Joshua C Huminski
@joshuachuminski.bsky.social
SVP of natsec & intel @ CSPC, policy for Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI, ret.), book reviewer for the Diplomatic Courier, GMU NSI Senior Fellow & host of ‘Coffee & Conflict’.
The NATO Hague Summit was a success against admittedly low expectations, but significant, substantive work remains, not the least of which is operationalising the spending commitment and building a post-industrial defence industrial base. @breakingdefense.com breakingdefense.com/2025/07/post...
Post success at The Hague summit, the real NATO work remains - Breaking Defense
Joshua Huminski in this op-ed explores next steps now that NATO allies have signed an agreement to spend 5 percent GDP on defense.
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July 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The NATO Hague Summit was a success against admittedly low expectations, but significant, substantive work remains, not the least of which is operationalising the spending commitment and building a post-industrial defence industrial base. @breakingdefense.com breakingdefense.com/2025/07/post...
Another great CSPC book event with Dr Andrew Monaghan to discuss ‘Blitzkrieg & the Russian Art of War’ (@manchesterup.bsky.social). A fascinating exploration of the drivers & tensions w/in Moscow’s war & statecraft, Monaghan’s book offers critical & timely nuance about the Kremlin’s strategic craft.
July 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Another great CSPC book event with Dr Andrew Monaghan to discuss ‘Blitzkrieg & the Russian Art of War’ (@manchesterup.bsky.social). A fascinating exploration of the drivers & tensions w/in Moscow’s war & statecraft, Monaghan’s book offers critical & timely nuance about the Kremlin’s strategic craft.
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We Need To Talk About Rutte
Maybe it's naive of me to think that politicians can and should be honest, but Mark Rutte's escalating rhetoric about the likelihood, even imminence of Russian invasion spurred me into a rant in response:
youtu.be/bm91_X8Ho_Y
Maybe it's naive of me to think that politicians can and should be honest, but Mark Rutte's escalating rhetoric about the likelihood, even imminence of Russian invasion spurred me into a rant in response:
youtu.be/bm91_X8Ho_Y
We Need To Talk About Rutte
YouTube video by Mark Galeotti
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July 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We Need To Talk About Rutte
Maybe it's naive of me to think that politicians can and should be honest, but Mark Rutte's escalating rhetoric about the likelihood, even imminence of Russian invasion spurred me into a rant in response:
youtu.be/bm91_X8Ho_Y
Maybe it's naive of me to think that politicians can and should be honest, but Mark Rutte's escalating rhetoric about the likelihood, even imminence of Russian invasion spurred me into a rant in response:
youtu.be/bm91_X8Ho_Y
Belatedly posting my Fourth of July reading: the @financialtimes.com Weekend and Cathy Scott-Clark’s ‘Russia’s Man of War’ (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social) a riveting biography of Viktor Bout.
July 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Belatedly posting my Fourth of July reading: the @financialtimes.com Weekend and Cathy Scott-Clark’s ‘Russia’s Man of War’ (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social) a riveting biography of Viktor Bout.
Looking forward to joining Sirius XM’s POTUS tomorrow morning at 0830 to discuss NATO and more.
a man in a suit and tie walks down a street with a netflix logo in the background
ALT: a man in a suit and tie walks down a street with a netflix logo in the background
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July 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Looking forward to joining Sirius XM’s POTUS tomorrow morning at 0830 to discuss NATO and more.
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Yours truly getting excited about Silverstone this weekend with the excellent Jamie Owen CGTN Europe Global Business Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social m.youtube.com/watch?v=f6p2...
Formula 1 growth: "Worth something like £12 billion to the UK economy"
YouTube video by CGTN Europe
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July 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yours truly getting excited about Silverstone this weekend with the excellent Jamie Owen CGTN Europe Global Business Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social m.youtube.com/watch?v=f6p2...
Heads up to our NATO allies, this is the mood the President is bringing with him to The Hague.
