Julian Lindley-French

A regular contributor to Aspenia online, Julian Lindley-French is co-author of “Future War and the Defence of Europe”. He is also Chairman of The Alphen Group, Senior Fellow of the Institute for Statecraft and Fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

NATO Facing Russia: Deterrence, Escalation and the Future

Julian Lindley-French Apr 28, 2022

“The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise…

What the West can do for Ukraine

Julian Lindley-French Feb 20, 2022

What can the West do collectively, and otherwise, in support of Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSNudH6y2Ao Watch also: The Russian challenge in Ukraine and a divided Western alliance More…

Ukraine 2022: assessment, implications, policy options

Julian Lindley-French Jan 24, 2022

In the wake of the Geneva meeting of January 21 between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, below is my guidance to ministers focussed on the military-strategic and politico-strategic implications…

Biden’s fateful Afghanistan decision – Strategic implications

Julian Lindley-French Sep 15, 2021

Strategic implications for Europeans? European leaders have little right to complain about American actions given the weakness of the European effort in Afghanistan over the past twenty years. Most Europeans were only present in…

Biden’s fateful Afghanistan decision: a briefing in two instalments

Julian Lindley-French Aug 20, 2021

Smoke and errors It is not quite the First Afghan War redux, but the victory of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is not far short of it. On 1 January 1842, following an ‘agreement’ between Major-General William Elphinstone,…

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