Darrell Driver 🇺🇦
@dwdriver.bsky.social
Professor at the US Army War College. Transatlantic relations and European security. Views posted here are my own.
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#Cyber vulnerabilities undermine the effectiveness of #coercion, argues Craig Booth. Adversaries' ability to #hack US systems weakens deterrence. Cyber #resilience is crucial for national leverage. w/ @dwdriver.bsky.social #WARROOM
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June 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#Cyber vulnerabilities undermine the effectiveness of #coercion, argues Craig Booth. Adversaries' ability to #hack US systems weakens deterrence. Cyber #resilience is crucial for national leverage. w/ @dwdriver.bsky.social #WARROOM
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Latest from War Room, my conversation with RADM Paul Becker on intelligence and Homeland Security.
Ret. RADM Paul Becker joins @dwdriver.bsky.social to discuss intel in #HomelandSecurity. Defining it as uncovering adversary secrets (in both war & defense) they talk domestic intel challenges, interagency coord, open-source intel & public trust. #WARROOM
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March 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Latest from War Room, my conversation with RADM Paul Becker on intelligence and Homeland Security.
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This piece gives insufficient attention to a potential UK-DEU nuclear deterrent. The UK deterrent consists solely of submarine-launched missiles. It could be made more survivable (and more independent from the US) and potent through partnership w/ DEU.
Prudent planning: "Europeans are rethinking their security and giving currency to an idea the U.S. has long sought to avoid: a nuclear-armed Germany" www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Trump’s Embrace of Putin Has Germany Thinking of Nuclear Weapons
Europeans are reconsidering their security and giving currency to an idea the U.S. has long sought to avoid: a nuclear-armed Germany.
www.wsj.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This piece gives insufficient attention to a potential UK-DEU nuclear deterrent. The UK deterrent consists solely of submarine-launched missiles. It could be made more survivable (and more independent from the US) and potent through partnership w/ DEU.
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Here's what i find puzzling: why we assume private resource extraction companies are going to rush into a country with a very large neighbor poised to re-invade (a third time). I thought security/stability PREcedes investment, not the other way around.
March 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Here's what i find puzzling: why we assume private resource extraction companies are going to rush into a country with a very large neighbor poised to re-invade (a third time). I thought security/stability PREcedes investment, not the other way around.
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This is incredible. Knock yourself out, Russian intel services. “A person familiar with the matter …said analysts at the agency were verbally informed that they were not to follow or report on Russian threats, even though this had previously been a main focus for the agency.” Cc @ciaranm.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This is incredible. Knock yourself out, Russian intel services. “A person familiar with the matter …said analysts at the agency were verbally informed that they were not to follow or report on Russian threats, even though this had previously been a main focus for the agency.” Cc @ciaranm.bsky.social
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I think you would have to search long & hard to find a more invertebrate figure than Lindsey Graham today. Zelensky "needs to resign" ... "I have never been more proud of the president. I was very proud of JD Vance standing up for our country" www.foxnews.com/politics/utt...
'Utter disaster': Lindsey Graham calls for Zelenskyy resignation after White House throwdown
Sen. Lindsey Graham said Zelenskyy needs to either resign or change because Americans may not be willing to do business with him.
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February 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I think you would have to search long & hard to find a more invertebrate figure than Lindsey Graham today. Zelensky "needs to resign" ... "I have never been more proud of the president. I was very proud of JD Vance standing up for our country" www.foxnews.com/politics/utt...
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Re-upping this podcast I did with American University’s Sharon Weiner for absolutely no reason whatsoever.
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THE JOINT CHIEFS: POLITICS VERSUS PROFESSIONALISM
Joint. The term is used ubiquitously in the U.S. Department of Defense. Joint operations, joint professional military education, joint mindedness, joint staff, etc.—at a certain point in a professiona...
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February 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Re-upping this podcast I did with American University’s Sharon Weiner for absolutely no reason whatsoever.
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I could have imagined a lot of things in American politics but not a normalization of Nazi salutes and such tentativeness by the media to call them what they are. They are Nazi salutes. It’s not owning the libs. It’s not joking. It’s fascism. If you give a Nazi salute, you’re a fascist. Just say it.
February 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I could have imagined a lot of things in American politics but not a normalization of Nazi salutes and such tentativeness by the media to call them what they are. They are Nazi salutes. It’s not owning the libs. It’s not joking. It’s fascism. If you give a Nazi salute, you’re a fascist. Just say it.
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Who’s the gangster?
New: U.S. negotiators pressing Kyiv for access to Ukraine's critical minerals have raised the possibility of cutting off the country's access to Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet system, per three sources. www.reuters.com/business/us-...
Exclusive: US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources
U.S. negotiators pressing Kyiv for access to Ukraine's critical minerals have raised the possibility of cutting the country's access to Elon Musk's vital Starlink satellite internet system, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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February 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Who’s the gangster?
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'Film me!’: Russia's executions of Ukrainian POWs point to a policy | FT Film www.ft.com/video/cffdbf... via @financialtimes.com
'Film me!’: Russia's executions of Ukrainian POWs point to a policy | FT Film
Ukrainian war crimes prosecutors believe it is part of Russian policy to execute surrendering prisoners of war. The FT investigates the evidence to map the rise in cases. We talk to the people who are...
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February 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
'Film me!’: Russia's executions of Ukrainian POWs point to a policy | FT Film www.ft.com/video/cffdbf... via @financialtimes.com
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In the interest of being petty, I'm going to point out everything wrong with Dan Bessner's salvo against liberal internationalism.
