Fault Lines
Analysis on defence, security and national resilience.
Fault Lines draws on 30 years in journalism to step back and look at the bigger picture — defence, geopolitics and the pressures shaping national resilience.
It’s not about noise or alarmist headlines, but making sense of what’s really going on.
What Marco Rubio Knows
A strategic failure is being reframed as success - and those inside the system, like Rubio, understand exactly what that means.
HMS Dragon being resupplied. Photo: UK MOD © Crown copyright 2026
Trump's Gift to Britain
The US–Israeli strikes on Iran and Britain’s response have exposed the obsolescence of the term “Special Relationship” - and the need for Britain to rethink its place in the world.
Whose War Is It Anyway?
Ownership, strategy and the risks of being dragged into someone else’s conflict.
