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’.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cancel the rest of my morning meetings: this London cafe has ‘The Lord of the Rings’ on.
May 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Cancel the rest of my morning meetings: this London cafe has ‘The Lord of the Rings’ on.
I think this is called the ‘Top Gun’ rule.
May 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I think this is called the ‘Top Gun’ rule.
We all live in a Trident D-5 armed submarine…
May 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
We all live in a Trident D-5 armed submarine…
Author @charleshecker.bsky.social joined me at CSPC today to discuss his fascinating & timely new book “Zero Sum” (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social) about the role of international business in Russia’s economy & what the future could hold for the return of Western companies to the country.
March 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Author @charleshecker.bsky.social joined me at CSPC today to discuss his fascinating & timely new book “Zero Sum” (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social) about the role of international business in Russia’s economy & what the future could hold for the return of Western companies to the country.
Starting the week off with a bang, re-visiting “The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy” (Palgrave) by my KCL War Studies MA prof. @ldfreedman.bsky.social & Jeffrey Michaels, and a very strong much-needed Americano.
March 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Starting the week off with a bang, re-visiting “The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy” (Palgrave) by my KCL War Studies MA prof. @ldfreedman.bsky.social & Jeffrey Michaels, and a very strong much-needed Americano.
Phew. What a week. Taking a bit of a nonfiction breather (well, aside from the @financialtimes.com Weekend) and indulging in a spot of fiction with Jonathan Coe’s “The Proof of My Innocence” @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social) picked up in Edinburgh at Topping & Company on my last trip.
February 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Phew. What a week. Taking a bit of a nonfiction breather (well, aside from the @financialtimes.com Weekend) and indulging in a spot of fiction with Jonathan Coe’s “The Proof of My Innocence” @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social) picked up in Edinburgh at Topping & Company on my last trip.
I'm pleased to share my contribution to the Baltic Defence College’s 2025 Conference on Russia: "Constraints & Frictions on Rapprochement between the United States & Russia". Recent events notwithstanding, there remain systemic obstacles to the president's ambitions. media.voog.com/0000/0051/27...
February 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I'm pleased to share my contribution to the Baltic Defence College’s 2025 Conference on Russia: "Constraints & Frictions on Rapprochement between the United States & Russia". Recent events notwithstanding, there remain systemic obstacles to the president's ambitions. media.voog.com/0000/0051/27...
The @financialtimes.com may need to issue a slight correction. I’m not 100% sure, but I’m fairly confident that isn’t @keirgiles.bsky.social… I jest, but do pick up this weekend’s paper for Giles’ Life & Arts essay, & read his book “Who Will Defend Europe” (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social).
February 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The @financialtimes.com may need to issue a slight correction. I’m not 100% sure, but I’m fairly confident that isn’t @keirgiles.bsky.social… I jest, but do pick up this weekend’s paper for Giles’ Life & Arts essay, & read his book “Who Will Defend Europe” (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social).
In modern dating and the pursuit of romance with its apps, swiping, ghosting, and the like, success is decidedly less assured. For this Valentine’s Day, I prefer something much more mutually assured. Reading Herman Kahn’s “On Thermonuclear War” (Routledge).
February 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
In modern dating and the pursuit of romance with its apps, swiping, ghosting, and the like, success is decidedly less assured. For this Valentine’s Day, I prefer something much more mutually assured. Reading Herman Kahn’s “On Thermonuclear War” (Routledge).
Belatedly reading @georgewparker.bsky.social’s superb @financialtimes.com profile of Lord Peter Mandelson, the UK’s new ambassador to the U.S., whose appointment received somewhat less notice amidst the new administration’s ’flooding the zone’.
February 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Belatedly reading @georgewparker.bsky.social’s superb @financialtimes.com profile of Lord Peter Mandelson, the UK’s new ambassador to the U.S., whose appointment received somewhat less notice amidst the new administration’s ’flooding the zone’.
Channeling Dr. Strangelove on this Monday morning with an ARC of @nktpnd.bsky.social’s “The New Nuclear Age” (@politybooks.bsky.social) one of my Diplomatic Courier spring must reads, & the @nytimes.com crossword. What’s better than starting the week than with the prospect of armageddon?
