Will Reynolds
@anglo-japan45.bsky.social
Lecturer in Defence Studies Education at KCL, @dsdkings.bsky.social | Doctor in War Studies, @warstudieskcl.bsky.social | Associate @csns-uk.bsky.social | Anglo-Japanese grand strategy post-45 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | Views my own
"British strategic defence reviews: The jellyfish model of policymaking" by @jamiegaskarth.bsky.social, Maeve Ryan & @anglo-japan45.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/oBPiZGd @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
British strategic defence reviews: The jellyfish model of policymaking - Jamie Gaskarth, Maeve Ryan, William Reynolds, 2026
Britain’s strategic defence and security reviews are regularly characterised as failures. This article presents original empirical data from UK policymakers and...
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Slightly behind the curve due to teaching, but @ukandeu.bsky.social recently allowed me to mull over some thoughts on the DIP and its second order effects on the UK's position within NATO. @dsdkings.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/policy-versu...
Policy versus reality: The ‘DIP’ in British defence credibility - UK in a changing Europe
William Reynolds looks at the UK's Defence Investment Plan and argues that the resources outlined match neither the commitments of the Strategic Defence Review nor the urgency of the challenges we fac...
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'Everyone is lying. But everyone has decided we can lie together'. New research reveals how UK defence policy really works - and it's not pretty. Meet the Jellyfish model 🪼 by @jamiegaskarth.bsky.social, Maeve Ryan & @anglo-japan45.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/oBPiZGd @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
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📔 NEW | British strategic defence reviews: The jellyfish model of policymaking 🪼 Read this new @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social journal article by @jamiegaskarth.bsky.social, Dr Maeve Ryan & @anglo-japan45.bsky.social below 👇
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10 questions we should be asking of the Defence Investment Plan @chathamhouse.org (based on research with Maeve Ryan and @anglo-japan45.bsky.social of @csns-uk.bsky.social, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social), @oupolitics.bsky.social, @openuniversity.bsky.social: www.chathamhouse.org/2026/06/will...
Will the UK’s Defence Investment Plan finally be honest about Britain’s defence?
Here are the key questions that should be asked when assessing the much-delayed plan.
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Join me for a presentation on an upcoming article on Coercion and Deterrence at Sea. I'll be presenting with the @dsdkings.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social Corbett Seapower Centre on the Cod Wars. ⏰21/05 1800-1900GMT 📍Online www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/warping-th...
Warping the Outcome: Compellence and Deterrence in the Cod Wars
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Article accepted! And it's an absolute cracker on UK strategic defence reviews, with maeve ryan and @anglo-japan45.bsky.social. Could be timely...
Had a lot of fun being able to talk on all things Britain, Cold War and the Indo-Pacific this week, kindly hosted by the Institute of Historical Research and @dsdkings.bsky.social. Thank you to all those attended, there were some great questions and feedback I'll take forward.
Will Reynolds@anglo-japan45.bsky.social · 7mo agoDelighted to be speaking on the British perspective of the Indo-Pacific through a Cold War historical lens, hosted by the Institute of Historical Research. ⏰24 Feb 2026 - 1730-1900hrs (GMT) 📍Online/UK Defence Academy, @dsdkings.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Fujifilm opens a new £400m expansion in Billingham. The expansion adds new bioreactors giving the facility a 19,000 litre capacity. www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teessid...
Fujifilm Biotechnologies opens £400m Billingham expansion
The expanded 1.6million sqft site is designed to be part of the Japanese firm's global network of medicine factories
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Delighted to be speaking on the British perspective of the Indo-Pacific through a Cold War historical lens, hosted by the Institute of Historical Research. ⏰24 Feb 2026 - 1730-1900hrs (GMT) 📍Online/UK Defence Academy, @dsdkings.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Identifying the Periphery: Britain’s Indo-Pacific in the Cold War
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There's been some push back on the Prime Minister's choice of words regarding "choosing" between the US and China. Whilst the UK will almost always side with the US on something existential - based off shared values and interests - this is a nuanced approach. 1/
Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 8mo agoPrime Minister Keir Starmer has said he will not be forced to "choose between" relations with the US or China, ahead of the first visit of a British leader to Beijing in eight years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Meanwhile, the Icelandic Coastguard:
ice cube is wearing a black shirt and tie and making a funny face .
ALT: ice cube is wearing a black shirt and tie and making a funny face .
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8mo agoTrump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
A new Miyako-class has entered the water. The JCG 'Hiroshima'. A 3,500-ton of the PL type (Patrol Vessel Large), it is equipped with a flight deck, water cannons and 2x Bofor 40mm systems. Its origins are in the 2016 Budget, with the first entering the water in 2018. www.mhi.com/jp/news/2509...
三菱重工 | 海上保安庁向け大型巡視船の命名・進水式を三菱重工マリタイムシステムズで実施3,500トン型巡視船「ひろしま」
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As @teamlabouruk.bsky.social marks its one year anniversary in office, Prof @jamiegaskarth.bsky.social & Prof @jasonralph.bsky.social ask the question "can foreign policy be pragmatic and progressive?" www.newdiplomacy.uk/articles/kar...
