🇮🇪 🇵🇱 Seemingly Far away countries like Ireland are not immune to Russian aggression. We must heed advice from likeminded colleagues Radek Sikorski EPP who cherish rule of law, democracy and freedom.

“Any [drone] becomes increasingly ineffective over time as the adversary refines its countermeasures. Ensuring that a UAV complex can continue to function effectively requires updates to software, behavioural logic, sensors & radios, every six to 12 weeks” rusi.org/explore-our-re…

PM Kishida 🇯🇵 clear in his address to the 🇺🇸 congress: “Russia's unprovoked, unjust, and brutal war of aggression against Ukraine has entered its third year. As I often say, Ukraine of today may be East Asia of tomorrow.”

Do critics of UK membership of #ECHR look at the stats? In 2023 Ct of Human Rts made just one judgement that UK had broken Convention rights. In entire history of Court, we account for only 1.45% judgements where a breach was found. h/t UK in a Changing Europe ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/the…).

A lot of General Cavoli's assessment here accords with recent findings from RUSI research (hopefully not a case of group-think!). See, for example...

Immensely proud to be appointed the next British High Commisssioner to India. Huge thanks to Alex Ellis for leaving such a great legacy. So looking forward to working with the amazing UK in India🇬🇧🇮🇳 team. I can’t wait to get started!

Very pleased to be publishing Mass Precision Strike: Designing UAV Complexes for Land Forces - co-authored with my colleague Justin Bronk at RUSI. rusi.org/explore-our-re…

'Donald Trump doesn’t have to leave Nato to destroy it politically. He can just give one press conference saying he is not going to defend it' says Ed Arnold to Telegraph Breaking News. Learn more below.
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Air and missile defence is important you say? Can I interest anyone in forthcoming research from RUSI on this subject and our Integrated Air and Missile Defence Conference next week? Link and more details in next message below!

Europe has to let go of the idea of Russia included in an all-European security architecture. The focus must be to make #EU and #NATO as strong and resilient as possible, and from that position, deal w Russia, I argued in a panel on World Order at DEF #DelphiForum …

RUSI European Security Advisory Group on tour DEF with Anna Wieslander Oana Lungescu Peter Jones Jonathan Eyal David Lidington

As Mayor, Andy Street has shown what pro-housing Conservatism looks like 👏

Building more homes can be an economic and social boon for an area. We should celebrate it, not shun it 🏘️

Great RUSI discussion on European defence and security Jonathan Eyal David Lidington Oana Lungescu Ed Arnold DEF

Great to be at the #DelphiForum with team RUSI. A beautiful place to discuss very serious topics: defending Europe, supporting #Ukraine and what more both #NATO & the #EU need to do urgently.
David Lidington Jonathan Eyal Ed Arnold

We are delighted to announce that Jessica de Mounteney has been appointed as the new First Parliamentary Counsel! She will take over from Elizabeth when Elizabeth retires at the end of April.
You can read more about Jessica's appointment here: gov.uk/government/new…

'Victory against Russia is perfectly possible' provided Western unity remains. 'Putin's bet must fail ' Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський tells the Delphi Economic Forum

Here is a wide ranging interview with David Lidington and Robert Saunders via Mile End Institute. Watch for a great dollop of Conservative history and more.

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🚨RUSI's David Lidington, Oana Lungescu, Jonathan Eyal and Ed Arnold will be speaking today at the Delphi Economic Forum (@delphi_forum) (14:40 EEST) on European defence and the aftermath of the Ukraine war. Find out more below! #DelphiForum
def-ix.delphiforum.gr/agenda

Insightful comments on Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office reform from a former senior official with many years' experience

Wearisome to keep repeating this but ss no Parlt cab bind itself or its successors, ref was constitutionally advisory. Govt (& Opposition) were also clear they'd treat result as politically binding. Leaflet went to every hsehold saying govt wld accept outcome