Russian aggression requires NATO to prepare its medical services now – using implementation science and Ukrainian experience to expand its workforce and build modular, scalable care.
Joint exercises assume crises arrive singly, are recognisable and end on schedule. Compounded crises break all three, and readiness reporting cannot detect it.
The UK's new information defence centre targets hostile states. A national open-source intelligence centre is needed to set standards and coordinate analysis across government.
Russian reliance on amateur saboteurs enables an escalating campaign across NATO but creates a less-visible risk of unintended escalation by operational dysfunction.
Volcanic island Jan Mayen is becoming a key NATO asset in the High North, sharpening tensions with Russia and reshaping Norway’s Arctic security posture.
A whole of system approach to health and human fitness, responsive to the varying demands of military personnel, would improve force readiness across the UK’s services.
Devolved nations and regions can pursue foreign relations with other states, utilising their unique histories, cultures and geopolitics to gain strategic advantage.