Can foreign policy be pragmatic and progressive? — New Diplomacy Project
These are dark times for progressive foreign policy. We are moving towards an illiberal world order. In this climate, how can the UK advance progressive foreign policy goals? Many UK policymake...
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I suspect folks aren't going to like the suggestive nature of the document (it is an external 'suggesting' document after all). Lots of room for interpretation and re-interpretation from all involved from policy through to implementation. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/683d89...
Having been around with The Centre for Grand Strategy for almost eight years now (in one form or another), am excited to see it take this next step as part of a wider community!
Centre for Statecraft & National Security@csns-uk.bsky.social · last yr.📢 Exciting news! The Centre for Grand Strategy and the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation are merging to form a new hub within @warstudieskcl.bsky.social: the Centre for Statecraft & National Security @csns-uk.bsky.social ➡️ You can find more information here: csns.uk
📢 Exciting news! The Centre for Grand Strategy and the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation are merging to form a new hub within @warstudieskcl.bsky.social: the Centre for Statecraft & National Security @csns-uk.bsky.social ➡️ You can find more information here: csns.uk
For more on how fish can make the public rather barmy at times, see: William Reynolds,‘Refusing to Budge’ | 11 | The Role of the Domestic in Low-Intensity Maritime Conflict - A Cod Wars Perspective. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
‘Refusing to Budge’ | 11 | The Role of the Domestic in Low-Intensity M
This chapter engages with the roles the domestic spheres inhabit during low-intensity maritime conflicts. During such conflicts, analysts often focus upon the
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A thoroughly enjoyable Staff Ride (my first on the teaching side) with the U.K. Defence Academy. Great colleagues and great course members. Hope to see some of the latter on the Advanced Staff Course.
Am happy to say my first academic peer-reviewed journal has just been published with Diplomacy & Statecraft: 'Facing the ‘Rogue Elephant’: The Evolution of British Strategy Towards Japan in the 1970s and 1980s www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Facing the ‘Rogue Elephant’: The Evolution of British Strategy Towards Japan in the 1970s and 1980s
By the 1970s, Japan had become a key player in international relations. Less than two decades after the 1952 San Francisco Peace Treaty, and the formal end of the Second World War and Japanese occu...
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With the possibility of an uplift in Defence doing the rounds, I cannot recommend enough Andrew Curtis' book 'We Need to Talk About Defence' on managing the Defence Enterprise. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/we-need-t...
We Need to Talk About Defence
Based on a distinguished 35-year career in the RAF as an Air Commodore, Andrew R. Curtis highlights what is wrong with the way defence is managed today, and pre…
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Northern Ireland seems to be making rather effective inroads into India. First Queen's University Belfast opens up a new campus in India and now Thales UK's LMM (manufactured in N Ireland) is being procured. www.gov.uk/government/n...
UK-India defence agreements boost ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ ambition
The UK-India strategic partnership has taken another major step forward with the formal launch of Defence Partnership – India (DP-I) and the signing of several defence agreements at Aero India 2025.
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Always some good news about to lighten the gloom www.gov.uk/government/n...
New satellite deal to boost military operations, jobs and growth
Armed forces personnel will have access to the latest space-based imagery for military operations, following a deal signed for a new satellite system, named Oberon.
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Looking forward to chatting about Britain, Japan and the Cold War next week!
East Asia Study Group, University of Warwick@easgwarwick.bsky.social · 2y ago🚨Research Seminar The EASG is delighted to host Dr. William Reynolds @warstudent.bsky.social from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social 🗺️ 'From Oslo to Tokyo: Britain's Cold War Strategy and Japan' 📅 February 4th, 2025 - 2.15-3.30PM (hybrid) More info at tinyurl.com/48puxnzc or easg@warwick.ac.uk
Looking forward to chatting about Britain, Japan and the Cold War next week!
East Asia Study Group, University of Warwick@easgwarwick.bsky.social · 2y ago🚨Research Seminar The EASG is delighted to host Dr. William Reynolds @warstudent.bsky.social from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social 🗺️ 'From Oslo to Tokyo: Britain's Cold War Strategy and Japan' 📅 February 4th, 2025 - 2.15-3.30PM (hybrid) More info at tinyurl.com/48puxnzc or easg@warwick.ac.uk
🚨Research Seminar The EASG is delighted to host Dr. William Reynolds @warstudent.bsky.social from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social 🗺️ 'From Oslo to Tokyo: Britain's Cold War Strategy and Japan' 📅 February 4th, 2025 - 2.15-3.30PM (hybrid) More info at tinyurl.com/48puxnzc or easg@warwick.ac.uk
A 'Partner' nation - as opposed to a full treaty member - would be more workable for GCAP. Perhaps more cooperation in the systems around the main airframe? That being said, the trilateral members will need to make sure this does not negatively effect timetables.
The Japan Times@japantimes.co.jp · 2y agoJapan, the United Kingdom and Italy are in talks about Saudi Arabia’s participation in the joint development of their new sixth-generation fighter jet.
