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 […]
Doctrinal Change and Military Reform at the KCL
Professor Cleary was pleased to chair a panel on Doctrinal Change and Military Reform at the KCL Doctoral Workshop on Military Innovation and Defence Reform on 5 May 2023. This is the link to KCL’s press release on the event:
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.
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 […]
Faculty Lounge, Spotify podcast.
Laura Cleary joined Matt DeSantis in conversation on From the Swamp to the Swamp on 18 March 2021. They had a wide ranging conversation about international defence and security.
BBC World Business News Report
On 16 March 2021 the UK Government published its long awaited Integrated Security, Defence and Foreign Policy Review. Professor Laura Cleary addressed some of the key aspects of the Review in her appearance on the BBC’s World Business Report. You can listen to that interview here: