In response to the new UK National Security Strategy and SDR, here's my analysis of changing threat topics in UK national security and defence documents since 1998.
@uoe-sps.bsky.social @scga.bsky.social @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social @chathamhouse.org @rusi.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social

Happy to win this little internal prize for my National Security and Defence Documents Dataset (1987-2024) 😊

datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283...

Lord Robertson, former head of NATO, was a highlight, with his Scottish raconteur style. Also my first time seeing a PM up close. Pro-Palestinian protesters held a diligent presence outside, good for them. I spoke on a great mixed panel on energy security.

AI can be so cute sometimes. "Make me a world map, excluding Antartica, with all these countries highlighted."

'The liberal deviseth liberal things'. So say we all! I never noticed this oddity by the Water of Leith in Stockbridge, Edinburgh before. Anyone know who this person is?

16 years ago today @edinburghpir.bsky.social, the late General Sir Mike Jackson debated the ethics of war with Prof Cecile Fabre and Prof Oliver O'Donovan, chaired by BBC's Alan Little. A profound discussion on moral courage and military duty that drew 450.

@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

Haha, I bet @davidleask.bsky.social had fun writing that opening.

Very funny.