Failing to Succeed – A Different Approach
The Armed Forces should have a different approach towards ’failure’ if they want to develop commanders and staff that are capable of understanding and solving
Category : Concepts and Doctrine
Reforming The Army Reserve
The Army Reserve needs fundamental structural reform to align it to the ‘whole force’ concept. This article proposes structural changes to better align it to
Iranian Hybrid Warfare
Despite a lifetime of sanctions, limited surgical strikes, cyber-attacks and a US Navy carrier group on the doorstep, Iranian hybrid warfare continues. This begs the
Cognitive Agility: Providing the Performance Edge
The UK MOD believes that cognitive agility is increasingly required by Defence personnel to manage future demands from the increasingly Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous (VUCA)
An Air Force For ‘Actual Fighting’: General Weyland’s Vision for Tactical Air Command after the Korean War
Given the recent return to a focus on great power conflict in U.S. national strategy, it is illuminating to consider how one U.S. Air Force
Chinese Power Projection; A Role for Arsenal Ships?
First considered by the US in the 1990s, China is reported to be evaluating potential arsenal ship concepts. An arsenal ship is a large-capacity missile-armed
Prototype Warfare: Inculcating a Culture of Adaptation in the British Army
The world is changing fast and if one thing is certain, our concepts of war are wrong. “It is impossible to anticipate precisely the character
Pragmatically Countering China
The People’s Republic of China is an adversary of the United Kingdom. Its disregard for international maritime law in the South China Sea poses a
Defence Facts of Life: The Aspiration/Reality Mismatch (Long Read)
Readers note: In this article the author proposes that Britain should have a single defence force rather than three top heavy independence services. Given this
Defence Facts of Life: The Aspiration/Reality Mismatch (Short Read)
Readers note: In this article the author proposes that Britain should have a single defence force rather than three top heavy independence services. Given this
