Archive - Mark Laity’s Newsletter

We are all ‘shithole countries’ now

Look beyond tariffs to a mindset that boasts, ‘these countries are calling us up, kissing my ass.”

Apr 24 •

March 2025

What would Churchill do?

What’s right v what’s necessary and walking the line v drawing a line

Mar 5 •

February 2025

From Thucydides to Trump

The theories and thinkers behind a return to Great Power brutalism

Feb 28 •

Can Europe police a Ukrainian peace deal?

So many questions, so few answers.

Feb 18 •

Donations for Ukraine

A voluntary payment option for my Substack

Feb 14 •

State capture of a superpower

There is no secret to this playbook

Feb 13 •

First they came for Milley…

History tells us where this could end

Feb 3 •

January 2025

Where’s James Bond when you need him?

Our tragi-comic new world seen through the lens of Bond films.

Jan 14 •

Let’s stop normalising the abnormal

Time to stop acting like rabbits in the headlights with Trump

Jan 9 •

August 2024

The trouble is that this is who we are

From London 2012 to Paris/Southport 2024

Aug 10, 2024 •

July 2024

The Once and Future NATO

Managing a Sea of Troubles

Jul 10, 2024 •

June 2024

Our holiday from history is over

In the year of elections we're still not talking about what matters most

Jun 20, 2024 •

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