The Urban Warfare Debate, the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, and the Bakhmut Conundrum
In the professional military community, a major debate has been raging over the past several years, with occasional academics also weighing in on the subject:...
Tag : Urban Warfare
Protecting civilians: implementing the declaration on explosive weapons.
In November last year, something significant and unexpected happened: the UK Government signed an international Political Declaration to discourage the use of explosive weapons in...
Urban is Not Exceptional: A Response
In a recent article, Wilf Owen dismissed much of the recent writing about urban warfare, as misconceived, badly evidenced, and misguided. He fears that the...
Urban Warfare is Not Exceptional
The idea that urban operations are somehow exceptional, or more difficult than anything else, rests on an almost tautological foundation. Is urban terrain a uniquely...
This Means War: Ep 3 – John Spencer and Urban Warfare
Peter Roberts interviews MWI’s Professor John Spencer about Urban Warfare in Ukraine. John has 25 years of military experience and has spent decades studying Urban...
Fighting From Cities: The British Army after Ukraine
In its most recent publication, Future Soldier, the British Army describes its plans for future conflict. In it, the Army affirms its commitment to war-fighting...
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 “Urban Warfare in the Twenty-First Century” by Anthony King
The central argument of the book is relatively simple: namely that the expansion of cities has not only made urban conflict more likely, but also...