British Defence reviews – a handy guide for the staff officer

British Defence reviews – a handy guide for the staff officer

04 Dec 23
Posted by: Lt Cdr Andrew Ward RN
13 minutes, 47 seconds read
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The author, a Hudson Fellow at Oxford, answers the Chairman’s call from NR 111/4 to engage with the defence review process, contextualizing here over 70 years of history and lighting the way for the debate on Integrated Review 2025 looming ahead. A 15 minute read.

Until I arrived at Shrivenham for the Intermediate Command and Staff Course, my only experience of defence reviews was my commanding officer reading the 2015 official communique at a clear lower deck. At staff college, defence reviews form the backdrop to much of the curriculum. Defence reviews are essential chapter demarcations in the recent history of the Royal Navy, and therefore a topic we should all be familiar with before being confronted with the study of strategy-making in Defence. The aim of this article is to provide the budding staff officer with an understanding of historical defen…

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