MOD's Strategic Command will be arguing for significant new investment in key joint enablers during the forthcoming Integrated Review. However, in the inevitable intra-defence confrontation, it will struggle to secure sufficient resources to achieve a fraction of what is required to facilitate the multi-domain warfare of the future. ...
Category: Defence Policy
Following the announcement in last week's Queen's Speech that the government will hold an Integrated Security, Defence and Foreign Policy Review, the SDSR 2020 'phoney war' has begun, and Dominic Cummings' expected involvement is already having an effect. ...
In his recent annual Chief of the Defence Staff lecture at the Royal United Services Institute in London, General Sir Nick Carter outlined the most critical challenges ahead for Defence and how they should be met. ...
Conservative and Labour governments over the last seventy years have remained broadly aligned on issues of defence and security. However, that may be about to change if Jeremy Corbyn wins the election and becomes prime minister on 13th December 2019. ...
Both the Conservative and Labour parties are now committed to an SDSR if they win the next general election. As a result, the single services have already starting positioning themselves to get the most out of the review. ...