A father. 🇨🇦 in 🇬🇧. Sr Lecturer in International Security at @Bruneluni. @stevenbwagner.bsky.social
London, England
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Declassified files expose Jewish pre-state underground militia's contacts with Nazi Germany
haaretz.com/jewish/2026-04-1…
Bibi: we won't be dragged into a war or attrition. When we achieve our objectives - the war will stop."
Obviously, he's quoting everyone who ever got dragged into a war of attrition across space and time.
My latest BCISS blog post on the Iran Israel war.
Was Iran really close to building a bomb? I doubt it, but who knows?!
The pretext and cause for war are far less certain than its consequences.
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Channel 12 illustration of the drone op in Iran v the guardian illustration of Ukraine's drone op in Russia. That's one hell of a coincidence.
My colleagues and I wrote a short blog series on the occasion of Oleg Gordievsky's passing. My contribution teases some preliminary findings from my Able Archer wargame.
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Come see @dRichterova Phil Davies and I at KCL 01 April 2025 5pm
We are speaking in a forum as part of the UK book launch for Intelligence and Contemporary Conflict, ed. @matthefler. FREE COPIES for attendees thanks to the publisher!
Info here kcl.ac.uk/events/book-launch…
I have been spending the week working through the formal IDF and shin bet reports on 7 October. Will post about it soon.
I am a bit concerned with the new chief of staff announcing a review of these. There are problems with them, but I'm not confident that he's after those.
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I discussed the desecration of two corpses by #Hamas with David Harper on @LBCNews for broadcast this evening: Shira Bibas and the poor unknown victim they substituted. Key points: Hamas need to continue to confront Israel, or they have no reason to exist, but right now they 🧵
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The educational bookshop is one of the most important cultural institutions in East Jerusalem. This police raid is a disgrace
IAF sky writing the yellow ribbon (free the hostages) above the justice minister's house after he restarts campaign for anti-democratic judicial reforms.
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Interesting thread.
Queen Elizabeth ‘believed that every Israeli was either a terrorist or a son of a terrorist’.
Not a huge surprise given that her confidant, Martin Charteris, was head of staff intelligence in Palestine and led the fight against Begin and Shamir
timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e…
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This was good. I share @EvansRyan202 and @KofmanMichael frustrations with US policy. However, the UK is in no position to lead a postwar force as part of a sy guarantee. Have you seen the state of things in UK defence? Spending set to *rise* to maintenance levels 2025...
Mike Kofman and Ryan have a high-level conversation on strategy in this war, or the lack thereof. warontherocks.com/2024/12/wa…
It would be foolish to give up this powerful leverage for free. I would expect HMG to demand quite a bit in return.
BREAKING: Senior Cabinet minister signals the UK will have to look at taking Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) off a proscribed list of terrorist organisations after the rebel group toppled Syria's Bashar al-Assad regime.
Pat McFadden tells @KayBurley: "We will have to consider that"
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Netanyahu's espionage scandal:
To cover up Bibi's stonewalling on a hostage deal, a spokesman allegedly leaked a top-secret document that revealed intel sources—the nightmare of every intel agency.
My latest @TheAtlantic
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