Professor @UniKentPolitics; Senior Fellow @UKandEU; Senior Associate Fellow @RUSI_org; Tractor Boy by birth, Man of Kent by adoption; RT=RT
Joined June 2011
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I'm delighted to be joining @RUSI_org as a Senior Associate Fellow. An exciting opportunity to gain insight from the sharpest minds working on defence and security in the UK.
EU agreement on support for Ukraine get across the line, just. My analysis with the ever insightful @stefwolff EU agrees €90 billion loan to Ukraine, but squabbles over frozen Russian assets expose the bloc’s deep divisions theconversation.com/eu-agree… via @ConversationUK
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‘🇬🇧 should also normalise 🇺🇦 strategic integration with #EuroAtlantic allies and partners, using the coalition as a mechanism for ensuring that the country becomes a “shadow” member of @NATO,’ writes @RGWhitman, @UniKentPolitics
#BigAsk #BritainsWorld
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Time is running pout for Europe to prevent Russia from broadening its war against Ukraine into a full-blown military confrontation with the west: my latest analysis with @RGWhitman for @navvortex: bit.ly/42e0qZB
Great to be back in The Conversation - especially getting the chance to write alongside @stefwolff Trump looks set to abandon Ukraine peace efforts – Europe must step up to face Russian aggression alone theconversation.com/trump-lo… via @ConversationUK
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In memoriam: Professor A J R (‘John’) Groom
It is with sadness that we bring the news that former BISA Chair Professor A J R Groom has passed away. Here @RGWhitman outlines some of Professor Groom's main contributions and achievements.
bisa.ac.uk/news/memoriam-pro…
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Ed Arnold has the must-read take on The Hague NATO summit.
At this year’s NATO Summit, Donald Trump won, Ukraine lost, Europe rolled out the red carpet and exposed the total psychological dependency on the US, writes Ed Arnold in the latest #RUSICommentary.
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At this year’s NATO Summit, Donald Trump won, Ukraine lost, Europe rolled out the red carpet and exposed the total psychological dependency on the US, writes Ed Arnold in the latest #RUSICommentary.
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As NATO gathers in The Hague, the day after the 🇬🇧 launched its new National Security Strategy, a great conversation about the 🇬🇧’s evolving approach to European security with @RGWhitman on this week’s #GlobalSecurityBriefing. rusi.org/podcasts/global-sec…
A privilege to join the discussion and insightful comments and observations from the participating delegations.
Vital discussions on Ukraine’s pivotal role in Europe’s security landscape at today’s #ASRC25 joint side-event on Russia’s war against Ukraine and the future of Europe’s security. Thank you @UKRinOSCE, @EUOSCE, @UKOSCE, and experts @NTenzer, @RGWhitman, and @GaberYevgeniya 🇺🇦.
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It was our privilege to co-sponsor this important and thought-provoking side event alongside @UKRinOSCE and @EUOSCE. A huge thank you to our excellent guest speakers:
🇬🇧@RGWhitman, Senior Associate Fellow @RUSI_org
🇺🇦 @GaberYevgeniya
🇫🇷 @NTenzer
Vital discussions on Ukraine’s pivotal role in Europe’s security landscape at today’s #ASRC25 joint side-event on Russia’s war against Ukraine and the future of Europe’s security. Thank you @UKRinOSCE, @EUOSCE, @UKOSCE, and experts @NTenzer, @RGWhitman, and @GaberYevgeniya 🇺🇦.
In conversation on the Global Security Briefing: Episode 103: How Should the UK Approach European Security? rusi.org/podcasts/global-sec…
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🌟BISA chair roundtable: 50 years and counting: reflecting on the discipline and profession of International Studies🌟
Online or in person 🎉
Ft/ @chrisjbrown1 @Cjh68Hill @kennedycdog @RGWhitman & @ruthblakeley
Chair @MarkAlanWebber
Sign up now! 👉bisa.ac.uk/events/public-eve…
Thanks Samuel.
A very insightful diagnosis from @RGWhitman & @ConGeostrategy
The partnership is a useful foundation—but it’s painfully true that without industrial access, operational integration, or joint procurement, it is structurally polite but strategically hollow. That must now change.
Modesty (doesn't quite) forbid me for drawing attention to this piece for @ConGeostrategy - Resetting (modestly): The UK-EU Security and Defence Partnership britainsworld.org.uk/p/the-m…
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'If the threat to European security is genuinely grave, and increased UK-EU cooperation is vital to security, then why are both sides holding up progress over relatively minor domestic priorities and legacy disagreements?' notes Ed Arnold.
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My take on the EU-UK Security and Defence Partnership announced at the Lancaster House summit today.
"If the intent of this agreement was to signal the beginning of a genuine strategic partnership between the EU and the UK in security and defence, then it falls short."
✍️ @RGWhitman analyses the details of today's EU-UK Security and Defence Partnership
ukandeu.ac.uk/the-new-eu-uk-…
This is v.v.good - upsides for the JEF and 🇨🇦cogently argued.
Is it time for Canada to join the Joint Expeditionary Force? The UK should consider putting this question to the JEF Leaders' Summit in Oslo, write @EdArnold_RUSI and Brigadier (Ret’d) Robbie Boyd.
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