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• Pious but Naïve

  May 11, 2026 · 30 min

  Britain's Decision to Refuse the use of its Air Bases for Operation Epic Fury Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and…

• Multidomain Operations: The Pursuit of Battlefield Dominance in the 21st Century

  May 5, 2026 · 9 min

  "All façade and no filler." That characteristically blunt assessment captures the tone and thrust of Multidomain Operations: The Pursuit of Battlefield Dominance in the 21st Century, an edited volume by Amos Fox and Frantz-Stefan Gady. At…

• Exaggeration and ignorance 'the scramble for the Arctic'

  April 29, 2026 · 9 min

  This article is about the so-called 'scramble for the Arctic'. This would be a story of high farce rather than the high North but for threats made by the current US administration to forcibly annex Greenland – the territory of a NATO ally…

• #WavellReviews The Next World War: The New Age of Global Conflict

  April 22, 2026 · 6 min

  Peter Apps's The Next World War: The New Age of Global Conflict and the Fight to Stop It is a timely and unsettling exploration of the shifting dynamics of global power, the resurgence of large-scale warfare, and the general state of…

• The Logic of Human Security and Why it Matters

  April 15, 2026 · 14 min

  Amongst those countries that have engaged energetically with the concept of human security (HS), the UK has arguably led the way on integrating it into defence. Beyond smatterings of HS-related ideas across various UK defence doctrine…

• LICENSED TO HACK

  April 1, 2026 · 12 min

  WHY BRITAIN SHOULD RESURRECT 'LETTERS OF MARQUE' FOR THE DIGITAL AGE In 1708, a Bristol trading captain named Woodes Rogers departed England in command of the 'Duke' and 'Duchess', two heavily armed merchantmen, with a commission from…

• 20:40:40

  March 6, 2026 · 9 min

  THE BRITISH ARMY'S 20:40:40 SOLUTION TO THE 'SURVIVABILITY PARADOX' Russia's invasion of Ukraine has brutally validated an old truth about modern war: it requires not just military forces in the field but the societal ability to…

• A Cold War Crisis: Assault on The Rock!

  March 4, 2026 · 14 min

  The following work is an eye-opening insight into some peak Cold War contingency planning: how to defend Gibraltar – gateway to the Mediterranean and critical British military hub since 1713. Whilst (like all such plans) it may seem…