In January 2017, the U.S. National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends report acknowledged steady urbanisation and human migration to cities as an emerging security challenge. In 2018, the House Armed Services…

Streamlining the decision-making processes in joint-EU armaments projects has been a critical challenge in the integration of EU defence industrial policy. So far, despite the promulgation of the Common Position…

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) agents present an extremely challenging Operational Environment (OE) for current and future commanders overseeing joint land operations. Besides traditional chemical agents, ground troops will likely…

On October 24 2019, the chiefs of staff of the armies of Germany and the United States agreed to sign the so-called ‘Strategic Vision Statement’. In this statement, Lt. Gen.…

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones, are widely used by armies for missions such as search and rescue, but up to now only, independently operated aircraft have been used. In…