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
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#WavellReviews “The Ledger: Accounting for Failure in Afghanistan” by David Kilcullen and Greg Mills
Available here from Hurst & Co Publishers Although the US led campaign in Afghanistan had been described as being on life support for years, its
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
#WavellReviews “Viral: The Search for the Origins of COVID-19” by Alina Chan and Matt Ridley
Available here from Fourth Estate Unless you lived through the Second World War, the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to be the most globally significant event
Multi Dimensional and Domain Operations (MDDO)
Multi Dimensional and Domain Operations (MDDO): Re-visioning the ‘domains of war’ typology for the Hyper-War. BLUF: In the next war the traditional ‘domains of war’
Russia’s New Way of War.
On Monday, January 11, 2021, police in Kiev received an anonymous warning schools across Ukraine’s capital city had been rigged with landmines. The following day,
Junior Leadership During Covid 19
The word ‘unprecedented’ has been used so much to describe the last 18 months that it has almost started to lose all meaning. But there