Archive - Active Measures

Breathing space

Mark Rutte has bought us time. Use it wisely

Jul 3 •

June 2025

The problem is not Russia's strength...

...it's our weakness. A speech I gave recently in central London

Jun 1 •

May 2025

Identity crisis

Why Estonians (and by extension Latvians and Lithuanians) have been right about pretty much everything. And we don't listen

May 20 •

The Toxic Legacy of World War Two

May 8 •

April 2025

I don't normally write fiction...

Apr 30 •

March 2025

Sad, mad, bad—or glad?

Europe in the era of King Donald

Mar 3 •

February 2025

Shame, grief, rage—and fear

Stop wittering, start working. Here's my plan—a new defence bank for Europe

Feb 14 •

January 2025

Stop panicking. Start organising

Stop speculating about Trumpland's plusses and minuses, and get on with the urgent jobs in front of us

Jan 22 •

December 2024

Empty Western promises, looming threats and impending war

Dec 16, 2024 •

November 2024

Too little, too late

Why a big war is looming which will bust Nato

Nov 20, 2024 •

Hit the enablers

Browder gets it. Governments don't, yet

Nov 18, 2024 •

Seven deadly sins

and what I said about them in Prague

Nov 15, 2024 •

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