Calling time on cyber war
The illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 left the world aghast at the realization that decades of security stability in Europe have ended....
Category : Opinion
Is Russian soft power dead?
Is Russian soft power dead? Almost, but not quite. Why the West should still pay attention. The consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine have been...
Wars can be won by Evacuations
In August-September 2021 15,000 eligible Afghans and British nationals were evacuated from Afghanistan under Operation PITTING. With the one-year anniversary of Operation PITTING approaching, and...
#WavellReviews ‘War Transformed: The Future of Twenty-First Century Great Power Competition and Conflict’ by Mick Ryan
In War Transformed, Australian Major General Mick Ryan asks how militaries should adapt to the themes and trends likely to transform warfare. The book is...
New Satellite Blues and the war in Ukraine – is the UK ready to capitalize on commercial satellite imagery?
The war in Ukraine has brought the use of commercial satellite imagery to the fore with near real-time images being viewed by millions of people...
#WavellReviews “Something Rotten: Land Command in the 21st Century” by Jim Storr
Simply put, military staffs are not as capable because they have too much pointless process, work in open plan command posts, and don’t think or...
Mercenaries in Modern Peacekeeping: Wagner Group in Mali
The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) offers a case study demonstrating the negative influence mercenary groups have on modern peacekeeping operations. This...
How Britain should deal with Russia going forward
The Kremlin’s war in Ukraine threatens to tear up the map of post-1989 Europe and plunge the world into a new Cold War. The unpredictability...
Fighting From Cities: The British Army after Ukraine
In its most recent publication, Future Soldier, the British Army describes its plans for future conflict. In it, the Army affirms its commitment to war-fighting...
Fail to train or train to fail
Introduction The British Army’s inability to train at scale seriously challenges the credibility of 3(UK) Division as the Army’s ‘warfighting’ division. If we were asked...