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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…

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  • 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…

  • How the Russian Army Fights

    February 4, 2026 · 17 min

    Today, the British Army trains against a potential Russian enemy. Throughout the Cold War it trained against a possible confrontation with the Soviet Army and Warsaw Pact. In this respect nothing has changed. What has changed…

  • The 'Houthi Model' of Asymmetric Naval Warfare: Implications for UK Littoral Response and Carrier Strike Group Doctrine

    January 28, 2026 · 12 min

    Introduction The Red Sea crisis has settled into an uncomfortable new normal. While the initial shock caused by the use of anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM) has faded, the strategic implications of the Houthi campaign remain dangerously…

  • Smuggling by Sky: The New Way Terrorists Move Supplies

    January 23, 2026 · 8 min

    The Houthis Necessity is a dark cloud that often gives birth to innovation in the turbulent arenas of contemporary conflicts. That 'dark cloud' – the existential threat – can act as a powerful catalyst for ingenuity, particularly in…

  • The Future of War – When States No Longer Own The Means of War

    January 21, 2026 · 20 min

    'Power, violence and legitimacy are fragmenting, and modern conflict is starting to behave accordingly'1 Introduction It's hard to shake the feeling that conflict no longer behaves the way we expect it to. Wars don't end cleanly…

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