Deciding to go to war, to support a war, or even which war to engage with should not be an easy decision. It should be complex: informed and debated. That wasn’t the case for the majority of countries which have been overtly supporting Ukraine in 2022, but it might well have been in the Kremlin. That doesn't make either party right. Peter talks to veteran diplomat, soldier, politician, traveller, adventurer and aid worker Rory Stewart about why some wars garner political interest (and others don’t); about why chance, narratives and strong voices in the Cabinet room culminate in moments that make investment in conflict happen; about why strategy, signalling and diplomacy are absent in preventing wars from starting in the first place; and, about how ending wars is such a difficult conversation to have.
NATO isn’t perfect (but it isn’t going badly either)
A Cautionary Tale from 1973
Norms and Forms of Warfare
AUKUS – a reality check
Future War, Technology and Strategy
Balancing and regional players
Fortification
DPRK in an era of Great Power realignment
On Taiwan – strategic ambiguity, operational clarity?
Investing in a War Zone
Ending wars - a primer
What if the deep battle doesn’t matter?
Manoeuvre theory is in a coma
Is manœuvre a myth?
NATO structural issues unresolved at Vilnius
Japan Security Dilemmas
A Middle East Without America
China’s Machiavellian Mindset
Fiscal Reality and Strategic Autonomy
A Russian Lake no more?
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