February 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Channeling Dr. Strangelove on this Monday morning with an ARC of @nktpnd.bsky.social’s “The New Nuclear Age” (@politybooks.bsky.social) one of my Diplomatic Courier spring must reads, & the @nytimes.com crossword. What’s better than starting the week than with the prospect of armageddon?
Starting a bitterly cold morning with the @nytimes.com crossword and Hal Brands’ new book “The Eurasian Century” (@wwnorton.bsky.social), a look at the strategic geography of the titular landmass and what it can tell us about the present and future era of geopolitical conflict.
January 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Starting a bitterly cold morning with the @nytimes.com crossword and Hal Brands’ new book “The Eurasian Century” (@wwnorton.bsky.social), a look at the strategic geography of the titular landmass and what it can tell us about the present and future era of geopolitical conflict.
Patiently waiting for the Sunday snow while reading the always delightful @financialtimes.com Weekend and starting “The House of Huawei” (@portfoliobooks.bsky.social) by the @washingtonpost.com’s Eva Dou. A particularly apt & timely read given the TikTok ban & the ongoing U.S.-China tech tensions.
January 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Patiently waiting for the Sunday snow while reading the always delightful @financialtimes.com Weekend and starting “The House of Huawei” (@portfoliobooks.bsky.social) by the @washingtonpost.com’s Eva Dou. A particularly apt & timely read given the TikTok ban & the ongoing U.S.-China tech tensions.
Starting the last Monday of 2024 (we made it…) with the @nytimes.com crossword (amusingly with ‘think tank’ as an answer) and @charleshecker.bsky.social’s newly released “Zero Sum” @hurstpublishers.bsky.social, a riveting exploration of the role of international business in post-Soviet Russia.
December 30, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Starting the last Monday of 2024 (we made it…) with the @nytimes.com crossword (amusingly with ‘think tank’ as an answer) and @charleshecker.bsky.social’s newly released “Zero Sum” @hurstpublishers.bsky.social, a riveting exploration of the role of international business in post-Soviet Russia.
Worth every penny at full price, but @markgaleotti.bsky.social’s “Forged in War” (Osprey Books) is beyond a steal at 50% off at @barnesandnoble.com.
December 30, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Worth every penny at full price, but @markgaleotti.bsky.social’s “Forged in War” (Osprey Books) is beyond a steal at 50% off at @barnesandnoble.com.
Taking a bit of a breather from geopolitical reading (yet still enjoying the @financialtimes.com & @nytimes.com crossword), and instead spending the holidays amongst the country estates, gentlemen’s clubs of London, and shenanigans of P.G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves.
December 23, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Taking a bit of a breather from geopolitical reading (yet still enjoying the @financialtimes.com & @nytimes.com crossword), and instead spending the holidays amongst the country estates, gentlemen’s clubs of London, and shenanigans of P.G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves.
Really quite cool to see my first @washingtonpost.com quote in Catherine Belton’s excellent reporting on potential U.S.-Russia relations under Presidents Trump and Putin. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
December 20, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Really quite cool to see my first @washingtonpost.com quote in Catherine Belton’s excellent reporting on potential U.S.-Russia relations under Presidents Trump and Putin. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
For @engelsbergideas.bsky.social’s “Best Books of the Year” I selected Jack Watling’s “The Arms of the Future” (@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social). An exceedingly sharp & deeply insightful look at how the character of war is transforming in this new tech era. engelsbergideas.com/reviews/book...
December 18, 2024 at 2:17 PM
For @engelsbergideas.bsky.social’s “Best Books of the Year” I selected Jack Watling’s “The Arms of the Future” (@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social). An exceedingly sharp & deeply insightful look at how the character of war is transforming in this new tech era. engelsbergideas.com/reviews/book...
What preposterous (and purposefully provocative) twaddle from Will Lloyd in @thetimes.com.
December 15, 2024 at 9:49 AM
What preposterous (and purposefully provocative) twaddle from Will Lloyd in @thetimes.com.
Someone’s leave behind cyber espionage attempt is a few generations too late.
December 10, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Someone’s leave behind cyber espionage attempt is a few generations too late.