#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...
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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...
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...
The Constant Struggle At Sea: Attacking And Protecting Shipping
The large-scale land warfare and aerial bombardment we are currently seeing in Ukraine is fortunately rare, but the other part of the current war, attacks...
Reflections on Command and Decision Making
I had the privilege of commanding at three levels in the Army – troop (twice!), squadron, and regiment. I’ve also observed senior officers in command...
Heads in the Afghanistan Sand
After the fall of Kabul last year I eagerly awaited the military leadership response. Commanding Officers took to twitter, followed by letters from some Colonel...
Don’t be SMART – objective setting in Defence
Defence has reinvigorated its existing approach to annual appraisals, underlining objective setting as the key mechanism to frame and evaluate individual performance. But in relying...
The Future for UK Defence Space
Editor’s note: This is the transcript of a speech delivered at Defence and Security Equipment International by Air Vice Marshal Smyth on 14 September 2021. For...
The Disintegrated Review? Britain and the Ukraine Crisis
The more pessimistic strategic planners and security wonks in the UK could, if they were so inclined, play a depressing game of bingo around the...
Mare Nostrum: The Franco-Greek Defence Treaty
Introduction On September 28th 2021, Greece and France concluded a defence treaty to aid each other in case of an armed attack on their territory. ...