Air forces have a relationship with technology that is on a par with that of moths and flames, and the Vietnam air war was no exception.

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In light of increased international tensions, UK Defence is increasingly planning for great power war. New procurement programs and organisational reforms are ongoing across the armed forces. When it comes to dealing with the dead, it has not renewed its capacity to handle mass casualties and deaths in the event...

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Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric, once wrote, ‘We’ve long believed that when the rate of change inside an institution becomes slower than the rate of change outside, the end is in sight.  The only question is when.’  To avoid this fate, the Ministry of Defence must align its spend...

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In July 2008, 11 Columbian commandos mounted an operation to rescue 15 hostages whom FARC guerrillas held for over five years.  The operation was a complete success.  No hostages were injured and the commandos even captured the leader of the 1st FARC Front.  What was remarkable about Operation Jaque was...

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The guiding principle to understand China’s international activities, Ghiselli contends, is that it puts its economic interests over military ones.  As a result, even the military modernisation of its armed forces is subordinate to economic development.

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. “[T]he ultimate units of the great society of all mankind are not states… but individual human beings, which are permanent and indestructible in a sense in which groupings of them of this or that sort are not.” Hedley Bull, The Anarchical Society (1977) a lens on Human security?  ...

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A New Beginning for PME? Just six months after the release of the heralded Education for Seapower Strategy, the United States Navy (USN) was labelled the laggard of the American military services when it comes to professional military education (PME). The indication by USNI News that Education for Seapower was...

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Wargaming has significant utility to enhance training within the Army Reserve.  It offers professionally engaging and conceptually challenging training with low resource costs.  Additionally, it acts as a source of empowerment for junior ranks and promotes networking between reserve units.  This article builds on our first about the utility of...

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The French language original edition of “Chef de Guerre” (Warlord) is available here from Louis de Mareuil Operation Barkhane began in August 2014 and followed on from Operation Serval which saw French forces clear Islamic fighters from the north of Mali.  Barkhane did not just subsume Serval’s mantle, it expanded...

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‘Do not let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.  And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition’ ~ Steve Jobs This article argues that military personnel need to take more care with the language they accept and consider the words they...

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