1. He claims that the US has decided to turn its back on the idea of an RBO because of the rise of China.
That's dubious. Trump's shift/
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1. He claims that the US has decided to turn its back on the idea of an RBO because of the rise of China.
That's dubious. Trump's shift/
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Donald Trump Is Dismantling Liberal Internationalism
America’s belief that it can be militarily dominant in every major region appears to be wavering. But without challengers, the Republicans’ loss of conviction in liberal internationalism will harden i...
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February 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
In the interest of being petty, I'm going to point out everything wrong with Dan Bessner's salvo against liberal internationalism.
1. He claims that the US has decided to turn its back on the idea of an RBO because of the rise of China.
That's dubious. Trump's shift/
jacobin.com/2025/02/trum...
1. He claims that the US has decided to turn its back on the idea of an RBO because of the rise of China.
That's dubious. Trump's shift/
jacobin.com/2025/02/trum...
What a rock star! She’s right.
Sanna Marin throwing some impressive shade here:
”To start, Europe must rid itself of the dangerous illusion that it is weak—and stop acting like it.
There is no trade-off between investing in the defence of Europe as a whole and investing in the defence of Ukraine—they are one and the same.”
”To start, Europe must rid itself of the dangerous illusion that it is weak—and stop acting like it.
There is no trade-off between investing in the defence of Europe as a whole and investing in the defence of Ukraine—they are one and the same.”
Now is the time for Europe to show strength, not division, argues Sanna Marin
Finland’s former leader makes the case for stumping up tens of billions more for Ukraine
www.economist.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
What a rock star! She’s right.
Zelensky’s trust rating just increased kyivindependent.com/ukrainians-t...
Zelensky's trust rating increases to 57%, survey shows, contradicting Trump's claims
The poll, carried out between Feb. 4 and 9, was published shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump alleged that Zelensky holds a "4% approval rating" without providing a source to back his claim.
kyivindependent.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Zelensky’s trust rating just increased kyivindependent.com/ukrainians-t...
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Zelensky's trust rating increases to 57% kyivindependent.com/ukrainians-t...
Zelensky's trust rating increases to 57%, survey shows, contradicting Trump's claims
The poll, carried out between Feb. 4 and 9, was published shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump alleged that Zelensky holds a "4% approval rating" without providing a source to back his claim.
kyivindependent.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Zelensky's trust rating increases to 57% kyivindependent.com/ukrainians-t...
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Good men & women in EUCOM are—as they've done every month since Feb 2022—actively helping track & repel this aerial assault. Meanwhile their commander-in-chief at home is actively attacking Ukraine's president, while handing concession after concession to the state firing the missiles.
Russia is attacking Kyiv right now. Powerful explosions are shaking the capital. Authorities report air defense in action.
February 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Good men & women in EUCOM are—as they've done every month since Feb 2022—actively helping track & repel this aerial assault. Meanwhile their commander-in-chief at home is actively attacking Ukraine's president, while handing concession after concession to the state firing the missiles.
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As Europeans sort out where to go from here, I hope they do not lose sight of the basic principles of solidarity and collective security and end up leaving the Canadians out in the cold.
February 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
As Europeans sort out where to go from here, I hope they do not lose sight of the basic principles of solidarity and collective security and end up leaving the Canadians out in the cold.
Excited to see this timely publication from a former student. mwi.westpoint.edu/the-army-and...
The Army and the New Paradigm of Ground Combat: Lessons from Ukraine’s Failed 2023 Counteroffensive - Modern War Institute
The current battlefield is riddled with multiple forms of contact. The combination of indirect fires, efficient and increasingly shortened kill chains, electromagnetic interference, the proliferation ...
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February 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Excited to see this timely publication from a former student. mwi.westpoint.edu/the-army-and...
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Since President’s Day and Black History Month came to be celebrated due to the birthdays of notable abolitionist President Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas, I’d like to commemorate this President’s Day by calling attention to heroic African Americans that fought for all of our freedom.
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February 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Since President’s Day and Black History Month came to be celebrated due to the birthdays of notable abolitionist President Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas, I’d like to commemorate this President’s Day by calling attention to heroic African Americans that fought for all of our freedom.
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I know Stathis. He was a colleague of mine at the University of Chicago. He is a pretty buttoned-down scholar. For him to tweet this out is… something.
February 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I know Stathis. He was a colleague of mine at the University of Chicago. He is a pretty buttoned-down scholar. For him to tweet this out is… something.
I should add that when “war” starts the “college” portion of one’s education does not end. The two are not separable.
Hegseth on PME is a disaster for civilian control of the military and civ-mil relations.
My 2018 case for “less war, more college” at the US war colleges.
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My 2018 case for “less war, more college” at the US war colleges.
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TOO MUCH WAR, NOT ENOUGH COLLEGE
In "Too Much War, Not Enough College," Jen Mittelstadt provides a civilian academic's perspective to the balance between preparing senior leaders for brigade command or leadership at service or joint ...
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February 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I should add that when “war” starts the “college” portion of one’s education does not end. The two are not separable.
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February 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Passing along a recent conversation I had with The-signal@bsky.social on Russian hybrid attacks in Europe.
What’s behind the wave of clandestine Russian attacks in Europe?
Darrell Driver on the psychological campaign to change European hearts and minds about Ukraine.
#russia #ukraine #sabotage
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Darrell Driver on the psychological campaign to change European hearts and minds about Ukraine.
#russia #ukraine #sabotage
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February 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Passing along a recent conversation I had with The-signal@bsky.social on Russian hybrid attacks in Europe.