Defence Notes
PREMIUM OPINION: UK armed forces fret as review looms closer
Have difficult decisions on intractable problems been delayed too long, as the clock ticks down to publication of the integrated review of UK defence and security capabilities?
Naval Warfare
PREMIUM OPINION: UK juggles priorities as it assesses Middle East deployments
The International Maritime Security Construct recently opened its formal headquarters in Bahrain. The grouping of nations focusing on delivering maritime security in the complex Gulf region ...
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PREMIUM OPINION: UK needs to decide – is it in or out of Asia-Pacific?
The UK RN seems determined to deploy a carrier group in the Asia-Pacific region in 2021, as the first operational deployment of HMS Queen Elizabeth. ...
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PREMIUM OPINION: NSA appointment reflects UK defence policy vacuum
The corridors of Whitehall are generally quiet peaceful places, but in recent weeks there has been the Civil Service equivalent of an almighty shouting match, ...
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Defence Notes
PREMIUM OPINION: Organisational and ministerial changes bode ill for MoD
1st July 2020
The Whitehall machine is undergoing yet another session of tinkering in an effort to make it more efficient and coherent: at least, that is the ...
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Defence Notes
PREMIUM OPINION: Great power competition in the frozen North poses tough questions for UK
12th June 2020
The Arctic may be known for its freezing temperatures, but it is hard to escape the conclusion that in strategic terms, the temperature is rising ...
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PREMIUM OPINION: US risks further erosion of global influence with confused strategy
28th May 2020
Amid the fallout from the global COVID-19 pandemic, as nations try to chart a way out of the crisis and focus on recovery, there has ...
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Defence Notes
PREMIUM OPINION: COVID-19 ripple effects cause lasting strategic headaches
12th May 2020
The 75th anniversary of VE Day on 8 May marked the end of the Second World War in Europe. The intervening years have seen the continent ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM OPINION: COVID-19 exposes USN fault lines
23rd April 2020
Worldwide disruption continues as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the global response imposing many changes to normal routines and activity. For armed forces ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM OPINION: Nuclear deterrence renewal poses similar challenges to UK and US navies
13th April 2020
The UK government is committed to beginning work on development of the next generation of nuclear warhead for its Trident missile programme. This news is ...
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Defence Notes
PREMIUM OPINION: COVID-19 will deliver lasting ramifications
19th March 2020
The COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, dominating global news cycles and completely reshaping how nations are governed. Across the world, lockdowns, transport bans ...
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Defence Notes
PREMIUM OPINION: No easy choices for UK in latest strategic review
11th March 2020
With the first phase of Brexit completed, the UK now faces strategic choices about the role it wishes to play in the world, and the ...
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Opinion: British Army could emerge as the winner from ministerial changes and spending reviews
17th February 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has completed his first significant reshuffle, hiring and firing ministers to form his cabinet and to focus on the delivery of ...
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Defence Notes
Opinion: Transatlantic relationship enters an uncertain phase
6th February 2020
The decision by the UK government to approve the use of Huawei technology in “non-core” parts of the new national 5G network has been met ...
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Defence Notes
Opinion: Another year of instability amid Middle Eastern power plays
22nd January 2020
The new decade has opened, quite literally, with a bang. The drone strike by the US military on 3 January to kill the head of ...
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Defence Notes
Opinion: Make or break time for UK defence
18th January 2020
For the British Armed Forces, 2020 began with an abrupt start as the aftermath of the strike by the US military on Iranian Qods Force ...
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Defence Notes
Opinion: Christmas respite for UK Armed Forces ahead of crunch 2020
20th December 2019
As the year draws to a close, the UK MoD would be excused for letting out a sigh of exhaustion as a busy, and at ...
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Defence Notes
Opinion: Will UK election result bring defence benefits?
16th December 2019
The population of the United Kingdom has voted in a general election, and resoundingly returned the Conservative Party, led by Boris Johnson as Prime Minister, ...
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Defence Notes
Opinion: Tripartite naval exercise indication of shifting alliances
27th November 2019
In the latest sign of the changing strategic balance in Africa, the first ever tripartite naval exercises between South Africa, Russia and China will occur ...
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Naval Warfare
Opinion: UK back in the MPA business, but is it permanent?
5th November 2019
The Royal Air Force has officially taken delivery of the first P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (MPA). This marks the beginning of a return to ...
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Land Warfare
Opinion: What is the British Army for?
18th October 2019
A month on from the madding halls of DSEI 2019 it is worth taking stock of what came to pass, not least the raft of ...
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Defence Notes
Opinion: Trump’s diplomacy by social media risks strategic partnerships
25th September 2019
One of the defining hallmarks of President Donald Trump’s period in the Oval Office is the sheer unpredictability of his policy ideas, which often seem ...
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Naval Warfare
Opinion: Royal Navy returns to carrier strike capability
5th September 2019
The Royal Navy (RN) has begun the deployment of the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth across the Atlantic to the US to carry out the ...
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Defence Notes
Opinion: Is there an absence of interest in UK defence?
21st August 2019
Boris Johnson has been UK Prime Minister for almost a month, yet it is still hard to understand what his vision for defence is, or ...
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