Ed Arnold
@edrusi.bsky.social
European Security at RUSI - NATO, JEF, Arctic and High North security. All views my own
Last chance was 2024 Washington Summit. Its gone.
The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com · 2d ago⚡️ Ukraine will 'never' join NATO, ex-commander Zaluzhnyi says. "It is impossible for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, given their current level of development, to join an organization that is guided by World War II doctrines," Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.K., Valerii Zaluzhnyi, said.
In a new piece for @theeln.bsky.social, @jackpannell.bsky.social and @edrusi.bsky.social assess what Burnham's new Cabinet signals for Britain's foreign policy, defence, NATO, Ukraine, Europe, and relations with the Trump administration. Read below ⬇️ europeanleadershipnetwork.org/commentary/w...
What does Andy Burham’s new cabinet mean for UK foreign policy?
Andy Burnham has signalled that he wants to focus his energies on domestic policy, and his Cabinet appointments suggest he is willing to delegate responsibility to his top team – though that does not ...
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Gee. From the math, sounds like about 2.5 years current production rate used in five months, though only about equal to the planned production rate in 2030
Stars and Stripes@starsandstripes.bsky.social · 6d agoIran war has consumed nearly 67% of US Patriot interceptor stockpile, report says
Ukrainian children, forced to live through the horrors of war, pray to God that no more Shahed drones will fly over their homes and that Ukraine will defeat russia. Every child deserves a safe future, free from war. Help protect them. u24.gov.ua/sky-defense?...
New for RUSI today - An Update on the Air War over Ukraine four years on: www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
Four Years On: An Update on the Air War Over Ukraine
An established Ukrainian F-16 Fighter Wing and the overstretch of fighters and air defences on both sides by sustained long-range strike campaigns have changed the nature of the air war.
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Some considered thoughts on the new Office of the PM & Cabinet here It’s v good news. But we’re worried the changes don’t yet go far enough. A spectral Cabinet Office will endure, leaving reform as a branding exercise not a new way of governing www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/burn...
Burnham is right to create an Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | Institute for Government
Reforms to No10 and the Cabinet Office must be more than a rebranding exercise.
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Good on Natalie Fleet - very brave to go “actually I’ve realised I can’t do this important job”, loads of people would just do it badly:
Natalie Fleet leaves 'triggering' safeguarding minister role
The MP for Bolsover has spoken about how she was groomed and raped as a teenager.
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Last week: Launch of BFPG's 2026 Annual Survey of UK Public Opinion on Foreign Policy and Global Affairs. Sincere thanks to our partners and sponsors, and to our excellent line-up of speakers. bfpg.co.uk/events/2026-... #ForeignPolicy #UKPolicy #NationalSecurity #UKPolitics
Look, on the one hand they allow perverts to covertly film your children and upload the footage to pedophelia forums. On the other hand, they can save someone half a second by projecting in front of them information they'd otherwise have to glance at their phone to get. What's a regulator to do?!
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w agoMeta’s smartglasses mean any child can be covertly filmed. In the age of AI, how do we tackle that risk?
Right, let's have a look at the new UK line-up for EU relations tl;dr complete clear-out of senior politicians and reduced weight in Cabinet 1/
Georg von Harrach@georgvh.com · 2w agoUK's new EU negotiator looks to be Hamish Falconer who Andy Burnham has appointed Minister for Intergovernmental Relations & European Relations
Pleased to join The British Foreign Policy Group @bfpg.bsky.social to launch their Annual Survey on UK public opinion on foreign policy. You can download it here: bfpg.co.uk/reports/2026...
“It worries me that we will be seen as the generation that screwed it up” - It was inspiring to hear UK CGS Gen. Sir Roly Walker (Head of the British Army) talk so candidly this week about his absolute determination to accelerate defence transformation to ensure deterrence.
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 After a tense few days in Ankara, @ozkaterji.bsky.social hears the latest from the conference halls of NATO from @edrusi.bsky.social ➡️ linktr.ee/drillpod
What did the 2026 #NATOSummit really deliver? 🎙️ In the latest #GlobalSecurityBriefing, Rachel Ellehuus is joined by Natia Seskuria, @burcuozcelik.bsky.social and @oanalungescu.bsky.social to examine the summit's key outcomes.
Episode 124: After Ankara: First Reflections on the 2026 NATO Summit
The 2026 NATO Summit convened at a moment of fragile unity for the alliance. What did it deliver? What did it leave unresolved?
