Delivering Global Britain
Although one can argue at length about the aims of the Integrated Review and the policies within it, no one can doubt the scope of what it is trying to deliver. The scope is vast and cuts across traditional departmental boundaries, encompasses technology-led change, requires the development of new skills, changes traditional international relationships and […]
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 […]