We serve so that you can lead

Our mission is to enable the development of more secure and resilient societies through the provision of high-quality analysis, research, education and consultancy.

We help the security sector create meaningful and lasting reform

With in depth expertise we understand the environment our clients operate in, frame their requirement, and structure an appropriate response. Affecting institutional change within a security sector is relatively easy, however encouraging and supporting the behavioural change necessary for meaningful and lasting reform is a much greater challenge.

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Research & Analysis

In a global security environment that is regularly described as complex, volatile and uncertain, it is important to try to make sense of what we can. At Oakwood we engage in research as much for our clients’ benefit as our own.

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Education Design

In designing any curriculum that is in support of security sector transformation, it is necessary to understand the context (political, economic, cultural and organisational) in which the prospective student is operating.

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Consultancy

Our consultancy services can draw upon combined decades of experience in a variety areas, including the following:

Security
Intelligence
Resilience
Strategic Analysis and Planning

Oakwood International Security stands with Ukraine. All of our associates, at one time or another, have been engaged in the delivery of education and training to support Ukraine’s reform process. We have worked with the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defence, the Border Guards, the Police, the NSDC, regional administrators, members of Parliament, and civil society. We have seen first hand their patriotism, their determination, and their resilience. The world may be surprised by the tenacity of Ukrainians as they seek to defend their homeland, and by extension our security, but we are not. Ukraine must prevail, but it needs the international community’s support to do so. That means supporting Ukraine diplomatically, economically, socially, and militarily. Ukraine needs our assistance now, and it will need it in the future as it and its people seek to recover from this unwarranted assault on their freedom.

What People Say About Us

Client Testimonials

As the Academic Director for Cranfield University’s Managing Defence in the Wider Security Context (MDWSC) course, Professor Laura Cleary has been at the centre of its academic rigour, development and delivery. In many ways, this course has broken new ground and her investment in the programme has returned demonstrable strategic dividends. ..

Chief Executive’s CommendationDefence Academy of the United Kingdom

Professor Laura Cleary has served as a consultant / facilitator for a number Defence and Security courses at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College and the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre over the past 16 years. She proficiently led the UK Defence Academy and Cranfield University teams to introduce the Defence...

Major General Emmanuel KotiaGhana Armed Forces

The Latest

News and Updates

The Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society’s Biennial Conference 13-15 October 2023.

Professor Cleary will be attending the Inter-University Seminar on Armed

October 16, 2023

Doctrinal Change and Military Reform at the KCL

Professor Cleary was pleased to chair a panel on Doctrinal

October 16, 2023

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Latest Work

Ukraine: Playing Field, Pawn or Prize?

Ukraine matters. The choices it makes and events that unfold are relevant to the security of Europe, whether that security is considered in a holistic sense or parcel it out into its political, economic, social, legal and military dimensions.

February 4, 2022

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