Category Archives: Lt. Col . Stuart Crawford

This article was originally published in http://www.express.co.uk Putin could learn a lot from Trump             Compare and contrast, if you will, two recent military coup de main operations. The first of these was Russia’s attempt in February 2022 to decapitate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ’s government in Kyiv, replace it with a pro-Moscow administration, and subsume Ukraine back into greater Russia. The second was the very recent operation by US troops in Venezuela which basicallyContinue reading “Trump To Putin: This Is How You Do It”

            No-one with a pulse can really have been surprised at recent events in Venezuela. The USA telegraphed its intent for months before finally taking action. We all knew something was going to happen, if not exactly what. Now Maduro and his wife are in US custody and a semi-power vacuum prevails in Caracas, with Trump mumbling something incomprehensible – probably even to himself – about the USA ‘going in and taking over’. We’ll see.Continue reading “Trump Topples Maduro — And Dares the World to Stop Him”

                Lt Col Stuart Crawford is a defence analyst and former army officer. Sign up for his podcasts and newsletters at http://www.DefenceReview.uk     Loading… Lt Col Stuart Crawford’s latest book Tank Commander (Hardback) is available now http://www.DefenceReview.UK @peoplemattertv @509298

              When Labour came to power in Westminster in July 2024, winning over 400 seats in the House of Commons with a crushing majority, the dire state of Britain’s armed forces was well known. Unloved and underfunded by previous administrations of both political hues, the Royal Navy, Army, and Royal Air Force faced multiple crises; too few personnel to crew ships, man battalions, and fly aircraft, and too few operational platforms to make BritainContinue reading “Starmer Could Renege On Defence Spending Pledges”