June 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Heads up to our NATO allies, this is the mood the President is bringing with him to The Hague.
Sunday’s read: “Death is Our Business” (@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social) by @johnlechner.bsky.social about Moscow’s PMCs, Wagner, and the confluence of the Kremlin’s geostrategic interests & Russian private gain abroad.
June 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sunday’s read: “Death is Our Business” (@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social) by @johnlechner.bsky.social about Moscow’s PMCs, Wagner, and the confluence of the Kremlin’s geostrategic interests & Russian private gain abroad.
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📖 Reading recommendation:
"Now is the time for building European land power to deny Russian aggression and to show the US that sharing its strategic enablers and ISR remains worthwhile," writes Henrik Larsen in a new ICDS analysis.
#NATOsummit #WeAreNATO
"Now is the time for building European land power to deny Russian aggression and to show the US that sharing its strategic enablers and ISR remains worthwhile," writes Henrik Larsen in a new ICDS analysis.
#NATOsummit #WeAreNATO
Toward a Europeanised NATO - ICDS
Europeanisation is necessary to sustain NATO’s deterrence of Russia at a time when US leadership is agnostic at best and failing at worst. The task is neither impossible, nor quick, nor easy. European...
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June 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
📖 Reading recommendation:
"Now is the time for building European land power to deny Russian aggression and to show the US that sharing its strategic enablers and ISR remains worthwhile," writes Henrik Larsen in a new ICDS analysis.
#NATOsummit #WeAreNATO
"Now is the time for building European land power to deny Russian aggression and to show the US that sharing its strategic enablers and ISR remains worthwhile," writes Henrik Larsen in a new ICDS analysis.
#NATOsummit #WeAreNATO
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Read our series of briefs that examines some of the key issues of the Hague Summit.
📝 Authors: @joshuachuminski.bsky.social, Felix Gasper, @kzysk.bsky.social, Nele Loorents, @marpaire.bsky.social and Tony Lawrence.
#NATOsummit #WeAreNATO
📝 Authors: @joshuachuminski.bsky.social, Felix Gasper, @kzysk.bsky.social, Nele Loorents, @marpaire.bsky.social and Tony Lawrence.
#NATOsummit #WeAreNATO
The Hague Summit Series - ICDS
When NATO heads of state and government meet in The Hague on 24 and 25 June, there will be much to talk about. Building consensus around NATO’s new capability targets has sometimes been difficult, eve...
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June 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Read our series of briefs that examines some of the key issues of the Hague Summit.
📝 Authors: @joshuachuminski.bsky.social, Felix Gasper, @kzysk.bsky.social, Nele Loorents, @marpaire.bsky.social and Tony Lawrence.
#NATOsummit #WeAreNATO
📝 Authors: @joshuachuminski.bsky.social, Felix Gasper, @kzysk.bsky.social, Nele Loorents, @marpaire.bsky.social and Tony Lawrence.
#NATOsummit #WeAreNATO
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‘The key to the G7’s continued geopolitical relevance lies in near-term expectation management, and a longer-term shift towards results rather than process,’ writes @joshuachuminski.bsky.social, @cspc-dc.bsky.social
#BritainsWorld #BigAsk #G7
#BritainsWorld #BigAsk #G7
How can the G7 ensure it remains geopolitically relevant?
The Big Ask | No. 25.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
June 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
‘The key to the G7’s continued geopolitical relevance lies in near-term expectation management, and a longer-term shift towards results rather than process,’ writes @joshuachuminski.bsky.social, @cspc-dc.bsky.social
#BritainsWorld #BigAsk #G7
#BritainsWorld #BigAsk #G7
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How can the #G7 ensure it remains geopolitically relevant?
We asked a group of experts in today's #BigAsk
✍️ Edward Howell, @joshuachuminski.bsky.social, @lanoszka.bsky.social, Timothy Less
#BritainsWorld
We asked a group of experts in today's #BigAsk
✍️ Edward Howell, @joshuachuminski.bsky.social, @lanoszka.bsky.social, Timothy Less
#BritainsWorld
How can the G7 ensure it remains geopolitically relevant?
