The occasional papers of the Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research.
Ares & Athena – Issue 27 – Coup d’oeil or coup d’AI?
"At the heart of good generalship sits professional competence in the battlespace. In this respect, in force development circles in the UK and, widely,...
Ares & Athena – Issue 26 – Fundamental military formation
"The existence of the military formation (‘Corps’, ‘Division’, ‘Brigade’) as a concept, and, by extension, the options for their utility, has been taken as...
Ares & Athena – Issue 25 – Human fundamentals of organisational design
“How do the human and social dynamics of a unit, or headquarters, change if the humans increasingly have less to do with each other...
Ares & Athena – Issue 24 – Agile procurement
“We need to ensure we have a common understanding about our priorities in order to present a consistent narrative around why adapting our procurement...
Ares & Athena – Issue 23
“It is easy to observe that having regular trained soldiers based in London delivering public duties isn’t a particularly cost effective use of our...
Ares & Athena – Issue 22
“As we dwell on Putin, Ukraine, and the hasty thinking that generated the reaction in the CHACR that has resulted in this publication, one...
Ares & Athena – Issue 21
Thinking about thinking - the power of the conceptual component
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Ares & Athena – Issue 20
"Politics and political leadership will change, public perceptions will ebb and flow, Army leadership will change, world events will evolve and erupt, but our...
Ares & Athena – Issue 19
"Although it would be folly to not remain conscious and cognisant of the other threats and challenges that currently exist globally and those that...
Ares & Athena – Issue 17
“Don’t mention the war!” shouts a panicking Basil Fawlty in one of the best-known episodes of Fawlty Towers. Clearly in the 1970s, 30 years...