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The World Outside Trumpland

Developments this week you may have missed

Jan 9 • Matthew Palmer

Russian Submarines, Chinese Embassies, and British Readiness for War

A quick punt for my written work elsewhere

Dec 17, 2025 • Matthew Palmer

A Cynic's Guide to Defence Jargon

WMD: Words of Mass Distraction

Dec 6, 2025 • Matthew Palmer

Hark! A Podcast! About Napoleon!

Waterloo (1970)

Nov 27, 2025 • Matthew Palmer

At the Going Down of the Sun and in the Morning

Personal Remembrances

Nov 11, 2025 • Matthew Palmer

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