In this episode we are joined by Prof. Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King’s College London, and Dr William James, Ax:son Johnson Research Fellow at King’s College London. We explore what it means to have a military competitive edge, how such an edge has displayed itself in history and what we can learn from this.

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