#WavellReviews “Future War and the Defence of Europe” by J Allen, F Hodges, J Lindley-French
Can Europe defend itself? The answer presented in this book is a pretty firm ‘no’....
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Why Europe can’t fend for itself
Can Europe take care of its own defence, without American protection? This old question has come to the fore again as a result of America’s...
Credit Where Credit is Due – China and the Integrated Review
The direction of Britain’s future foreign strategy, as outlined in the Integrated Review, is all about balancing values with pragmatism. It should be commended for...
#WavellReviews “Dictatorship by Degrees: Xi Jinping in China” by Steven P. Feldman
The book focuses on how “signs of pre-totalitarianism” are increasingly visible in the contemporary Chinese leadership through the role of ideology, intolerance of dissent, extra-legal...
Forgotten Power: France’s Overseas Territories
France is a global power, with territories in Western Europe, North and South Americas, the Caribbean, and the Indian, Pacific, and Antarctic Oceans. The presence...
#WavellReviews: “Protecting China’s Interests Overseas: Securitization and Foreign Policy” by Andrea Ghiselli
The guiding principle to understand China’s international activities, Ghiselli contends, is that it puts its economic interests over military ones. As a result, even the...
#WavellReviews “Chef de Guerre” At the heart of special operations with a Navy Commando by Louis Saillans
The French language original edition of “Chef de Guerre” (Warlord) is available here from Louis de Mareuil Operation Barkhane began in August 2014 and followed...
#WavellReviews “Vicarious Warfare: American Strategy and the Illusion of War on the Cheap” by Thomas Waldman
Available here from Bristol University Press Having recently read Simon Akam’s The Changing of the Guard, I rushed straight to The Wavell Room asking if...
Turkey-NATO-Russia
The debate over NATO’s relationship with Turkey crested in 2019 with the decision to buy a Russian air defence system, the S400. The purchase was...
Size does not matter: the UK’s continuing great power status
Recent analysis by a respected defence and security blog — Thin Pinstriped Line — has led me to ponder the real issue at the heart...