendan J. Cannon Details & registration:

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10 months

We may disagree on the ‘dominate’ claim, but this looks great, especially with the backstory to precision. Much needed. Bravo James.

James Patton Rogers

@DrJamesRogers

10 months

Publication day is finally here! And while I’m massively excited that my first book is out, I also hope it raises awareness about the long history (& shortfalls) of precision weapons & the story behind how drones have come to dominate contemporary warfare:

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@cannon_brendon @jppjagannath1 @fededonelli @GiuseppeDentice @EPejsova @CelinePajon @MAHijarChiapa @Rory_Medcalf @DavidBrewster6 @MohanCRaja @jmohanmalik @AwadhAlbreiki @KhalifaUni @TrendsRA @chutoislam @emelparlar2 @samiratoudipama @ISDP_SCSAIPA @ycapsjapan @nagystephen1 A great honor to be part of this collection of essays on the most important topic of our age.

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Ash Rossiter

@RossiterAsh

10 months

Midday, Northern Finland

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2 years

@ElbridgeColby @Hiroakitanikkei @KenWeinstein Especially commendable were some of the investments in the MSDF under Abe’s watch. More still to be done. Hoping future PMs pick up the mantle.

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@RossiterAsh

2 years

@PatPorter76 So you’re going, right?

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@RossiterAsh

2 years

Felicitations to @cannon_brendon & Kei Hakata on the publication of their tidy+timely book, Indo-Pacific Strategies. Personally delighted (as one of the band of contributors) the book's forward is inked by former PM @AbeShinzo .

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Ash Rossiter

@RossiterAsh

2 years

Mesmerizing for anyone but especially calming for those with #Autism . Big clapping hands for @Thenationalaq and @alqana_ae for being terrific hosts for People of Determination! @AutismSupportAD @Dubai_Autism @Spectrum @autismspeaks @NEXTforAUTISM @dogs_autism

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2 years

Great openings here x 3

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China-Japan relations: past the point of no return amid Tokyo’s military build-up?

China-Japan ties: past the point of no return amid Tokyo’s military build-up?

China undoubtedly sees hostility in Japan’s plans to massively boost defence spending, say analysts, warning ‘a reciprocal quid pro quo’ may be required for the two to maintain a ‘mutually beneficial...

www.scmp.com

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Ash Rossiter

@RossiterAsh

2 years

Who at #OUP is responsible for this rebranding? Oh how modern.

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@RossiterAsh

2 years

Everything is new under the sun, apparently. Massive proclivity in commentariat to make all things revolutionary and never seen before. Good job by some ( @alessionaval in particular) to provide an antidote to this latest round of hype.

Alessio Patalano

@alessionaval

2 years

'Now the war in Ukraine has made unmanned [vessels] an integral part of naval warfare'. Francis Drake, and many before him, feeling very much robbed right now. The lack of historicity in the naval profession is not unknown, but remains breathtaking.

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2 years

Some analysts separate intent from capability, gauging them independently, often privileging the former over the latter. In my mind, capabilities, especially rapidly changing capabilities, are often one of the best indicators of intent.

Elbridge Colby

@ElbridgeColby

2 years

No one can know the future. But China is clearly building a military distant power projection - aircraft carriers, overseas bases, space, etc. That’s the most concrete indicator of what they will do in the future.

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2 years

@ChingteLai Yes. Facts on the ground matter a great deal more.

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2 years

Nice @cannon_brendon + Kei Hakata! Includes my little foray into Geopolitics. Indebted to @blagden_david 's plucky 2011 correspondence in @Journal_IS on distinctions between great power unit type. Would recommend the short piece to anyone who'd listen to me. That's not many, alas.

Brendon J. Cannon

@cannon_brendon

2 years

#IndoPacific Strategies: Navigating Geopolitics at the Dawn of a New Age available now at @Kinokuniya #Japan . Contains 12 superb chapters by my co-editor, Kei Hakata, @RossiterAsh @jmohanmalik @JeanLoupSamaan @jppjagannath1 @EPejsova @DavidBrewster6 etc.