The Big Ask | No. 25.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
June 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
How can the #G7 ensure it remains geopolitically relevant?
We asked a group of experts in today's #BigAsk
✍️ Edward Howell, @joshuachuminski.bsky.social, @lanoszka.bsky.social, Timothy Less
#BritainsWorld
We asked a group of experts in today's #BigAsk
✍️ Edward Howell, @joshuachuminski.bsky.social, @lanoszka.bsky.social, Timothy Less
#BritainsWorld
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I wrote on the appointment of a new MI6 chief, Blaise Metreweli, who joined the service in 1999 as a case officer. Not just the first woman. She's the first chief to have joined well after the end of the cold war. And well regarded in the tech community. www.economist.com/britain/2025...
MI6’s new “C” used to be “Q”. And she’s good with the gadgets
Blaise Metreweli is the first female head of Britain’s spy service, too
www.economist.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I wrote on the appointment of a new MI6 chief, Blaise Metreweli, who joined the service in 1999 as a case officer. Not just the first woman. She's the first chief to have joined well after the end of the cold war. And well regarded in the tech community. www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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⚓‘HM Gov should use the #SDR as a guide, but should also go further…by using the proposed spending increases to adopt a strategic and operational focus which is based on a #NATOFirst maritime strategy,’ writes @joshuachuminski.bsky.social, @cspc-dc.bsky.social
#Broadside
#Broadside
Towards a ‘NATO First’, First-in-NATO maritime strategy
His Majesty’s (HM) Government faces a unique moment in Euro-Atlantic defence and security: not only has conventional warfare returned to the continent since 2022, but the United States (US), the histo...
www.thebroadside.org.uk
June 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
⚓‘HM Gov should use the #SDR as a guide, but should also go further…by using the proposed spending increases to adopt a strategic and operational focus which is based on a #NATOFirst maritime strategy,’ writes @joshuachuminski.bsky.social, @cspc-dc.bsky.social
#Broadside
#Broadside
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"The return on investment, for Trump, is not about shared values or the rules-based international order. Those are intangible concepts that are fundamentally immeasurable, and not evident on a balance sheet," writes @joshuachuminski.bsky.social.
Hague Summit Series: Trump and the Rebalancing of NATO - ICDS
The perception that the US has turned its back on or is in the process of separating from Europe and continental defence and security is certainly understandable. Naturally, there is a focus on the no...
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June 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
"The return on investment, for Trump, is not about shared values or the rules-based international order. Those are intangible concepts that are fundamentally immeasurable, and not evident on a balance sheet," writes @joshuachuminski.bsky.social.
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The Strategic Defence Review: The view from Washington 👇
🇺🇸 ‘The statements and priorities of the Review will find a receptive audience in the White House and the Pentagon,’ writes @joshuachuminski.bsky.social, @cspc-dc.bsky.social
#SDR #Memorandum #BritainsWorld
🇺🇸 ‘The statements and priorities of the Review will find a receptive audience in the White House and the Pentagon,’ writes @joshuachuminski.bsky.social, @cspc-dc.bsky.social
#SDR #Memorandum #BritainsWorld
The Strategic Defence Review: The view from Washington
The Memorandum | No. 20.2025
www.britainsworld.org.uk
June 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The Strategic Defence Review: The view from Washington 👇
🇺🇸 ‘The statements and priorities of the Review will find a receptive audience in the White House and the Pentagon,’ writes @joshuachuminski.bsky.social, @cspc-dc.bsky.social
#SDR #Memorandum #BritainsWorld
🇺🇸 ‘The statements and priorities of the Review will find a receptive audience in the White House and the Pentagon,’ writes @joshuachuminski.bsky.social, @cspc-dc.bsky.social
#SDR #Memorandum #BritainsWorld
Starting the week off with the @nytimes.com crossword and cracking open @candacerondeaux.bsky.social’s book ‘Putin’s Sledgehammer’ (Public Affairs) on Wagner, Russia, & PMCs. I’ve been looking forward to reading this for a while and picked it up this weekend. Looks like a cracking read.
