Pour all the ingredients of both wars into a mixing bowl and you’ll find that Iran supplies both...
Author - Adrian Hill
Left Glove One, Two, Right Glove Biff
While the world’s media has focussed on Israel, the Ukraine war grinds on. Former paratrooper and...
The EU will eat Starmer for breakfast
Ursula’s new plan for an EU outer tier simply follows her strategic plan for Germany drawn up six...
Rishi must be realistic about strategic threats
America’s liberal establishment still clings to the idea that the EU makes Europe post national...
The Pendulum Swings
Ukraine’s counter offensive has been underway for two months. Reports about slow progress flow from...
NATO’S Compass Bearing
At the NATO summit Joe Biden and the Germans set the rules though may not realise they also set...
Ursula’s running rings around Joe
Germany’s strategic Perspective 2040 plan aims to make European defence independent of US and NATO...
The Mouse that Roared – Latest
In one of the most extraordinary weeks in even Russia’s eventful history, conflict was taking place...
The Dam Busters
Russian and Ukrainian officials are signalling the start of the Ukrainian counteroffensive. The...
Whose drones over Moscow
Russia claimed that Ukraine conducted a series of drone strikes against Moscow on May 30 as Russia...
Bakhmut victory or just more bull?
As the Sunday paper headlines report that that the Russians have finally taken Bakhmut after 12...
Ukraine – Lull Before the Storm?
Poland’s prime minister lately raised concerns about France and Germany’s lack of a wholehearted...
Deciphering Joe Biden’s Baloney
Former soldier and diplomat, Adrian Hill, traces Joe Biden’s anglophobia back to Joe Kennedy snr in...
Spring in the Steppes: Running out of steam in Bakhmut
Former soldier and diplomat Adrian Hill sees the Russian offensive in Ukraine bogged down in...
A Bright Gleam…?
Brighter news from San Diego heralding the Aukus submarine project is slightly dulled by the rather...
Ukraine and Biden
Joe Biden promises full support for as long as it takes. We can but hope. What is going on in the...
Common Sense or Russian Roulette?
We approach a year since Russia tried to occupy all Ukraine. Does the Biden administration’s...
Dashboards versus Instinct
The Prime Minister is reported to have requested a Goldman-Sachs-style “dashboard” review of the...
Ukraine Round up – Dodgy Diplomacy and Daring Drone Strikes
I would rather spend £20 billion more per year on our defence than on an EU budget for rich...
When do the Swiss feel they are being framed?
The EU has been trying to lure Switzerland into its gravity field for years. I think the EU has...
The Liberation of Kherson
The Ukrainians as winning, and their fight is defending us. There is good reason to think they can...
UKRAINE ROUND UP Nov 2022
Former paratrooper and diplomat, Adrian Hill monitors the latest military and diplomatic moves in...
The Tide flowing against Russia
The tide of events in Ukraine no longer flows one way. After inflicting a significant defeat on the...
UKRAINE ROUNDUP 14
The tide of events in Ukraine no longer flows one way. After inflicting a significant defeat on the...
The Inspector General Is Back
Former soldier and diplomat Adrian Hill likens Putin to the Inspector General in Gogol’s satirical...
UKRAINE ROUND UP 12
From now onward the pace increases, partly to hamper Putin's schemes for pseudo referendums but...
Russians bogged down in Ukraine
The three day war passed six months old on the 24 August. Under normal circumstances Ukrainians...
The Turn of The Tide?
Ukraine's President Zelenski has admitted - with understandable vagueness - that a counter...
Ukrainian Update no 9
Are we looking at a turn of the tide? We may be. That makes the attitude of the next British prime...
Ukraine Update no 8
Recent days have seen a G7 Summit beside a German lake, NATO meeting in Madrid, and the Swiss...
UKRAINIAN Update no 7
There's a certain irony when the grandchildren of the Axis take a night train to Kiev and offer...
UKRAINIAN Update no. 6
The Ukrainians are more than holding their own on the ground. But can they count on the rest of...
UKRAINIAN Update No 5
Although the Russian Army has made steady incremental gains of ground the Institute for the Study...
UKRAINIAN Update no 4
A GRAVITY SHIFT? Over the last week the Ukrainians have pulled off three successful tactical battles
Ukrainian Update number 3
Ex-paratrooper Adrian Hill reviews the armaments, tactics and performance of both sides in the...
Ukrainian Update no 2
Ex-paratrooper and diplomat Adrian Hill contrasts Russian military incompetence in Ukraine with the...
The Key in Ukraine is more armaments
Former soldier and diplomat Adrian Hill reads the runes in the Ukraine invasion. The Ukrainians are...
Thoughts on the war in Ukraine
Drawing from experience of some big wars I'll try to make a few observations about events in...
How Strong is the Russian Military?
Ex-paratroop and senior diplomat Adrian Hill asks, ‘what on earth is Vlad up to’? To him it all...
The Thin Sky Blue Line
The dangers, our needs, and the technology are changing fast, and the potential costs are huge. How...
Prince Phillip Started as He Meant to Finish – And Changed...
As our tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh, we offer this characteristic story by one of our regular...
Reform of The Thin Khaki Line
Not for a second would one presume to tell our generals how to fight. I will maintain - after...
The Thin Grey Line
An island nation with global interests needs a navy. With two new aircraft carriers, the Royal Navy...
Royal Navy Far East Cruise 2021
What can the new aircraft carriers do? What is required to make them fully effective? What will the...
A quiet word with David Frost
In its present form, to be frank, our whole national security fiefdom is a pointless duplication of...
VE Day, Winston and Us
' An eye-witness account of VE Day as a not quite five year old child, Winston Churchill's vision...
The Old Lion Has Woken
Veteran British diplomat, Adrian Hill, now based in Switzerland, argues that the old Commonwealth...
Food for Thought – the 2019 Nato Summit
Brexit means rethinking our national strategy, starting with our defences and our alliances. The EU...
Don’t Cry For Me Europa
Former diplomat and British Army officer Adrian Hill, who is based in Switzerland, argues that NATO...
Before You Go to Brussels, New Prime Minister, Ask the Swiss
Tuesday this week saw a further cat and mouse ploy against the Swiss by the EU. Anyone thinking of...