# War and Peace

Defence, diplomacy, intelligence, counter-terrorism, & geopolitics from a guy who survived 40 years of battlefields, summits, and press briefings, with a side hustle writing military history. Expect the odd post about the media & its coverage of that

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## [Iran Wants Trump Dead](https://markurban.substack.com/p/iran-wants-trump-dead)

_2026-08-12 · Mark Urban_

And that's one of the risks journalists covering him have to understand

## [Making Sense of Our War Torn World](https://markurban.substack.com/p/making-sense-of-our-war-torn-world)

_2026-08-05 · Mark Urban_

There's a huge public appetite for journalism about conflict ...but not everyone delivers

## [The Art of War, 2026 Style](https://markurban.substack.com/p/the-art-of-war-2026-style)

_2026-07-28 · Mark Urban_

How Iran regained its escalation dominance

## [Steadying the Ship](https://markurban.substack.com/p/steadying-the-ship)

_2026-07-18 · Mark Urban_

How US military leadership acts as a force for stability

## [Economic Warfare Is Back](https://markurban.substack.com/p/economic-warfare-is-back)

_2026-07-10 · Mark Urban_

And selective outrage won't alter that

## ['Most Inveterate Enemies'](https://markurban.substack.com/p/most-inveterate-enemies)

_2026-07-03 · Mark Urban_

How America's revolution divided the English speaking world

## [The Drone Trap](https://markurban.substack.com/p/the-drone-trap)

_2026-07-01 · Mark Urban_

And how we might avoid it...

## [Shoot the Archer](https://markurban.substack.com/p/shoot-the-archer)

_2026-06-27 · Mark Urban_

Ukraine strikes Russia's drone and missile plants

## [Putin's Hot Summer](https://markurban.substack.com/p/putins-hot-summer)

_2026-06-23 · Mark Urban_

Ukraine is raising the price of ongoing war

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## [Game Over](https://markurban.substack.com/p/game-over)

_2026-06-15 · Mark Urban_

Britain's failure to fund defence adequately is a turning point