Informed by Winston Churchill's famous metaphor, successive British governments have
shaped their foreign policy thinking around the belief that Britain's overseas interests lie in …

This book examines the digital explosion that has ripped across the battlefield, weaponizing
our attention and making everyone a participant in wars without end." Smart" devices, apps …

This new edition of Frank Ledwidge's eye-opening analysis of British involvement in Iraq
and Afghanistan unpicks the causes and enormous costs of military failure. Updated …

Over the past decade, the UK has experienced major policy and policy making change. This
text examines this shifting political and policy landscape while also highlighting the features …

In recent commentaries on British foreign policy, the New Labour and coalition governments
have been criticized for lacking strategic thinking. Academics describe a 'strategy gap'and …

This paper re-examines the theoretical underpinnings of Strategic Studies, proposing a
novel theory and a new framework for analysing war's fundamental relationship with politics …

The international system is returning to multipolarity—a situation of multiple Great Powers—
drawing the post-Cold War 'unipolar moment'of comprehensive US political, economic and …

British strategy-making has been subject to a sustained critique in recent years, from
parliamentarians, retired members of the armed forces and scholars of strategic studies. This …

Drawing primarily on the experience of the UK since 2001, this article examines the
increasing prevalence of risk as an organizing concept for western defence and security …

What do UK policymakers mean when they say that Britain's strategic environment is
returning to “multipolarity”? In realist international theory, polarity is a specific causal …