Professor Simon Harwood, Strategy and Technology Director at Leonardo UK, argues that closer collaboration between primes and scale-ups is key to turning UK innovation into deployable defence capability.
A first-hand look inside Ukraine’s drone factories reveals how rapid iteration, frontline feedback and low-cost systems are reshaping the defence industry.
UK involvement in a Taiwan conflict may be more likely than assumed, driven by alliances, basing and economic exposure despite political and legal constraints, argues Rowan Allport.
Drawing on defence and policy experience, Glyn Lowen argues the liberal order is shifting towards smaller, trust-based alliances.
Former diplomat Greg Quinn argues recent US rhetoric and policy raise serious questions about the future of the UK–US special relationship.
Donald Trump calling British aircraft carriers toys is not especially surprising in itself, he has said similar things about allies before and usually ties it back to defence spending or what he sees as weakness that week.
These handovers happen regularly, with ships rotating as deployments change, what stands out here is the pressure behind it.
Recent tensions over Iran risk damaging the UK–US ‘special relationship’, and responsibility lies with Washington rather than London, argues former British diplomat Greg Quinn OBE.
Western forces have concentrated airborne surveillance capability in a small number of high-end platforms, a more distributed model may now be required argues Justin Hedges of Prevail Partners.
Steve Barclay MP, former Cabinet minister and MP for North East Cambridgeshire, argues that expanding UK reserves offers one of the most cost-effective ways to strengthen national defence and access specialist skills.