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Decent roundup of developments in #Turkish defense and security activity in #Africa . Cc ⁦ @cannon_brendon ⁩

Turkey deepens its defense diplomacy in Africa

Sales of drones and other arms to African nations are booming after Turkey signed military cooperation deals with dozens of governments on the continent. DW examines why so many countries are turning...

www.dw.com

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@RossiterAsh

1 year

Last day of Calgary Stampede. Just made it!

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2 years

With any publication cycle, weeks-old recommendations overtaken by events. Many of options put forward arguably still hold up, esp as grounded in historical precedence. Great work by my co-authors @DevoreMarc & @TotalMilHistory & a little dabbling by me.

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Fulsome yet digestible new RAND report on violent non-state actor adaptation by @ColinPClarke @ichindea @erikemueller @nkvest_22 + others. Some cool data-driven conclusions youthful groups being more adaptive.

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Ash Rossiter

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"A big generational leap in the field of missiles." Iran making big claims about the Fattah missile today. No small dose of hype about its new hypersonic.

Iran presents its first hypersonic ballistic missile, state media reports

Iran presented what officials described as its first domestically made hypersonic ballistic missile on Tuesday, the official IRNA news agency reported, an announcement likely to heighten Western...

www.reuters.com

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Ash Rossiter

@RossiterAsh

8 months

The course of history can turn on this tiny moments in time:

Jonathan White

@CivilWarJon

8 months

When Lincoln was a boy he fell into @knobcreek when he and his friend Austin Gollaher were climbing across a fallen tree to chase partridges on the other side of the water. Austin later recalled: "Abe went about half-way across, when he got scared and began trembling. I hollered

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How did Britain protect Eastern Arabia in #WWII from #Axis bombers, submarines and sabotage missions? Find out in my War in History article w Athol Yates here:

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The making of a 'celebrity' weapon. Good paper there, me thinks. In the unlikely case this doesn't come your way @cannon_brendon @ckurc @DrJamesRogers @DevoreMarc

Anton Gerashchenko

@Gerashchenko_en

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Bayraktar is a word that every Ukrainian knows and loves 💛💙

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Great start to the day when you find this duo ( @LRB + @Journal_IS ) plonked on your desk. Trying hard not to dive straight into Brendan Rittenhouse Green and @ProfTalmadge ’s piece on military implications of #China taking control of #Taiwan

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Basilica’s mosaics in Plovdiv (ancient Philippopolis) are quite the wonder to take in.

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7 months

One of the great joys of Abu Dhabi is rarely being more than a few hundred meters from a South Indian cafe.

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2 years

Let’s move from “urging” to “compelling”. I’ll take “cajoling” as a short-term in-between.

Elbridge Colby

@ElbridgeColby

2 years

Exactly right. This should have happened years ago. Now should be ASAP.

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@RossiterAsh

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Agree with @BLQatar + @JamesOnley on importance of these records. Used them extensively for this earlier piece on Kuwait's survival.

BL Qatar Partnership

@BLQatar

2 years

Our new finding aid covers the records of the British Political Agency, #Kuwait , from 1904 to 1949, an important period in the #history of the country and the wider region

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Ash Rossiter

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On excessive expectations (hype) about military technology see my latest in International Relations:

Hyping emerging military technology: probing the causes and consequences of excessive expectations...

International relations scholars and military historians episodically observe that emerging military technology can generate ‘hype’, that is, excessive expectat...

journals.sagepub.com

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Ash Rossiter

@RossiterAsh

2 years

Exactly. Horror (for all sides) avoided by making a fait accompli attempt so costly that it is not undertaken.

Elbridge Colby

@ElbridgeColby

2 years

Some say Taiwan is indefensible: I think that's wrong. Some say defending Taiwan can be done without dramatic changes: I think that's wrong. We can defend Taiwan, but it requires laser focus and fundamental change.

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@ElbridgeColby And the less likely the need to do it. And there’s a beautiful morality in that that is underplayed.

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@RossiterAsh

2 years

Technology versus mass: a debate that needs an injection of thought.

