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...
Category : Domains
Better Urban Training
Editor’s note: This article was written before Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. The shocking images of urban combat that are emerging from this war...
#WavellReviews “Democracy Hacked: Political Turmoil and Information Warfare in the Digital Age” by Martin Moore
Democracy Hacked makes a compelling case that we are at an “inflection point, an existential crisis”...
The Creation and Evolution of HQ Joint Forces New Zealand
Military organizational change is as old as warfare itself. Throughout history military forces have changed their structures to adapt to changing conditions. They often react...
Rise of the Rocket Launcher: The end of the Armoured Division
I believe a rocket division should be at the core of British warfighting doctrine. It is widely agreed that a division is the lowest formation...
Why are British troops in Mali and what are they doing?
Editor’s note: this piece has been written by the current Commanding Officer of the UK Long Range Reconnaissance Group deployed in Mali. The UK’s three-hundred...
Democratising Doctrine – Firing on the Wrong Lane
Arguably one of the most overlooked British soldier theorists of the twentieth century, Sir Francis Tuker, begins his book, The Pattern of War (1945), with...
Why Europe can fend for itself
Russian troops are rolling over the borders of Eastern Europe. Pursuing a policy of protective isolationism America has abandoned its allies. Can Europe defend itself? ...
More range or more Rangers – the fight for the future of the British Army.
In 2015 the Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Nicholas Carter, stated that the British Army had ‘bent [itself] significantly out of shape from...
Sowing Darkness for Military Advantage: Deception
Countering Competitors with Deception The rise of China and resurgence of Russia suggest that an era of great power competition has returned. Diminishing technological advantage...