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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.
Public opinion of India across 36 countries varies sharply: favourable views range from 79% in Sri Lanka down to just 7% in Pakistan, showing wide international divergence in perceptions of India.
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.
Indians and Pakistanis each tend to view the other as their top security threat and express scepticism about the other side’s commitment to maintaining good bilateral relations, according to Pew Research Center findings.
Announces over £350,000 in rapid funding for eight research projects to examine the UK impacts of the recent US–Iran conflict, aiming to produce timely evidence on economic, political or social consequences for the UK.
Surveying adults in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, respondents generally view neighbouring South Asian countries negatively, with only Sri Lanka receiving more positive than negative ratings from the other three publics.
Joint procurement and shared stockpiles with European allies could save up to £3.4bn, IPPR finds, easily covering the DIP’s £0.9bn shortfall in 2029/30. However reaching 3% of GDP defence spending would still need about £13bn a year and wider fiscal decisions.
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.
John Healey’s move from defence secretary to chancellor is presented as an opportunity to close the Defence Investment Plan funding gap. IPPR argues the remaining shortfall — around £1 billion a year — can be found without major policy changes while pursuing ‘reindustrialisation through defence’.
Argues the Strategic Defence Initiative succeeded not by deployment but by persuasive imagery: glossy concept art of orbital weapons made the US vision seem plausible and undermined Soviet calculations despite no deployable SDI systems existing.
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.
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.
Reflects on John Healey’s resignation as defence secretary and his argument that there are “credible ways” to address defence funding; notes he now controls departmental budgets and previously rejected proposals may be revisited.
Public opinion in Canada and Mexico has shifted so that China is viewed more positively than the United States; both populations now rate Xi Jinping more favourably than Trump, though confidence in either leader remains low.