Does Compassionate Leadership have a place in the Military?
How adopting a compassionate approach could benefit the organisation, your team and you. As a Medical Support Officer; I have spent my service career in...
Category : Short Read
All short read articles
The UK’s tilt towards the Indo-Pacific – a correct move
The UK’s tilt towards the Indo-Pacific region has generated a great deal of discussion after it was included as part of the 2021 Integrated Review...
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...
T-62s for Russian reserve units in Ukraine
Russian tank losses in Ukraine have been very high; perhaps 875 vehicles. Part of the response has been to activate obsolete T-62 tanks for operational...
Rethinking the UK in Mali: It’s Time to Look Elsewhere
Two years ago for Wavell Room I wrote about why the United Kingdom’s deployments to Mali in support of the United Nation’s Mission there (MINUSMA)...
Ukraine – lessons for Western air power
The Telegraph recently ran one of the more bizarre analyses to have arisen from the war in Ukraine. In it, Gareth Corfield, supported by...
Does Ukraine Need Fighter Aircraft?
Ukraine’s Air Force is destroying more Russian aircraft than they are losing, but the kill ratio is unsustainable. Ukraine’s air force is outnumbered ten-to-one and...
RAF Working Dress – Improving Identity, Quality and Fit
In February 2022, a 15-page proposal of new ‘ASTRA’ uniforms for the Royal Air Force was leaked onto social media. It quickly became national news...
Falklands 40: Fighting from the Sea.
Any expeditionary force is composed of several components. Corbett categorised these as fourfold: the army; the transports and landing flotilla; the escorts; and the covering...
Falklands 40: The Question of Command
One of the great contentions during the conflict, and something that surfaced in the recent Channel 4 documentary, was the chain of command established by...