War analysis forged in the heat of battle
The CHACR's Head of Conflict Research, Professor Andrew Stewart, casts a critical eye over The Ukrainian Army: A Military History 1991-2025 and War in...
Heavy metal a must for British Army’s ‘playlist’
"Ukraine has validated that armoured forces are indispensable, whilst revealing how their employment must adapt: the tank is not dead but its tactical role...
NATO needs an investment in accountability
"NATO should reinvest in the perennial currency of deterrence: accountability. As Goethe observed: 'Knowing is not enough; we must apply.' ... In the great...
Frozen footsteps worthy of retracing
”... explains how the conditions have been set for a potentially violent near future. After years spent plotting theoretical battles in the High North,...
Damning evidence of the gathering storm
"What flies off the page throughout the book is the author’s access to people that matter. The extensive footnotes are testament to this. First-hand...
Voluntary recruitment: Lessons from Ukraine
"Ukraine continues to implement qualitative reforms in its military and to involve motivated civilians in national defence. The country's experience has set a number...
Iran – so what?
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President Donald Trump has made it clear, in both his business life and...
To have or have not? The UK’s nuclear option
"The nuclear question is an exceedingly difficult one for the UK; all courses of action offer murky advantages riddled with threatening pitfalls and long-term...
Boxing clever? The gloves are off
"Britain joined the German-Dutch Boxer programme in 1996... Welding of the first ‘British Boxer’ vehicles in Telford started in 2023, but the first vehicles...
Divining lessons for the divisional fighter
"Exercise Warfighter continues to offer a useful and operationally relevant platform for analysis. It does not feel too much of a stretch to suggest...