Over the past decade and a half, Putin has driven an ambitious programme to modernise Russia’s nuclear arsenal. Both to restore strategic parity and to develop novel delivery systems…
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Posted by David Murrin on Tue, 04/11/2025 - 08:00
Last Update: Wed, 05/11/2025 - 06:48
Introduction
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” — Sun Tzu, The Art of War. But do we in the West truly understand the cultural shaping…
Posted by David Murrin on Fri, 31/10/2025 - 08:00
Last Update: Sun, 02/11/2025 - 04:26
1.0 The Precarious Pacific Situation in Mid-1942
By early 1942, America and Australia were in precarious positions as Japan’s forces swept through Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Australia,…
Posted by David Murrin on Thu, 30/10/2025 - 08:00
Introduction
History offers a stark warning: the most advanced weapon on the battlefield is useless if you cannot produce it in sufficient numbers to sustain the fight. In World War II,…
Posted by David Murrin on Tue, 28/10/2025 - 08:00
Last Update: Tue, 04/11/2025 - 06:48
Introduction
In the world of empires, what expands must eventually contract. Hegemonies do not simply die; they are first forced into retreat by the rising military capabilities of an ascendant…
Posted by David Murrin on Mon, 27/10/2025 - 09:45
Last Update: Tue, 28/10/2025 - 05:53
Introduction
Global Forecaster has long warned the UK and the wider West of the dangers of Chinese influence through numerous articles, analyses, and campaigns.
Starmer 26: Powell's…
Posted by David Murrin on Fri, 24/10/2025 - 08:00
Last Update: Fri, 24/10/2025 - 09:58
Introduction
In just six months after December 1941, Japan carried out the fastest and largest oceanic expansion in history, seizing territory across the Pacific and Southeast Asia on an…
Posted by David Murrin on Wed, 22/10/2025 - 08:00
Last Update: Wed, 22/10/2025 - 08:56
Introduction
At the start of WWI and WWII, the Royal Navy faced a chronic shortfall of both front-line warships and Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) support vessels. At the outbreak of both conflicts…
Posted by David Murrin on Mon, 20/10/2025 - 08:00
Last Update: Mon, 20/10/2025 - 11:16
Introduction
In June’s conflict, Israeli intelligence demonstrated a striking fusion of cyber and kinetic warfare by targeting a secret session of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council in…
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