A Good Question: What should the guiding considerations of a British Defence Review be?

A Good Question: What should the guiding considerations of a British Defence Review be?

25 Oct 24
Posted by: Dr Mark Bailey
15 minutes, 11 seconds read
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The author takes aim at the lackadaisical MoD approach to the current Strategic Defence Review (SDR), observing that, in comparison to the Australian approach, the British ‘aims’ methodology lacks focus and is unserious about the reality of current threats. A 15 minute read.

The British Strategic Defence Review (SDR) offers a chance to conduct a comparative analysis of two things. The first is to compare the process and outcome of this review with its widely lauded Australian predecessor of April 2023. The second is to compare the capabilities and approaches of academic and military commentators. This initial brief paper looks at both, acknowledging that the example of academic commentary used is an early piece. It was this early academic commentary which provided the question that forms the heading. On 28 August 2024 the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) publishe…

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