| Description |
1 online resource (approximately 15 pages) |
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RUSI Whitehall report, 1750-9432 ; 2-20 |
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RUSI Whitehall report ; 2-20 1750-9432
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| Summary |
The lasting consequences of the pandemic remain highly unpredictable, but are likely to include new debates on public spending priorities in the UK and elsewhere, new geopolitical alignments between major powers, exacerbated developmental challenges in countries worst hit by the crisis and (potentially) a further strengthening of nationalist political forces. The review should rethink the criteria used to make decisions on whether to intervene militarily in crises overseas, learning lessons from the strategic failures in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. The Joint Force 2030, which should be a major outcome of the review, should be markedly different from the current Joint Force 2025 plan. In order to create the headroom to accelerate required modernisation, the MoD will need to dis-invest in 'sunset capabilities'. The MoD should also optimise its ground forces (British Army and Royal Marines) for responding rapidly to hybrid and limited threats across Europe's periphery, drawing down those forces that are designed primarily for holding a segment of NATO's fully mobilised front line. This could allow substantial savings in personnel costs and related investments, releasing significant resources for modernisation elsewhere. It will require moving towards a different division of labour with the UK's main NATO European Allies |
| Notes |
"March 2020." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (RUSI, viewed April 18, 2020) |
| Subject |
Military planning -- Great Britain
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National security -- Great Britain
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Military planning.
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National security.
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Great Britain.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jessett, Will, author
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Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, publisher.
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