Fighting power and the war in Ukraine
Introduction Ukraine is winning. The British Army knows why. Its doctrine describes, informs and advises on everything from excellent leadership to vehicle reliability. It deals...
Category : Concepts and Doctrine
When Russia used an atomic bomb on people
In his speech to the two houses of the State Duma on Friday 30 September, President Putin said the United States was the only country...
Transitional Justice as a Facet of Human Security
BLUF: ‘Transitional Justice” is an umbrella term that includes processes and ideas relating to societies that are trying to transition away from conflict. It should...
The war for control of the net in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine is the first in history in which an aggressor has attempted to take control of the digital infrastructure network of seized...
Russian Maritime Doctrine (RMD) – A Pocket Primer
привет моряк ! On the 6th August 2022, just a few months after the high-profile sinking of the Russian warship Moskva during the ongoing Ukraine conflict,...
Review: Take That Hill
“I hate board games. Monopoly is my idea of hell. But I get why we’re doing this, and actually, it was pretty good” Problems organising...
Is Manoeuvre Alive?
In conversation with Peter Roberts as part of a RUSI podcast series, The Western Way of War, in December 2020, I claimed that ‘Manoeuvre was...
‘High Time for Hypersonic Missiles’ – the challenges of fielding hypersonic weapons for UK Defence
Introduction In 2019 English Indie artist Sam Fender’s song ‘Hypersonic Missiles’ was voted Hottest Record of the Year by Radio 1 listeners. Sadly, it seems,...
Deleting Warrior saves lives: APCs vs IFVs
The recent reorganisations of the procurement budget cancelled the Warrior infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) upgrade. Instead Warrior will be replaced by the wheeled Boxer armoured...
#WavellReviews “The Scientific Way of Warfare – Order and Chaos on the Battlefields of Modernity” by Antoine Bousquet
Bousquet’s belief that militaries are invariably bounded by the limits set by their own institutional frameworks does not bode well...