Category Archives: Stuart Crawford

            LT COL STUART CRAWFORD: We cannot afford complacency. The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between the USA and Russia, commonly known as “New Start”, and which aimed at limiting the number of nuclear warheads held by both states, has come to an end. To be honest it has been on life support for the last few years, ever since Russia suspended its participation in the furore over the invasion of Ukraine. Nonetheless, both sides wereContinue reading “Nuclear blackmail and the inexorable trend toward WW3”

              As the Middle East once again awaits a possible US strike on Iran, American and Israeli navies have recently carried out a joint exercise in the Red Sea. A US Navy destroyer docked in Israel for a routing, pre-planned visit and trained thereafter alongside Israeli vessels as part of an ongoing collaboration with the US Navy’s 5th Fleet. According to CNN, over the past few weeks the USA has gathered a sizeable militaryContinue reading “Storm Clouds Gather Over Iran”

             This article was originally produced here – https://www.kallipolis.co.uk/cuba   Trump’s target is Cuba. The dusty history books must be taken down from the shelf.  The island is central to North American geopolitics. Three British brothers conquered the island in 1762, George, Augustus, and William Keppel. The conquest and their occupation of Havana defined the place of Cuba in the Caribbean. The Spanish Empire did not allow the island to trade with any other country otherContinue reading “The liberation of Cuba – Frederick Lauritzen”

              By now the world has become used to US President Trump’s outlandish, bombastic, and usually unfounded outbursts on all sorts of topics as he plies his transactional politics on us all. Anyone with any sense ignores them and shrugs them off. However a new nadir was reached with his comments on the Afghanistan imbroglio when he stated that the US’ NATO allies in that theatre “stayed a little back, off the front lines”.Continue reading “Trump Takes Back Insults To Britain’s War Dead”

              Ajax Armoured Vehicle Finally Killed Off After £5bn Spent and Years of Failure The statement made in the House of Commons yesterday by Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence Luke Pollard MP has most probably sounded the death knell of the troubled British army armoured cavalry vehicle Ajax. Already at least eight years late and now subject to a “do not use” notice on account of the health damage to soldiers involvedContinue reading “£5bn, Eight Years Late and Unusable: MPs Signal the End of the Army’s Ajax Farce”