Are we all process monkeys now?
Do you spend your day answering emails, ticking off training objectives and signing forms, or are you pursuing organisational priorities and building valuable things? Much...
Category : Opinion
Defence’s Role in Education
The task of building schools and providing education to populations across the world has long been shouldered by civilian aid agencies and foreign diplomacy offices....
Dangerous Generals
One of the most vexing tasks faced by leaders in democracies is the challenge of dealing with dangerous generals. Not all generals have the potential...
Prigozhin opens a window into Wagner’s world
Wagner private military company (PMC) founder and boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has gained many epithets over the course of the war. Most recently he has been...
Can the war end where it started – in the Donbass?
In his end-of-year address Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted the motto of the year was: ‘We don’t leave our own’. The slogan originated in the...
Armata – the story is over
When the T-14 Armata tank was sensationally unveiled at the 9 May Victory Day parade, in 2015, it embarrassingly broke down in front of thousands...
#WavellReviews “The Path of Peace: Walking the Western Front Way” by Anthony Seldon
Antony Seldon is a prolific author and The Path for Peace may well be his best and most enduring book. It was not just the...
It’s official – Russia is a dictatorship
On 8 December, Andrey Klishas, the Head of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation, made a point in an interview with Vedomosti which was...
Schrödinger’s Leader
In the same way that leadership is ubiquitous within the Army, so too is followership. Followership is happening all around us, every day, at all...
From aspiration to reality: updating UK defence policy for 2023
The momentous geopolitical and economic events of 2022 posed fundamental challenges to UK defence policy. The Government set out its defence priorities in the Integrated...