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My take on the NATO Ankara Summit, what it means for UK defence and Andy Burnham's national security priorities www.dgroup.co.uk/insights-pub...
The 2026 NATO Ankara Summit: Hard decisions for the UK lie ahead | The D Group Insights
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Trains last 30 years, as do lots of other things. Either we invest now, or we will get burned. www.ft.com/content/b9ed...
Eurostar orders trains to cope with 55C ‘Saudi’ summers
Amended contract follows heatwaves across UK and western Europe
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Mini @rusi.bsky.social reunion with @oanalungescu.bsky.social and @burcuozcelik.bsky.social at the NATO Ankara Summit
What happens when the FS takes a 7% budget cut without any sign of fighting back
Ros Taylor@rostaylor.bsky.social · last mo.The rudderless Foreign Office is making huge cuts to its staff. The atmosphere is grim. Few staffers are safe from the cull. They describe colleagues in tears as they prepare to re-apply for their own jobs, and probably other people’s too. www.politicshome.com/news/article...
The Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner is pushing back against the continent-wide rollback of protections for over 4 million Ukrainians. Michael O'Flaherty spoke with the Kyiv Independent about just what is at stake.
Prioritize Ukrainians' dignity as you did in 2022, urges Europe's human rights head
BRUSSELS, Belgium — The Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner is pushing back against the continent-wide rollback of protections for over 4 million Ukrainians. Michael O'Flaherty spoke with th...
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If you want people to take the geopolitical threat from Russia seriously (and I agree that they should), this nonsense is the absolute worst messaging and will only harm public support for that cause.
Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social · last mo.Lord Alan West yesterday: "Things like welfare.. are unimportant when you lose a war & you have Russian Chechen stormtroopers coming down the street raping women & killing people" Reintroducing the workhouse or Russians raping your mum. They're the only choices, ok.
You cannot undertake a comprehensive preparation for government programme in under a month and Burnham and his team should not try. Me for @politicshome.bsky.social on how Burnham and his team should prioritise in their prep for govt www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Andy Burnham has little time to prepare for government - he must focus on a clear overall vision
When he took over as Prime Minister in June 2007, Gordon Brown had been thinking about the job for over a decade and planning the succession for ma...
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UK recognises 13 CNI sectors but the master/foundational sector is energy as it can take everything else down and it has physical infrastructure
Euromaidan Press@euromaidanpress.bsky.social · last mo.Ukrainian drones blacked out cities across occupied Crimea again overnight into 25 June, hitting two thermal power plants, monitoring channels reported. 🔗https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/06/25/crimeas-grid-takes-another-night-of-strikes-as-yalta-and-sevastopol-lose-power/
⚡️Belarus halts equipment used to guide Russian strikes, Zelensky says, after Ukraine's ultimatum. The development comes days after Zelensky issued an ultimatum to Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko, giving Minsk one week to remove the equipment or face unspecified action by Ukraine.
Belarus halts equipment used to guide Russian strikes, Zelensky says, after Ukraine's ultimatum
"As of today, the equipment is no longer operating," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
kyivindependent.com
When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
"Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense launched an access-controlled online platform last week that provides allied governments, defense companies and research institutions with technical intelligence drawn from captured Russian military hardware." www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
Ukraine launches ‘TrophyLab’ platform to share captured Russian weapons with allies
Among the listed items available for study are, for example, a Kinzhal hypersonic missile and a T-90M tank.
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Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs @radek-sikorski.bsky.social delivered a lecture on British-Polish and European defence and security cooperation at RUSI this afternoon. RUSI Members can watch his prepared remarks in full: https://bit.ly/4vWdjUq
More guns in Northern Ireland: what could possibly go wrong?
Vanda Wilcox@vandawilcox.bsky.social · 2mo agoTFW you definitely, really know a lot about Belfast and have thought about it very carefully indeed
This is outrageous. When I hire KPMG to validate my priors I expect to receive the wildly overconfident lies of a 23 year old MBA, not those of some stinking robot.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2mo agoKPMG report contained AI hallucinations on benefits of . . . AI ft.trib.al/Ef8zdYs
Not sure that the problem is organisational, but it does offer a convenient deflection from thinking about policy and purpose giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
EU countries weigh ‘tearing apart’ bloc’s diplomatic service
Chief diplomat Kaja Kallas and her EEAS are in capitals’ crosshairs over leadership and co-ordination issues
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