Defence With A "C"

Right, time to sit down and ponder again for a bit. Today's post revolves around an ongoing debate that's come up at places like Th...

The period from around 2003 till the present - at least in terms of UK defence - has been dominated by the so called "COIN Wars" ...

This morning I received an e-mail with a little link in it to YouTube. The link took me to what is quite possibly one of the best pieces of...

Is it really October already? Blimey. 2014 approaches. As for me personally I've been quiet busy again, as I'm sure most of you...

So finally I have the chance to sit down and write this! The idea came to me a while back while brushing up on the Battle of Jutland, s...

I know, I know. I said something was coming and it isn't here yet. Such is the joy of blogging in your spare time, namely that if your ...

Of sorts. So with the Syria situation bubbling on the back burner as Assad and Putin try to come up with a plan that will leave Assad in po...

Aside from all the Syria news as usual, two interesting bits cropped up on twitter today. One is that the Royal Marines are happily blowing ...

So the vote is done and now the party political battles begin.  What's that you say? National interest? Obligations to the Internat...

As a follow up to my post on Syria I thought this might be worth posting, summarising some important points. It was originally a comment I ...