Are we finally getting this Defence Investment Plan or what?! how the long struggle for money makes a mockery of the idea that we are now on a war footing open.substack.com/pub/markurba...
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How the budgetary battle makes a mockery of Britain's defence transformation
How America emerges as a military power from this Iran war markurban.substack.com/p/the-giant-...
WATCH - Trump expects Europe to rearm but the US is now sending it to the back of the queue for weapons deliveries. My latest video for the Times www.thetimes.com/video/origin...
Missiles flying in the Gulf, Israeli strikes in Lebanon, and yet we’re closer to a lasting ceasefire?! @krishgm.bsky.social and I host this week’s @channel4news.bsky.social pod with guest Lina Khatib looking at indicators that a deal may indeed be imminent youtu.be/yyuqpYTyZqc
Who won the Iran war? It's not even over yet but that's the question so many are asking. Here's Part 1 of my own analysis open.substack.com/pub/markurba...
"As you cut your editorial workforce, your ability to find things out diminishes... as foreign bureaux close, and specialist staffs at home reduce, your editors and therefore consumers become less well informed." Late to this vg piece by @markurban.bsky.social. markurban.substack.com/p/new-dg-new...
International law is dead
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Force has become a priority in the region
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Nagar Mortazavi
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Chris Hale
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William French
How America emerges as a military power from this Iran war markurban.substack.com/p/the-giant-...
As the new DG arrives, BBC staff brace themselves for another round of cuts. How have decades of living under the axe affected its journalism? open.substack.com/pub/markurba...
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Mark Urban
How the long battle for survival takes a toll on those who work there