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University of Exeter News @uniofexeternews.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

"this is a useful bit of extra money that will help to sustain the current programme; it’s not a massive splurge that will allow the services to meaningfully increase their numbers of soldiers, ships or aircraft" - @blagdendavid.bsky.social on #defencespending www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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New spending on drones and lasers will ‘revolutionise’ UK defence, says Reeves

Chancellor says new money will help turn Britain into a ‘defence industrial superpower’

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Council on Geostrategy @congeostrategy.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

‘The choice has been made, and so now the Navy – and the citizenry it protects – must hope that yet more cuts in the present lead to a better future force before that future turns violent,’ writes @blagdendavid.bsky.social, @exeter.ac.uk #BigAsk #BritainsWorld

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Is Britain right to sacrifice capability today for ‘jam’ tomorrow?

The Big Ask | No. 15.2025

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University of Exeter News @uniofexeternews.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

"The choice has been made, and so now the Royal Navy must hope the cuts borne in the present are offset by a superior fleet in future … and that that superior fleet arrives before future risks turn into present dangers" - by @blagdendavid.bsky.social thecritic.co.uk/losing-our-s...

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Losing our ships | David Blagden | The Critic Magazine

Earlier this month, the UK Ministry of Defence finally confirmed what had long been expected — that the Royal Navy’s last two amphibious assault ships, HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, will be sold to a…

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Adam Humphreys @adamhumphreys.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

It was a pleasure to speak to Exeter SSI and @cais-exeter.bsky.social yesterday about my new book Causal Inquiry in International Relations (open access: fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...). Thanks to @blagdendavid.bsky.social and @profalexp.bsky.social for organizing

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University of Exeter News @uniofexeternews.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

"The US and Israeli governments – plus the governments of other states that could yet get dragged in – now have choices to make about whether to strike again when the question of Iranian capability advancement returns in future" - @blagdendavid.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

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There won't be a 'final victory' for Iran or Israel

Washington, Tehran and Jerusalem still have choices to make about whether to strike again.

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Andrea Ghiselli @andreaghiselli.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I’ve never participated in such kind of events. So, thanks to the students behind the Exeter Debating Society for the invitation to share the stage with @blagdendavid.bsky.social and talk international politics!

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David Blagden @blagdendavid.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

One downside (among many) of the USA's descent into hostile revisionism towards allies is that those allies are less likely to listen when Americans make good points.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

This is an excellent speech by the new Chancellor of Oxford University, William Hague. Lots of good jokes, but also a staunch defence of what a university should be. We're going to need a lot of that in the years ahead.

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David Blagden @blagdendavid.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

The indefatigable Patrick Porter and I have a piece in The Critic on flaws in the Chagos deal, progressive realism, and how a superior version of the latter - that could yet dodge the pitfalls of the former - is still there for the taking. thecritic.co.uk/has-the-chag...

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Has the Chagos Islands deal killed progressive realism? | David Blagden and Patrick Porter | The Critic Magazine

Whatever happened to progressive realism? As you may recall, that was the foreign policy doctrine declared by the incoming Labour government’s foreign secretary, David Lammy. The short answer is that…

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Tony Juniper @tonyjuniper.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The @Telegraph excels itself today with the claim that @NaturalEngland is ‘ideologically wedded to concept of conservation’. This is our job, & we do it as a matter of legal requirement. Would be odd for a conservation organisation to do anything else. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...

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Natural England accused of favouring rewilding over saving farmland

Calls for body to be scrapped for being ‘ideologically wedded to concept of conservation and removing food production from the countryside’

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Gregory Koblentz @gregkoblentz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

This is not the right way to do denuclearization, however you define it. www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...

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David Blagden @blagdendavid.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Probably not the most popular first foray on here, but - under the urgings of people I respect - here's something done elsewhere... The Left-Wing Case Against the Chagos Deal 🧵

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David Blagden @blagdendavid.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I finally pulled my finger out and got on here...happy Thursday, acquaintances old and new!

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Excellent news. Do follow @blagdendavid.bsky.social on U.K. defence and security policy. Among other things, he has a lot to say about the Chagos Islands Deal.

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Jamie Gaskarth @jamiegaskarth.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Good to see @blagdendavid.bsky.social on here! Well worth a follow if British foreign/defence policy is your bag.

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