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Michael Stephens

@mikerstephens

Senior Fellow @FPRI, Senior Associate Fellow @RUSI_Org @RANDEurope Views my own, RTs not endorsements....Fulham FC
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Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Meanwhile an interesting line in this The New York Times piece which sounds as if Iranian officials are lying to one another, or confused too: "US intelligence collected on Iranian officials shows they have different understandings of the stockpile's fate." nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/…

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'The BBC and Glastonbury have got questions to answer' Health Secretary Wes Streeting tells Trevor Phillips ‘death to the IDF’ chants at Glastonbury were "appalling” and a “shameless publicity stunt”. trib.al/Bz7lM69 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube

Azriel Bermant (@azrielb) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Interesting although not remotely reassuring to hear the perspective of Olli Heinonen, a former weapons inspector at the IAEA and now a distinguished fellow at Stimson Center interviewed this morning on BBC Radio 4 Today. Well worth paying attention to what he has to say: "[Iran can]

Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Why "emboldened" Jewish settlers are now attacking Israeli soldiers in the West Bank | Haaretz Podcast haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Tom Payne (@tomeppayne) 's Twitter Profile Photo

EXCLUSIVE 🔺What really happened to Virginia Giuffre? She took on Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew, then died by suicide in April. Now The Times and The Sunday Times shares diary entries, private messages and photos that reveal her secret agony. By Josie Ensor thetimes.com/us/news-today/…

Michael Stephens (@mikerstephens) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Ah this is absolutely terrible news...in the prime of his career and only married a few days ago. Absolutely tragic. RIP Jota.

Michael Stephens (@mikerstephens) 's Twitter Profile Photo

No chance the US is going to transfer B-2 technology over to anyone else. It will never happen. There are only 19 and they cost a fortune to run and maintain. This is the most bizarre form of performance politics, not grounded in any reality of how US defence advantage works.

Laura Rozen (@lrozen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧵 “2 US contractors…said they were coming forward because they were disturbed by what they considered dangerous & irresponsible practices. They said the security staff hired were often unqualified, unvetted, heavily armed & seemed to have an open license to do whatever they

Mark Wallace (@wallaceme) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An absolutely extraordinary response. If the Transport Commissioner thinks the graffiti problem isn’t real, one has to ask if he has been on the tube recently? As for telling people “not to take this into their own hands”, the words he should be looking for are “thank you”.

Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A few good pieces to read this morning on how Gulf states see Iran and Israel after the "12-day war". There's a huge gulf (no pun intended) between what people are saying in Washington and Jerusalem—specifically, about the Abraham accords—and the view from the region. 🧵

Michael Stephens (@mikerstephens) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Honestly this is about as interesting as the break off by Rupert Lowe on the other end. I.E. Not very. In terms of legislation...you can do nothing outside a major party structure, literally nothing. Performative student politics. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…