What Can The Military Learn From A Decade Of Cyber Attacks?
Cyber warfare is becoming increasingly important in the modern world. But do you understand what is already happening and why it's important?...
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Resist the Temptation – Defence Must Do Less on Post COVID-19 Civil Resilience
The MoD has been doing a great deal of resilience work during COVID. But this author thinks it ought to do less in the future,...
NATO’s China Problem
For the past 70 years, NATO has been able to focus on the defence of Western Europe. How should the Alliance approach the resurgence of...
Time to face the music? The importance of self-awareness, empathy and classical music in retaining our cognitive edge.
Ed F explores how Defence might retain it's cognitive edge through self-awareness, empathy, and, rather surprisingly, classical music....
UK Fight Club: Iron Sharpens Iron
Using simulations for military training is as old as war itself. Romans drilled with wooden weapons. The Prussians led the world on the use of...
The psychology of artillery effectiveness
Fire Support: Doctrine and digits After thirty years focused on small wars and smart munitions, the Army looks set to update its gun park. The...
Communicate to Innovate – Positive Change in the Fire Service
Meaningful verbal communication is a rare art these days, a form of listening that we have somehow managed to devalue. In a world that sees progress...
#WavellReviews When The Tempest Gathers by Andrew Milburn
This book should be taken as a serious work, and added to your ‘must have’ lists, to be read alongside McFate’s Goliath and Kilcullen’s The...
PME, Defence and the need for Reform
Professional Military Education makes more of a strategic contribution to UK Defence than is commonly realised. Due to an historic lack of direction at the...