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The review seeks to balance the need for Britain to address both the continuing challenge from Vladimir Putin’s Russia, as well as the conundrum of how to deal with the economic and military rise of China. But this risks see-sawing ineffectively between the two.
- Complex Security Threats and Human Suffering in Weakened and Failed States
- The Character of Conflict Continues to Evolve
- Shifting to The Left of The Conflict Curve
- Preventing Violent Conflict by Building Long-Term Stability
- The Mod Already Possesses An Engagement Capability Through Its Global Network
A group of academics including Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker in his famous book, The Better Angels of Our Nature,10 have argued that the world is in an unprecedented era of peace, war and violence are steadily declining, and inter-state wars are less likely than ever. Others are less optimistic having used different metrics to reach an opposin...
There are numerous theories to conceptualize contemporary conflict and the shift in its character since the end of the Cold War including ‘war among people’, ‘hybrid war’, ‘irregular warfare’, ‘privatized war’ and ‘new wars’.23 It is worth dwelling on the most prominent of these to identify key themes. Mary Kaldor championed new wars as a framework...
The concept of preventing violence is neither new nor radical. It was a dominant theme at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 where preventive frameworks and measures were introduced for the first time. It remains a central component of the Charter of the United Nations, the UN’s Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 and its 2005 Responsibility to Protect...
The UK has retained a strong conceptual foundation for, and considerable practical experience in, preventing conflict and building stability over the last decade. However, commentators are now calling for the UK government to build on this legacy through publication of a comprehensive, pan-government sub-strategy or strategic framework for tackling...
Britain has a long history in the use of non-combat military power overseas to achieve national ends.66 In the 20th century its use was widespread, diverse and a primary way in which the MOD supported national objectives through the mediums of shared intelligence, technology exchanges, training of indigenous troops, exchange officers and military a...
The review calls for more British forces to be deployed globally and for longer periods – both within NATO and independently – for capacity-building missions and to actively counter terrorist, hybrid, grey-zone and proxy threats.
19 hours ago · Overall the US has more than 100,000 military personnel deployed in Europe. Last time he was president, Trump threatened to withdraw some of those forces. If elected he could do the same again.
Jul 22, 2022 · Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King’s College London. ‘Jonathan Stevenson offers an indispensable look at the United States’ overseas bases in 2022 and persuasively explains why they remain critical to American strategy today and for the foreseeable future.’.
Dec 2, 2019 · From Belize to Brunei, the UK remains second only to the US in its number of overseas military bases. New facilities have opened in Oman and Bahrain since 2018 and a base in the Caribbean is...
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Feb 13, 2023 · The United Kingdom plays a critical role in Euro-Atlantic and global security. British forces were quick to bolster Allied reinforcement of NATO’s eastern flank in the run-up to and immediately following Russia’s unprovoked and barbaric invasion of Ukraine last February.
