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Wavell Reviews: Euclid’s Army by William F. Owen
Modern military debate often gets lost in technology, jargon, and expensive promises about the “next war.” In Euclid’s Army: Preparing Land Forces for Warfare Today,...
The state we are in – British Army decline
General Sanders was evidently as blunt as he felt he could be in his valedictory communication when standing down as Chief of the General Staff...
British Army Lethality; Becoming the Porcupine
The 2024 RUSI Land Warfare Conference’s ambition was unavoidably hamstrung by the forthcoming Strategic Defence Review announced by Kier Starmer’s incoming Labour Government. Although many...
Army Future Operating Concept
In this episode, the Wavell Room speaks to Lt Col Gordon Muir about the Army’s future Operating Concept. It’s been over a decade since the...
A post-digital British military – the new influencing arm of the state
Introduction War has changed, but the British Military hasn’t. War has transformed from a fight over physical territory to a multi-dimensional struggle to influence global...
More Horses than Tanks
The location is Red Square. The event is the Victory Day ceremonial parade. Nestled in the heart of the capital, among government offices and parliament...
“TWO OUT OF THREE AIN’T BAD…” Scale, Reach or Capability.
At the start of 2018, I wrote an editorial for my newsletter, Defence Analysis. Being one’s own boss is good, as you can indulge yourself...
Falklands 40: 5 Infantry Brigade and the peril of ‘ad-hoccery’
If there is one, stand-out moment that captures the British experience of the Falklands conflict, it is the loss of Sir Galahad and the horrendous...
Podcast with Brigadier Clare Phillips, Deputy Military Secretary – Defence’s Language of Change, Ep 6
The Army Innovation team is leading on the Army BattleLab project which sits within the wider Defence BattleLab infrastructure. On the run up to the...