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salisbot.bsky.social
Naval Iconoclast - Editor of The Broadside, Sea Power Research Fellow at the Council on Geostrategy, Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre, War on the Rocks
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Kind colleague I just had a meeting with: "When's the book of your PhD dissertation coming out?" Me: "pls no"

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Me to myself while doing final edits on a book chapter I wrote a year ago

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Really glad to able to publish this excellent piece by Sean Andrews 🇦🇺 ⚓️ If you have excellent maritime thoughts too, give the submission guidelines a read and pitch me!

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These books taught me both where Svalbard is and to never go there due to the inevitable disappointment at the lack of panserbjørne

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The Council on Geostrategy is delighted to be hosting the First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference 2025! ⚓ @starychsam.bsky.social, our Co-founder (Strategy), is at Lancaster House to provide an overview of the conference Find out more 👇 www.geostrategy.org.uk/first-sea-lo... #SPC2025 #RoyalNavy

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On this day 80 years ago, the 11th Armoured Division of the British Army liberated the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. They found 60,000 prisoners and 13,000 unburied corpses. Never again.

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It's never easy being a woman in a male-dominated field, but it's always hilarious to hear about the male "colleagues" (thankfully few) who think you're a diversity hire because their own careers aren't going so well. Cry harder, my dudes.

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Our latest in The Broadside - the wonderful Matthew Palmer on fast attack craft

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On this day in 2022, the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the cruiser Moskva, was hit by Ukrainian Neptune missiles. The following day, the fire reached her ammo stores and she was promoted to submarine. It's also my birthday - this was a great gift. Слава Україні!

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So every year, the night before my birthday, my friend and I do a movie night. This year, we decided to watch the movie that defined my teenage psyche, The Crow (1994), and then the recent remake. Don't.

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I just won an argument over text with an American and signed off with this, we are so back

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‘Investing in future capabilities is the goal, and making some sacrifice now to reach that end is necessary in the current context,’ says @salisbot.bsky.social, our Research Fellow (Sea Power) #BigAsk #BritainsWorld

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Is 🇬🇧 right to sacrifice capability today for ‘jam’ tomorrow? We asked 5 experts in today's #BigAsk ✍️ @charlottekl.bsky.social, @tomsharpe.bsky.social, @willfreer.bsky.social, @blagdendavid.bsky.social, @salisbot.bsky.social #BritainsWorld

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"The U.S. military announced Thursday it had removed Col. Susannah Meyers, commander of its Pituffik base in Greenland, stating it would not tolerate any pushback against President Donald Trump’s agenda." www.politico.eu/article/us-m...

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Did I wear dazzle to another naval conference? YOU BETCHA

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How every naval project I'm doing about/with Americans feels now

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I'll be in London later this month to talk to @brianklaas.bsky.social at the Conduit Club. We'll explore how dictators fall and what happens when they do. I've been told it's possible to attend the event even if you aren't a member of the club. Register here: share-eu1.hsforms.com/19NvHjniQQu6...

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Trying to U-turn on those tariffs, I see

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Our second article in The Broadside - the importance of risk, resilience and reconstitution, from the excellent Andy Young

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My vibe as the America expert at the European military conference

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For context - yields up means prices down, which means people are selling US Treasury bonds. Those bonds are usually what people would buy when stocks are not doing great. Investors fleeing US stocks and bonds *at the same time* is, with apologies for the technical language, a big OH SHIT moment

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Some short thoughts from me on EU defence funding in @warontherocks.bsky.social warontherocks.com/2025/04/in-b...

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It has really hit home to me this week, spending time with European allies, how much the vibe has shifted regarding the USA - not only for the present, but for the foreseeable future. Not a blip, but a fundamental reorganisation of our outlook. You can't surge trust, and it is largely lost.

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I would like to clarify that I am posting this under duress, but I am informed that I must share with you all the abysmal pun I just made... ... le pen marine

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For our first article in The Broadside, we are delighted to have this excellent piece from @charlottekl.bsky.social - showing the importance of commercial shipping for maritime security

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A pleasure to be among friends, and an honour to be the 🇬🇧 representative among allies 🇳🇱 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇧🇪 🇪🇸 Talking ship is always fun, but even more so with such warm Dutch hospitality. Bedankt!

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The problem with being the only Brit at a European military conference is that it's like a family holiday gathering - everyone brings up the time their navy beat ours that one time several centuries ago and then makes Brexit jokes

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🌊 Introducing The #Broadside – Your new hub for maritime expertise ⚓ We bring you leading #maritime analysis from 🇬🇧 and around the globe. Stay ahead with expert insights on the most pressing issues. Read @salisbot.bsky.social in the first edition now 👇

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The Broadside has launched! The new home for the best in maritime analysis. Here's my inaugural post as editor - who we are, what we aim to achieve, and how you can write for us. Please fill my inbox with all of your maritime thoughts! open.substack.com/pub/thebroad...

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My home for the next two days - huge thanks to the Korps Mariniers and the Koninklijke Marine for the hospitality, warm welcome, and only mentioning Chatham once an hour 🇬🇧❤️🇳🇱

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An absolute unit, a heckin' chonker, oh lawd she comin' (Oldest ship model ever found, c1425, Rotterdam Maritime Museum)

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My hotel in the Netherlands is full of Americans... from Florida

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She's so beautiful

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Also, the place I'm staying for this academic conference is called... Brainpark 🤌🏻

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I've been in the Netherlands for three (3) hours, and after two glasses of champagne, an espresso martini, and some of the best frites available to humanity I am hereby doubling down on European strategic autonomy

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Locking up the classics/econ crossover audience

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A small joy for you all, as it makes me smile every time - the power line pylons in northern France look like owls

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London -> Lilles -> Brussels -> Rotterdam Four countries by train in four hours. Je t'adore, Europe!

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