Forming Square: Bullying and the MOD
This week was Anti-Bullying Week, organised by the Anti-Bullying Alliance to raise awareness of bullying between children and young people. However, it was the issue of workplace...
Category : Opinion
Three Tough Choices Europe must face with Biden as President
The four years of the Trump administration were a near-death experience for NATO and the transatlantic community. This is an experience from which Europe must...
The Importance of Nuance in Strategic Thinking
British military theorist J.F.C. Fuller contends that the primary causes of military shortsightedness are, “The worship of traditions, and the second is our incapacity to...
Why the United States Needs to Rethink its China Strategy
America’s current strategy to prevent China’s rise in Eurasia is failing and needs to be rethought. Prior to Trump taking office, the United States’ strategy...
R2P and the Integrated Review
Executive Summary This article argues that the Integrated Review and merger of the FCO and DFID offers an opportunity for Defence to reinvigorate and deepen...
Women in Ground Close Combat: An opportunity
Recently an essay was published on this forum titled “Rethinking Women in Ground Close Combat“. The central argument seems to be that women are physically...
Survive: The Case for Armour
The common arguments against the Britain Army retaining main battle tanks don't survive contact. Here's why....
The tank is dead. Long live the tank.
This article explores the utility of the tank in contemporary defence with consideration for the battlefield, technology and society....
Flexible Working and Flexible Service – Turning Policy into Normality
How to embrace flexible working and benefit from the enforced changes that have been made due to Covid-19....
Rethinking Women in Ground Close Combat
This article argues that the decision to open all branches of the military to women has failed to address several important issues regarding how the...