Stuart Crawford
Stuart Crawford was a regular officer in the Royal Tank Regiment for twenty years, retiring in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1999. Crawford attended both the British and US staff colleges and undertook a Defence Fellowship at Glasgow University. He now works as a political, defence and security consultant and is a regular commentator on military and defence topics in print, broadcast and online media.
Tensions mount in the Middle East
Does this mean that we are heading inexorably towards an expanded regional war? No, it doesn't, not yet anyway argues Lt Col Stuart Crawford.
Does Hamas assassination bring Middle East to the brink?
Recent events have brought a general regional war closer, but we are not yet at the tipping point argues Lt. Col. Stuart Crawford.
UK ‘not prepared’ to fight ground war in Europe
Britain faces the possibility of being at war in the next five years without the means to wage it argues Lt. Col. Stuart Crawford.
UK ‘may be out of tank game’ within next ten years
The way things are going, the UK may well be out of the MBT game altogether within the next ten years unless the government sharpen up their ideas argues Lt. Col. Stuart Crawford, former tank commander and defence analyst.
Top defence spending priorities for Keir Starmer
Labour must boost the defence budget to 4% of GDP, fix military personnel issues, and reform equipment procurement to reverse the decline in UK defence capabilities, argues Lt. Col. Stuart Crawford.
Farage NATO remarks derail Reform surge
Election Bombshell - Farage's controversial comments on Ukraine threaten Reform Party momentum argues Lt. Col. Stuart Crawford.
Israel shifts military focus north
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signalled that his armed forces will shortly shift focus north to the border with Lebanon.
Scotland should build German Tanks
To quickly address Britain's shortage of tanks, the UK should establish a manufacturing facility in Scotland to produce Leopard 2 tanks argues Lt Col Stuart Crawford.
Challenger 3 – The new tank for The British Army
One hundred and forty eight tanks is laughably small argues Lt Col Stuart Crawford.
Beards in the Army
Historically speaking, having whiskers has never precluded a decent performance in combat argues Lt Col Stuart Crawford.
