Triple Edge Resources

Opinion piece tracing the continuity of Putin’s NATO demands from 2008 Bucharest to the 2022 invasion — documents the consistency of Russian strategic objectives.

Former Ukrainian President Yushchenko argues the Merkel-Sarkozy blocking of Ukraine’s NATO MAP at Bucharest 2008 enabled Putin’s aggression — documents the Western miscalculation.

Korean Times op-ed arguing against a simple good/evil framing of the Ukraine crisis — directly relevant to the trilogy’s moral symmetry thesis.

Policy analysis of the Ukraine conflict through the lens of economic-military power balance — assesses the effectiveness of EU sanctions and lessons for future policy.

Novel imagining the relationship between Edith Tudor-Hart, Soviet spy photographer, and Kim Philby — relevant to the literary espionage register Triple Edge operates in.

Dostoevsky’s novel of a Christ-like innocent in corrupt St Petersburg society — one of the literary foundations for the Triple Edge moral register.

BBC History deep-dive on how slavery underpinned the building of modern Britain; covers the economic and social infrastructure built on enslaved labour and the long shadow it cast on British wealth and institutions.

Chatham House paper describing NATO expansion as exercise of free will; important counterpoint in NATO debate

Oliver Bullough’s investigation into the secret world of offshore finance and oligarch wealth

Richard Brooks account of how accountancy firms captured and distorted capitalism

Backchannel message from US Ambassador to Italy to Kissinger on the Communist threat — documents the high-level strategic management of US covert action in Italy.

Scowcroft memo to Ford on suspension of the CIA covert action program in Italy — documents the political and congressional pressure that forced temporary suspension of the programme.

CIA Director Colby’s memo to Kissinger on covert action in Italy — documents the scale of CIA political intervention as the Italian Communist Party approached its historic compromise with Christian Democrats.

Declassified 303 Committee meeting minutes authorising the Italy Covert Political Action Program — documents the continuation of CIA covert intervention into Italian politics into the Nixon era.

Top Secret OCB outline plan of operations for Italy — the operational document for US covert political action in Italy in the mid-1950s.

Clare Boothe Luce’s confidential analysis of the 1953 Italian elections — documents US ambassador’s strategic assessment of Communist Party performance and implications for US policy.

Top Secret NSC statement of policy on the Communist threat to Italy — defines the US commitment to preventing communist electoral success in Italy.

Top Secret NSC report establishing US policy toward communism in Italy — the foundational Cold War document defining American strategic interest in Italian domestic politics.

Declassified NSC meeting minutes on Europe-Russia policy — covers the Soviet gas pipeline controversy and transatlantic tensions over technology transfer to the USSR.

Kremlin record of the Northern Dimension programme meeting between Russia, EU, Norway and Iceland — co-signed Putin statement on the ND framework.

EC communication strengthening the ENP framework — covers Ukraine, Moldova, the Southern Caucasus and Mediterranean neighbours; the policy architecture within which the trilogy operates.

EC communication setting out the framework for EU-Russia relations post-enlargement — covers the four common spaces, energy, and political dialogue.

Committee of the Regions opinion on the Northern Dimension initiative — covers cross-border cooperation between the EU, Russia and Barents region; early articulation of the ND framework.

EU Court of Auditors critical report on the TACIS cross-border cooperation programme — documents mismanagement, lack of accountability, and the gap between stated objectives and delivery.