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Argues the Royal Navy should treat the Hybrid Navy as an ecosystem-wide technology transformation, building a maritime operating system rather than only acquiring new ships, and learning from other successful large-scale tech change programmes.
Warns that future wars dominated by AI and robotics will advantage the power that can integrate those technologies at scale; identifies China today as best placed to mass-produce such machine-centric military capabilities.
Makes the case that prioritising personnel health and human fitness through a whole-system approach—responsive to varying military demands—would raise force readiness across the UK’s armed services.
Highlights how Pakistan’s counter-insurgency focus in Balochistan measures militant fatalities but neglects whether vital goods and trade routes remain passable, turning security operations into development costs.
Argues that security dynamics in the Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic are becoming interconnected, with conflicts in Europe and the Middle East potentially spreading strategic effects to Asia.
Revisits Aleksandr Svechin’s warning that paper formations do not equal fighting power, arguing Ukraine demonstrates the persistent gap between unit headcounts and actual combat capability.
Contends that the contraction of UK foreign aid has significant security implications and poses policy challenges and lessons for Keir Starmer and regional leaders such as Andy Burnham.
A recorded conversation with Tobias Ellwood exploring contemporary great-power tensions and how diplomacy might avert escalation toward a major interstate war.
Considers whether private companies should be given limited legal authorisation to take offensive measures against organised cybercriminals as attacks threaten national security and social order, weighing operational, legal and statecraft implications.
Argues the global financial system is shifting toward ‘optionality’—more competing payment and reserve choices—rather than a single rival to the US dollar, forcing policymakers to rethink economic power, resilience and sanctions tools.
Presents a framework assessing Vladimir Putin’s political durability, noting long‑term economic and social pressures that could precipitate leadership change, but arguing a specific triggering event remains the critical unknown.
Explores how devolved nations and regions can conduct ‘paradiplomacy’, using distinct histories, cultures and geopolitics to build external relationships and secure strategic advantages separate from central government diplomacy.
Offshore energy deployment—notably wind and electrical interconnectors—is accelerating, yet current security architecture risks lagging behind; RUSI calls for updated protection measures to match infrastructure growth and complexity.
Argues that the rapid spread of drone expertise from the Ukraine war is driving proliferation of combat-capable UAVs, altering conflict dynamics and creating new security and policy challenges for Western governments on export controls, defence and countermeasures.
Contends that preparedness for the next chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear crisis will depend as much on supply chains, industrial resilience and public trust as on sensors, detection and technical countermeasures.
Questions whether the British Army’s search for a successor to the SA80 that can ‘overmatch’ infantry body armour is addressing the right problem, suggesting capability trade-offs and priorities need reassessment.
Sniping remains tactically relevant despite greater surveillance and sensor fusion, argues Nick Reynolds, who recommends retaining a core of deep sniper expertise for effective employment on sensor‑dense battlefields rather than abandoning the discipline.
Podcast episode discusses how energy policy and infrastructure have become central to European security debates, not merely commercial issues, with implications for strategy and resilience across the continent.
Argues that social and cognitive sciences are essential to understanding escalation in offensive cyber operations, urging policymakers and practitioners to integrate ‘soft’ science insights into cyber strategy and operational analysis.
Manish Tayal moves beyond tactical reading of India’s ‘Hormuz Manoeuvre’ to propose a modern Nīti‑Śāstra: a conceptual guide to 21st‑century strategic conduct shaping Indian statecraft and regional posture.
Three experts reflect on how organised crime is evolving in the 21st century, highlighting strategic responses and implications for policing, law enforcement coordination and wider security policy.