JUST IN: Elon Musk says he agrees it is time for the US to leave NATO and the UN https://x.com/spectatorindex/status/1896046033853169812 It's worth PBers noting that "The Spectator Index&qu… (View Post)

Correct. It's a very well known problem, that we already encountered a year or more ago with Storm Shadow, with Biden saying "not over Russia". There were reports in summer 2024 about … (View Post)

Interesting perspective from Anders Puck Neilson: Trump and Vance had got themselves into a pickle by imagining they could do a quick fix to an intractable situation they had not found out about, and… (View Post)

I think a big risk factor for Five Eyes, as with UK military forces, is speed of disintegration. We have all adopted specialisms, with the US providing overarching facilities such as global satellite… (View Post)

I hope that the 12 month extension to Russia sanctions quoted as coming out of the Thursday visit is preserved; that would be a big help whilst Europe sorts itself out. (View Post)