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Fresh out of print. Always an exciting author’s moment. In bookshops from next week

Listen to this beautifully narrated and powerful account of Europe's demographic landscape. Tim masterfully brings a complex issue closer to home, weaving in relatable moments that resonate with us all. Grateful for the opportunity to contribute.

North Korea's new class of warship can accommodate dozens of vertical launch cells to carry missiles its military has already developed, analysis of a satellite image showed, a step that would give its navy more punch and create an export opportunity reut.rs/41Vw4eM

Your regular reminder that the French battleships of the Danton class had a two deck tall wine cellar (case à vin).

Plan, largely to please President Putin, is essentially declaration of Kyiv’s surrender. Carelessly drafted not to bring peace to Europe bt make impossible for Zelensky to continue as leader of partitioned, permanently vulnerable Ukraine (£)thetimes.com/world/russia-u… By Roger Boyes

Milei looks like a 70’s Welshman who passed out drunk on his nephew’s stag do in Brynamman RFC & mysteriously woke up in the Vatican

🎧 On today’s #Worldin10 podcast, the Times’ Diplomatic Editor Roger Boyes explains why Trump’s Ukraine peace deal may make Zelensky’s position untenable, and examines whether their Vatican meeting changes anything Listen below ⬇️ podfollow.com/world-in-10/ep…

Deeply entrenched conflicts are not solved by stampeding people into signing on the dotted line. Only a just peace endures. That is a distillation of the wisdom of peacemakers, including of the Oslo accords and the Good Friday agreement. (£)thetimes.com/comment/column… By Roger Boyes

Travel times from Vienna to the rest of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1912. Interesting how, for some cities—like Lviv or Krakow—travel time remains roughly the same even today.

Putin has existential reason for dragging his feet: peace means demobilisation and the return across Russia of 100s of 1000s of troops, often maimed, psychologically damaged, cheated by their generals, unemployable and angry. (£)thetimes.com/comment/column… Good column by Roger Boyes

If I had to explain in a single sentence what was wrong with British defence policy, I would use this one from the Strategic Defence Review.

Read this book to understand Russia’s multiple tensions!

Interesting: Kyiv proved can be trusted make long-range attacks selectively. Hitting Belaya & using containers grabs Xi's attention. (China world’s biggest user of containers.) Attack pushes US, China & Europe press Putin end slaughter. (£)thetimes.com/comment/column… By Roger Boyes

putin calling for a 30 day trump-elon ceasefire

My new book - "Wolfpack: Inside Hitler's U-boat War" - will be published in the UK by William Collins Books and in the US by Basic Books in October 2025. Preorders - via bio.to/WOLFPACK - are very welcome. 😉

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By your gamekeeper, I dare say. @Trevor Warner Giles MacDonogh Vinnie Jackson

Sehr lesenswert -- Völkerrecht bleibt wichtig, aber in einer Welt der Machtpolitik kann es nur ein handlungsleitender Faktor sein, ansonsten führt es zur Selbstaufgabe.

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