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18.06.2025 07:47 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The day job strikes again!
One of my favourite activities at work is collaborating with others to run these events for our Fellows.
Socially engaging; conceptually challenging; and friendly competition always make these hugely enjoyable.
25.01.2025 09:16 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I think Albuera - tactically - was brilliant.
In his own words, the en were beaten but did not know it. Such is the element of chance/friction.
Overall, he lost in the most part owing to the quality of his opponents; morally, physically and conceptually.
15.11.2024 08:00 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0
PhD candidate at KCL: Cold War sea power theory. Sails and cycles slowly.
I talk about briefing - how decision makers take on information and decide what to do. Former British naval officer. 2025 & 2024 Cicero World Speechwriting award winner.
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Military Historian
National Security and Strategy
Logistics
Geopolitical Risk
Urban Warfare
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Better than average insights/running analysis, and a bit different than many.
At the Junction: https://jsargentr.substack.com/
Professor of International Relations, writing on British defence since 1945. In south Wales, an archive or a military museum. Permanently grateful to archivists and librarians.
Maritime Historian. Chief Mate (150 GT). Dad & Husband. Gardener, Cook & Brewer. NgΔi Tahu & McLean of Duart. ToitΕ« te Tiriti. TCEU 416/CUPE L79. Canadian & Kiwi. Go Blue Jays. Cymru am byth. Alba gu brath. Go All Blacks. He/Him. Likes fashion/style
MA in War Studies @KCL | Maritime Strategy & Sea Power | CPN - Spanish Naval War College | Postgraduate FLC Fellow
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Naval and intelligence historian. Familiar with the Second World War. PhD, MA etc. Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies @ King's College London
The RNSSC serves as the 'think tank' for the Royal Navy. By harnessing internal and external intellect and progressive thought, we work to inform and strengthen current and future decision making and shape the fleet of today and tomorrow.
Head of Developmental & Intervention Neuroimaging Lab #DINLAB @meduniwien.ac.at. Guest Professor @uniklagenfurt.bsky.social. Interested in developmental and intervention-based plasticity of the brain and the gut-brain axis.
Historical novelist, Napoleonic freak and Mother of Labradors
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Founding trustee of the NRWGC
Heritage Manager.
Duke of Wellington & the Peninsular War.
Part Time Soldier.
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MA Naval History student at Uni Portsmouth. He/Him. Formerly CIMSEC Sea Control: https://sea-control.simplecast.com/
I like big navies and I cannot lie. Navy Reservist | CIMSEC | Asian Security | ex-AEI, USSC, Twitter, Pacific Forum, US Pacific Fleet | Proud Idahoan | Opinions mine, but you're welcome to adopt them
Senior Game Designer at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA). Adjunct Professor at Georgetown. Former US Marine. Opinions own.
Love History, Red Wine, and books
