Corona Virus: What Next? A Wavell Room Call for Papers
Bottom line: A call for papers of no more than 1,500 words on ‘what next’ for corona virus submitted no later than 1 May. Context:...
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“There’s something wrong with our bloody leaders…”
The Royal Navy is running a manning deficit of 5%, has been highlighted by the National Audit Office as routinely underestimating and over-engineering equipment projects, and recently failed in...
Respectable Disagreements: Presidential StratComms
Now that you have had the opportunity to consider the position argued by Laurens, I offer to you a contrasting assessment of President Trump’s communications....
Respectable Disagreements: Presidential StratComms
Welcome to a new series with the Wavell Room, “Respectable Disagreements”. Here, two authors will examine an issue from opposing sides. Not a debate, per...
Faster, Stronger, Quicker, Decisive = Better Soldiers: The Case For Performance Enhancement
With an increasing likelihood of technological parity in traditional military technology, militaries are identifying new ways of operating. Hence the interest in information advantage or...
The Importance of Gender Neutral Language for Defence
Why is adopting gender-neutral language so difficult for the Armed Forces? In 2017, a training establishment was widely ridiculed in the press for having suggested a fairly mild...
Adding Values and Value: the Army’s Contribution to Social Mobility
The British Army believes that its significant investment into human capital development can ‘unstick’ individuals from their socio-economic background (SEB), opening up the possibility for...
The Bear in Africa
In response to its pariah status brought on by its activities in the Ukraine and Syria, Russia has made a concerted effort with both soft...
A New Conception of War. John Boyd, the U.S. Marines and Manoeuvre Warfare. By Ian T. Brown.
“I believe the world’s greatest military theorist are Carl von Clausewitz , Sun Tzu, and John Boyd” – Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Paul K Van Riper USMC. ...
The Decisive Act
It is sometimes suggested that ‘the decisive act always occurs in the land domain.’ This article explains why the idea isn’t true and gets in...
