“Quiz question. In light of two NATO nations invoking Article 4 meetings in the space of just nine days during September of this year, and noting that only seven such requests had previously been made in the entirety of the Alliance’s 75-plus year history, how deep does one’s head currently need to be buried in the sand to dismiss out of hand the prospect of a wider war involving Russia? Admittedly, this is perhaps not the most taxing of challenges to pose to a readership heavily invested in the security of our nation and that of our near neighbours and international allies, so any responses along the theme of ‘do not attempt, there’s no desert dune big enough’ will satisfy this examiner. A far less straightforward question to tackle was that asked to this publication’s editorial team by CHACR’s Management Board at the start of the summer – “what do the Russians think of the British Army?”. Responding with a definitive answer has been difficult for many reasons, not least because Kremlin insiders willing to share notes on what they really know and think about the British Army are in incredibly short supply; nevertheless our ‘revision’ was thorough and canvassed a cast of prominent Russologists.” – Andrew Simms, editor of The British Army Review.

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