David Blagden

@blagden_david

2 years

It was an honour to serve as Specialist Adviser for this. It’s ended-up as a very substantial review of UK military capability and strategic position, touching on issues of technology vs mass, nuclear posture, Euro-Atlantic vs Indo-Pacific, innovation, resources, and more. A 🧵…

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Ash Rossiter

@RossiterAsh

1 year

Contemplating Hawaii’s strategic location today or actually watching a pod of 50 dolphins?

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Ash Rossiter

@RossiterAsh

2 years

#Turkey more than a supplier of #UCAV to #Ukraine . First of the Turkish-built corvettes for #UA_NAVY launched earlier this month. Wishing fair wind.

NEXTA

@nexta_tv

2 years

The first #Ukrainian anti-submarine corvette of ADA class "Hetman Ivan Mazepa" was launched in #Turkey The ship equipped with a modern combat control system, navigation, sonar and electronic warfare systems, there is a hangar for a helicopter.

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Kyrgyz grave marker from Chuy Valley

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This is superb analysis on the UK’s Strategic Defence Review and the external reviewers.

David Blagden

@blagden_david

1 month

On the UK Strategic Defence Review’s ‘External Reviewer’ model… Heartened by @FTusa284 ’s optimism, but there are two key risks to this approach that need mitigating: 1. The peril of groupthink, and 2. The very notion of outsourced ‘Reviewers’ To tackle the latter first… 1/23

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Ash Rossiter

@RossiterAsh

7 months

‘Making Arms in India’ not really working out, as @cannon_brendon and I mostly predicted here:

Making arms in India? Examining New Delhi’s renewed drive for defence-industrial indigenization

When it comes to states arming themselves, it has become axiomatic among scholars of comparative defence industries that go-it-alone production is no longer an option for most. The processes associ...

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SIPRI

@SIPRIorg

7 months

Who were the five largest arms importers in 2019–23? 1) India 🇮🇳 2) Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 3) Qatar 🇶🇦 4) Ukraine 🇺🇦 5) Pakistan 🇵🇰 Together, they received 35% of total global arms imports in 2019–23. New SIPRI data on global #ArmsTransfers out now ➡️

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Ash Rossiter

@RossiterAsh

10 months

@ElbridgeColby There is much to be explored in the idea that capabilities are an indicator of intent. For too long we have treated them as separate measurements of threat. But the choice to acquire and develop certain capabilities surely betrays intent.

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Ash Rossiter

@RossiterAsh

1 year

This renewed Japanese diplomatic presence certainly in view for me in Seychelles last week. It’s being noted locally.

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Ash Rossiter

@RossiterAsh

11 months

“if someone prevents just a couple of ships from carrying our refined petroleum needs into our ports, Australia will shut down very fast indeed. The pain in our economy from expensive petrol would be nothing compared with the pain of having no petrol.”

Let’s get behind an Australian merchant navy | The Strategist

I congratulate Peter Court for his recent Strategist article, which was as timely as it was important. The Royal Australian Navy should wholeheartedly support his proposition to stand up a merchant...

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Ash Rossiter

@RossiterAsh

2 years

@cannon_brendon @DeutscheWelle @ntanriverdi @SWPBerlin Was reminded of this old piece on Turkey’s efforts in training Somali military 😉:

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Ash Rossiter

@RossiterAsh

2 years

European allies will need to pick up the slack.

Elbridge Colby

@ElbridgeColby

2 years

If you don't want to take it from me, how about from 👇 "Should a conflict simultaneously break out with China in Asia and Russia in Europe, the US may not be able to deploy adequate reinforcements to Europe. European allies need to be able to pick up the slack." 1/

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Ash Rossiter

@RossiterAsh

9 months

MIT Tech Review's attempt to look for promising technologies poised to have a real impact in 2024. Looking back at past prognostications of 'breakthrough' technologies shows the severe limits of gauging future pace tech will mature (and find end-users).

10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024

Every year, we look for promising technologies poised to have a real impact on the world. Here are the advances that we think matter most right now.

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Ash Rossiter

@RossiterAsh

2 years

@RoryCormac You should have put “an interpretive dance performed at regional theaters”as the project’s chief output.

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