There is a debate rumbling away in British foreign policy circles about British grand strategy. This discussion is part of the continuing response to Brexit, the Russian war against Ukraine and the deteriorating European security system, as well as the…
Författararkiv: Adrian Hyde-Price
British Army Transformation: Problems, Pitfalls and Potential
The strategic imperative upon Western armies is to transform at pace. But what comes with rapid transformation is the risk of incoherence. The difficulty of delivering coherent transformation in the land domain is well recognised. (Salusbury BAR188)[1]…
Operation ”High Mast”: British Sea Power, European security and the Indo-Pacific region
Operation ‘High Mast’ was an eight-month long global deployment of the British Carrier Strike Group 2025 (CSG25) led by the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales to the Indo-Pacific and Mediterranean. Beginning in April 2025, it formally came to an end …
Reforging European Deterrence: Plurilateralism and ‘Coalitions of the Willing’
Europe faces a collective action problem. There is growing recognition in Europe that the Euro-Atlantic community is confronted with an existential security threat from Russia – one which may last a generation or more and which could result in armed co…
The European Union in the ‘Brooding Shadow of War’
‘The state among states, it is often said, conducts its affairs in the brooding shadow of violence. Because some states may at any time use force, all states must be prepared to do so – or live at the mercy of their militarily more vigorous neighbours….
The Labour Government and UK Defence Policy
The sweeping electoral victory of Sir Keir Starmer’s rejuvenated Labour Party marks a political caesura in the UK. After 14 years of frequently turbulent and occasionally dysfunctional Conservative Party rule, the Labour Party has returned to power, ba…