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 Forces and Society’s Biennial Conference 13-15 October 2023. She will be chairing a panel on Institutionalising Capability: Attempts to Effect Lasting Change. She will also be presenting a paper entitled ‘Fit for Purpose? Improving the Quality of Defence and Security Education in Brazil’. The link […]
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.
Article ‘On Governance’ now available in Spanish
In 2020, Laura Cleary was commissioned to write a short article ‘On Governance’ to support the FBA’s Hybrid Course on Security Sector Reform. That article has now been translated into Spanish to support the FBA’s work in Latin America.
RISING Global Peace Forum, 10 – 12 November 2021
Laura Cleary and Roger Darby spoke at the RISING Global Peace Forum at Coventry Cathedral on 11 November 2021. They addressed the need for leadership in the management of security, and in so doing highlighted key considerations for those who seek to reform the governance and management of the security sector.
Managing Security: Concepts and Challenges now in print
Laura Cleary and Roger Darby are pleased to announce that Managing Security: Concepts and Challenges was published on 29 November 2021. This edited volume is designed to be used by those tackling the complex and challenging issues of security sector reform (SSR). Written by practitioners for practitioners, the book provides readers with a framework with […]
Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society
15-17 October 2021 Laura Cleary Chaired a panel entitled ‘Altruism, Ambition and Absorptive Capacity: Matching Security Cooperation to Partner Nation Requirements’ at the IUS conference in October. She was joined on the panel by colleagues from the Institute for Defence Analyses and by former colleagues from Cranfield University. Laura’s paper, ‘From Abstract to Actual: The Concepts and […]
Managing Security: Concepts and Challenges
Laura Cleary and Roger Darby are delighted to announce that Managing Security: Concepts and Challenges will be published by Routledge in November 2021. This edited volume is designed to be used by those tackling the complex and challenging issues of security sector reform (SSR). The questions of ‘What is security?’ and ‘How can governments deliver […]
Managing the ‘Quality v Quantity Conundrum’ in Force Capability: New horizons, old habits….
Consultant , Oakwood International Security The publication of Global Britain in a Competitive Age: An Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy (16 March 2021) sets forth the Government’s analysis of and agenda for security until 2030. In a series of articles analysts at Oakwood International Security examine key aspects of the Integrated […]
Conceptualising Security
On 16 March 2021 the British Government published its long-awaited Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy. Media coverage of the Review tended to focus on two key objectives: an increase in the nuclear weapons stockpile and the pivot East to the Indo-Pacific region. While both objectives are worthy of attention, they are […]
Global Britain in a Competitive Age Series
The publication of Global Britain in a Competitive Age: An Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy (16 March 2021) sets forth the Government’s analysis of and agenda for security until 2030. In a series of articles analysts at Oakwood International Security examine key aspects of the Integrated Review and the accompanying Defence […]