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The Government’s Defence Review: An Incomplete Picture

The Ministry of Defence’s long-awaited Modernising Defence Programme was released this week. The report appears to reinforce the government’s shifting strategic focus towards countering state-based threats, despite the fact that remote warfare is likely to dominate British military engagement in the foreseeable future. Read more
2018: Passing the Buck

2018 has been a quieter year than many expected from the high tensions at the end of 2017. Yet the underlying drivers of global conflict have continued to increase. Read more
ORG Explains #8: UK Food Security and Climate Change

This primer explains the current situation concerning the United Kingdom’s food supply and how this is likely to change in the medium and long term as a result of climate change. Read more
Iraq After Islamic State: Divided We Stand?

This briefing examines how choices made throughout the anti-IS campaign have contributed to several of the factors that are currently destabilising the Iraqi security sector. Read more

Breaking the cycle of violence

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Iraq Unravelling? An Interview with Emma Sky

Former advisor to the US military in Iraq, Emma Sky, discusses the challenges currently facing the country.

Call for Papers: Conceptualising Remote Warfare: The Past, Present and Future

The Remote Warfare Programme invite proposals for papers for an event on the key themes of remote warfare to be held at the University of Kent in March 2019.

Westminster Round Up | December 2018

In the 12 days of December that parliament sat, the long-awaited release of the Modernising Defence Programme could and should have been the big news. Instead it was released two days before the Christmas recess began and it was deemed underwhelming by MPs and analysts alike.

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Emily Knowles presents at Peace Research Institute Oslo Event

RWP Director Emily Knowles delivered a presentation at the Litteraturhuset in Oslo aimed at improving Norwegian approaches to security force assistance. Read more
Abigail Watson attends NATO workshop

Remote Warfare Programme's senior research officer, Abigail Watson, recently attended NATO's Centre of Excellence for Security Force Assistance workshop and joined the discussion, speaking to her research in this area. Read more
Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen in War is Boring

Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen has recently published an article on War is Boring, discussing news stories of US trained Cameroonian forces committing human rights abuses. Read more