security
Mutual militarisation: the budget and NATO spending
Following the £11bn commitment to military spending in the Spring Budget, we asked Campaign Against Arms Trade's Sam Perlo-Freeman for his take on the mutual militarisation fuelled by Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine.
Warrior Nation: The War Racket: reflections & predictions
March 2023
March 30, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 10
Warrior Nation: War & police: linking the cops & the military
March 2023
March 15, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 9
Warrior Nation: A material world: think-tank funding and defending the status quo
March 2023
March 02, 2023 SEASON 4 EPISODE 8
Thinking through ‘Lethal Aid’
With Britain, the U.S and other NATO countries sending weapons to Ukraine following Russia's brutal invasion we took a step back to analyse the implications of lethal aid.
Location vs Doctrine: hybrid warfare and the grey zone
The Russian invasion of Ukraine demonstrates the violence of kinetic warfare but it has also highlighted the West's longer term view of Vladimir Putin as an adversary who operates in the so-called grey-zone between peace and all-out conflict.
Soldiers of the Future?
The British Army calls the Future Soldier programme its most “radical transformation in two decades”. We take a look at key documents announcing the plans and ask crucial questions of the proposals.
Britain’s dystopian (and less accountable) military future
With more troops being placed beyond scrutiny, and army units reportedly deployed to stop refugee flows across the Polish border and English Channel, the UK military is becoming even less accountable to democratic institutions.
Beyond Emissions: the military and climate change
The military has a role to play in reducing emissions and environmental degradation but we should beware securitising, and militarising, the response to the climate crisis.
The Integrated Review: enmeshing and strengthening the military
The government’s new defence and foreign policy review prioritises military thinking and interests at the expense of other international approaches and vital human security goals. Here we look at some of the Review's key elements and the implications of this new vision.