Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
Sir Lawrence David Freedman, is a British academic, historian and author specialising in foreign policy, international relations and strategy. He has been described as the "dean of British strategic studies" and was a member of the Iraq Inquiry. He is an Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London. .. more
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@ldfreedman.bsky.social talks to @kschake.bsky.social - who's worked at senior levels in the US defense and state departments - on how the military should deal with Trump, Hegseth and illegal orders.
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This sentence seems to me a good rule of thumb (& presumably it works vice versa too), worth bearing in mind whenever there's excitement in the media about an imminent breakthrough.
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On battlefield exaggerations, reality and the battle to control the perception of an inevitable Russian victory.
US negotiators would do well to appreciate the reality, and then perhaps consider the below quote:
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"Why Kupyansk Matters"
On how Ukraine is fighting back and embarrassing Putin in a battle he claimed he'd already won.
And the importance of undermining Russia's narrative.
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"The Overshoot"
Net migration is collapsing, and will fall further over the coming years. We could even have net emigration.
What does that mean for the country and the political narrative as we head towards the next election?
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My Top Ten Books of the Year for 2025
Hopefully lots of ideas for late presents. And links to all my previous lists too.
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My Top Ten Books of the Year for 2025
Hopefully lots of ideas for late presents. And links to all my previous lists too.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/b...
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