Britain’s Enduring Relationship with Saudi Arabia
When answering his critics following a defeat to Crystal Palace in 2015, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho responded with the Portuguese proverb ‘The dogs bark but...
Tag : Integrated Review
How can the British Army anticipate a crisis as it develops to maximise speed of response?
Editor’s note: This is the transcript of a speech delivered at Defence and Security Equipment International by Brigadier Ollie Kingsbury, the British Army Head of Warfare...
The Integrated Review and the Bet on Tech
Editor’s note: This is the transcript of a speech delivered at Defence and Security Equipment International by Lieutenant General Christopher Tickell, the British Army Deputy Chief...
Waving a Small Stick at China
Whenever defence reviews are published commentators tend to focus on the number of military personnel the government thinks are necessary to defend British interests. Reductions...
Credit Where Credit is Due – China and the Integrated Review
The direction of Britain’s future foreign strategy, as outlined in the Integrated Review, is all about balancing values with pragmatism. It should be commended for...
Innovation and the Integrated Review
Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric, once wrote, ‘We’ve long believed that when the rate of change inside an institution becomes slower than the rate...
Britain should be more Italy?
The recently released British defense policy paper known as the Integrated Review, and the accompanying Defense Command Paper, predictably touched off a firestorm of controversy...
The Good, Bad and Ugly – The British Army and the Integrated Review
The primary objective of the Integrated Review was to reconfigure UK defence commitments around a more realistic and achievable set of foreign policy goals. This...
R2P and the Integrated Review
Executive Summary This article argues that the Integrated Review and merger of the FCO and DFID offers an opportunity for Defence to reinvigorate and deepen...