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I have been involved in two projects looking at the impact of AI on contemporary conflict.
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The war beyond the frontlines
Assessing Ukranian and Russian strategies for long-range attacks
The myth of the "Boriswave"
Over summer 2024 anonymous right-wing accounts on twitter, who support Reform or more extreme ethnonationalist parties, started using the term “Boriswave” to describe the brief but sharp rise in net migration from 2021-2024.
Always Look on the Dark Side of Life
Warnings of doom from German spies to the Thucyides Trap to a biological war
The right way to tax wealth
A 10 year programme for an incoming government
Burnham's first mistake
The problem with his education plan
Will Putin be forced to announce another mobilisation?
Like many people trying to follow the Russo-Ukraine War I spend a lot of time staring at maps of the front line.