In the early 1970s, the West was at a crossroads. The combination of a less reliable United States, global oil crisis, détente, and rising new powers all shook the foundations of the post-1945 orde...

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Britain’s strategic defence and security reviews are regularly characterised as failures. This article presents original empirical data from UK policymakers and...

William Reynolds looks at the UK's Defence Investment Plan and argues that the resources outlined match neither the commitments of the Strategic Defence Review nor the urgency of the challenges we fac...

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Here are the key questions that should be asked when assessing the much-delayed plan.

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The expanded 1.6million sqft site is designed to be part of the Japanese firm's global network of medicine factories

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These are dark times for progressive foreign policy. We are moving towards an illiberal world order. In this climate, how can the UK advance progressive foreign policy goals?  Many UK policymake...

This chapter engages with the roles the domestic spheres inhabit during low-intensity maritime conflicts. During such conflicts, analysts often focus upon the

By the 1970s, Japan had become a key player in international relations. Less than two decades after the 1952 San Francisco Peace Treaty, and the formal end of the Second World War and Japanese occu...

Based on a distinguished 35-year career in the RAF as an Air Commodore, Andrew R. Curtis highlights what is wrong with the way defence is managed today, and pre…

The UK-India strategic partnership has taken another major step forward with the formal launch of Defence Partnership – India (DP-I) and the signing of several defence agreements at Aero India 2025.

Armed forces personnel will have access to the latest space-based imagery for military operations, following a deal signed for a new satellite system, named Oberon.

Defence Minister Maria Eagle outlined recent developments in the Future Combat Air System, the multi-national project to deliver the UK's next-generation fighter aircraft.

“Broken” and “hollowed out” was then-Labour Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey’s characterization of British defense in the spring of 2024.

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New order would provide boost to production for BAE Systems

Main manufacturing phase now contracted ensuring Republic of Korea Air Force receives first Meteor missiles for initial KF-21 in-service date.

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The aircraft’s official out-of-service date is 2040, but Air Chief Marshal Sir Rich Knighton wants it gone far sooner.

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Defence Secretary John Healey announced the move in parliament on Wednesday, saying it would save up to half a billion pounds over the next five years.