The UK is doing well in high-tech start-ups. Much of this is due to our ability to ignore EU...
Author - Adrian Hill
UK Labour Government Criticism: An Incompetent Era?
An unfiltered look at the current UK Labour government. From EU relations to public spending, this...
Let’s turn a disaster into an opportunity.
The drone attack on Cyprus exposed the parlous state of the Royal Navy and its sister services...
Our Future is Global.
Britain’s global trade strategy should look beyond Europe to CPTPP, Commonwealth and Pacific growth...
Long past time to dump Trump
If Trump can dump Ukraine, he’ll dump NATO. Those Miami talks were nearly Putin’s first victory...
Russia-Ukraine War – Four Possible Scenarios
The Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington has forecast four possible...
Putin’s Meat Mincer
Putin and his political gang above all are gamblers. Manipulating political opinion is easier when...
A Tale of Two Cities
Ex-para-trooper Adrian Hill contrasts the dignity of Trooping the Colours in London with Trump’s...
Strategic Defence Review 2025
Former soldier and diplomat Adrian Hill approvingly assesses last week’s Defence Review but...
Dirty Deals in Ukraine
Former diplomat and soldier Adrian Hill digs into US sources including the Institute for the Study...
Peace In Our Time, or Au Revoir America.
Our regular Ukraine contributor, a former soldier and diplomat, and a staunch friend of America...
This Defence Plan Will Make Palmerston Purr
Adrian Hill spells out the huge amount we need urgently to make our islands safe – and laments that...
Were The Swiss Framed Or Caged By The EU?
Swiss resident and former UK diplomat in Berne, Adrian Hill, summarises the state of Swiss public...
Ukraine waiting for Donald
President Zelensky will accept a cease fire on the present front lines providing Ukraine joins NATO...
Putin and the North Koreans in the era of Trump
For all his bluff and bluster Putin now relies on Kim Jong-un, the Iranian clerics and Donald Trump...
Kursk Salient Two
Ex paratrooper and diplomat Adrain Hill brings us up to date on the dramatic Ukrainian incursion...
Revivng our defence capabilities
Former Arny officer and diplomat Adrain Hill notes that a plan to protect our cities and towns did...
Ukraine since the House vote on 19 April.
Former paratrooper and diplomat Adrian Hill brings us up to date on the balance of arms in the...
Switzerland under pressure on closer relations with the EU
Adrian Hill reports a recent interview in the Swiss Der Blick newspaper with prominent Swiss...
The Army
General Sir Patrick Sanders proposed some form of national service for modern youth. Anyone who...
Time for American voters to ask some awkward questions
Leave aside how Trump is a genuine friend of Britain, admired the Queen, would deport Harry, and...
The Navy must come first.
We are a group of islands that trade globally. Over a trillion pounds of our economy last year came...
History May Not Repeat Itself Though Often Rhymes
Britain is aiding Ukraine. What about our NATO allies?
Ukraine Is Nato’s Front Line
Is the West, and especially America, running down its support for Ukraine? If so, the costs in the...
Ukraine’s and Israel’s people are fighting our Battles.
Pour all the ingredients of both wars into a mixing bowl and you’ll find that Iran supplies both...
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...