June 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Starting the week off with the @nytimes.com crossword and cracking open @candacerondeaux.bsky.social’s book ‘Putin’s Sledgehammer’ (Public Affairs) on Wagner, Russia, & PMCs. I’ve been looking forward to reading this for a while and picked it up this weekend. Looks like a cracking read.
Impressive though Ukraine’s Operation Spider’s Web is (and it most certainly is), let’s dial back the hyperbole about ‘Russia’s Pearl Habor’ or how the ‘rules of war have changed’. Incoherent, ahistorical, and analytically vapid shrieking isn’t particularly useful.
June 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Impressive though Ukraine’s Operation Spider’s Web is (and it most certainly is), let’s dial back the hyperbole about ‘Russia’s Pearl Habor’ or how the ‘rules of war have changed’. Incoherent, ahistorical, and analytically vapid shrieking isn’t particularly useful.
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The UK government's upcoming Strategic Defence Review promises a fresh approach to identifying threats and responses. But will this new methodology deliver better outcomes than other recent reviews?
The New Approach to the UK Strategic Defence Review: Tests for Success
The Strategic Defence Review now underway has been described as a ‘root and branch review’ of the whole UK defence enterprise, pointing the way to ‘a new era for defence’. Can the different approach b...
www.rusi.org
May 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The UK government's upcoming Strategic Defence Review promises a fresh approach to identifying threats and responses. But will this new methodology deliver better outcomes than other recent reviews?
If you ever doubted how out of date the Dulles Airport people movers are, the one I’m presently on says it is 1 January, 1990 at 1:55 AM…
May 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
If you ever doubted how out of date the Dulles Airport people movers are, the one I’m presently on says it is 1 January, 1990 at 1:55 AM…
It is amusing watching a grown man fail at basic shapes on an airplane. I’m sorry sir, your obscenely large rolling luggage will not fit in that small space, no matter how hard you try and slam the overhead bin…
May 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
It is amusing watching a grown man fail at basic shapes on an airplane. I’m sorry sir, your obscenely large rolling luggage will not fit in that small space, no matter how hard you try and slam the overhead bin…
The emergence of new, novel defence tech companies is deeply exciting, especially if they manage to truly upset the defence industrial base, but I do wonder how much is ‘real’ & how much is Silicon Valley/VC hype/vapourware, fodder for the inevitable Theranos-style documentary…
May 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The emergence of new, novel defence tech companies is deeply exciting, especially if they manage to truly upset the defence industrial base, but I do wonder how much is ‘real’ & how much is Silicon Valley/VC hype/vapourware, fodder for the inevitable Theranos-style documentary…
Spending my final Monday in London (for this trip, of course) reading Jonathan Dimbleby’s ‘Barbarossa’ with an accompanying, if slightly on the nose, Moscow Mule.
May 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Spending my final Monday in London (for this trip, of course) reading Jonathan Dimbleby’s ‘Barbarossa’ with an accompanying, if slightly on the nose, Moscow Mule.
Microsoft Copilot is just a more annoying and insidious version of Clippy.
Once more I ask, if LLMs are so good, why do people have to be bribed or cajoled into using them? www.ft.com/content/f8ca...
May 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Microsoft Copilot is just a more annoying and insidious version of Clippy.
British television knows me so well. A brilliant curry on Saturday night followed by ‘The Hunt for Red October’.
a man in a military uniform is talking to another man .
ALT: a man in a military uniform is talking to another man .
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May 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
British television knows me so well. A brilliant curry on Saturday night followed by ‘The Hunt for Red October’.