Corona Virus: What Next?
COVID-19 presents an opportunity for the UK Government to reassess its relationship with the private sector to increase collaboration for defence....
Category : Concepts and Doctrine
COVID-19 What if China Wins?
Editor’s note: This article was entered into the Wavell Room corona virus competition and finished in the top 5. ‘We are prepared to sacrifice 300...
Corona Virus: Britain Needs its ‘Mojo’ Back
Britain needs its Mojo back...
Hard Choices After COVID-19
Editor’s note: This article was submitted in response to the Wavell Room’s “COVID-19 What Next? competition“. It was judged to be one of the winning...
Climate Strikes: Armed Forces and the Climate Emergency
Executive Summary Whilst much has been written on how climate change will affect global security, including how this will affect the military, there has been...
Influencing the mind of an adversary
Executive summary This article considers how UK Defence might influence the mind of an adversary, learning from and using techniques employed in the past. Examples...
Why We Need A Modern Theory of Special Warfare to Thrive in the Human Domain
“We have been inclined to believe that our armed forces are excessively professional and regular. This war [WW2] has shown, as others have done before...
Warfare, Dinner Jackets, Hammers and Nails
COVID-19 and the military’s contribution to the nation’s requirement for increased human security has been instructive. Transport aircraft, logisticians, and counter-disinformation warriors are performing admirably,...
Hunt, the Replacement
Minehunters – they’re ugly, made of plastic, full of muppets and getting old. This is why we should replace them. Navy discussions at the moment...
A New Conception of War. John Boyd, the U.S. Marines and Manoeuvre Warfare. By Ian T. Brown.
“I believe the world’s greatest military theorist are Carl von Clausewitz , Sun Tzu, and John Boyd” – Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Paul K Van Riper USMC. ...