News, Articles and Comment

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book examining US operations to protect Kuwaiti oil tankers during the Tanker War in the late 1980s.

Ed. The RNSSC author provides an appreciation of the strategic situation in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), and endorses an organic ‘multiplex’ as against a hegemonic ‘multipolar’ order for the region. A 35 minute read.

Ed. The author considers the rapid progress in drone development, and what challenges will need to be overcome towards maintaining defensive capabilities in an increasingly contested battlespace. A 20 minute read.

Ed. As the Chairman observes, another three months of hectic activity on the world stage have flown by. We have been reminded of the awesome power of the US military in action and relearned the importance of husbanding realistic and considered intelligence assessments which will take months, not hours, to assess and really need to remain behind the green baize door.

Ed. The authors survey recent drone developments, theorising an emerging global drone arms race with geostrategic implications. Originally published in Seaways magazine, April 2025. A 15 minute read.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers the second volume in an eventual three-part series exploring the naval aspects of the Iran-Iraq War.

Ed. The author continues his tour d’horizon appreciation of the Ukraine War a third year in [111/2, p. 18 & 112/1, p. 11], providing a window view into the anarchic world of 2025. A 25 minute read.

Ed. “Safe at home, strong abroad” The Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin gave his annual RUSI lecture on 4 December 2024. (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered)

Ed. The author, a visiting fellow of the Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre (RNSSC) and Director of the Centre for Underwater Acoustic Analysis (CUAA), proposes that any future UK grand strategy must be founded on economic intelligence and the knowledge that Britain’s financial and economic power is fundamentally maritime. A 10 minute read.