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Chief of the Air Staff's Air & Space Power Debate 2020
Ali Morton is a military officer who attended the MStrat in 2019/20. The link below shows her demonstrating some of the knowledge she gained during her time at the Strategy and Security Institute on our proven academic and practitioner mixed-approach education. The Chief of the Air Staff’s Air and Space Power Debate took place in September 2020 and covered a wide range of subjects ranging from, the RAF’s role in defending the UK, to the importance of innovation and a diverse workforce.
Knightley Papers: 2020 Edition
The Strategy and Security Institute (SSI) at the University of Exeter delivers a unique MA in applied security strategy (the MStrat). Our proven academic/practitioner experiential learning model creates a stimulating environment in which to learn and hone the skills required in any profession where the creation and implementation of strategy (not simply its study) is needed to provide a competitive ‘edge’.
New publication by Dr Sergio Catignani and Dr Victoria M Basham titled, “Reproducing the military and heteropatriarchal normal: Army Reserve service as serious leisure” recently published in the Security Dialogue journal.
New publication by Dr Sergio Catignani and Dr Victoria M Basham titled, “Reproducing the military and heteropatriarchal normal: Army Reserve service as serious leisure” recently published in the Security Dialogue journal.
A Changing Climate - Exploring the implications of climate change for UK defence and security
by Kate Cox, Anna Knack, Martin Robson, Neil Adger, Pauline Paille, Jon Freeman, James Black, Ruth Harris
Revenge of the Forever Wars
The US can't reform its domestic policing without first liberating itself from its own foreign policy.
Dangerous Knowledge? by Gareth Whysall British Army Visiting Scholar
Gareth Whysall British Army Visiting Scholar
A coming bio-tech revolution in warfare by Gareth Whysall - British Army visiting scholar
by Gareth Whysall - British Army visiting scholar
Article by Sophie McCormack (MStrat Alumni) UK Political Understanding of the Term ‘Nuclear Deterrence’: Addressing a Deficiency 55 Sophie McCormack
UK Political Understanding of the Term ‘Nuclear Deterrence’: Addressing a Deficiency 55 Sophie McCormack
Tipping Point: Britain, Brexit and Security in the 2020s by Professor Michael Clarke and Helen Ramscar
Tipping Point: Britain, Brexit and Security in the 2020s by Professor Michael Clarke and Helen Ramscar
Justin Featherstone & William Harvey - Flexing organisational values to enable effective leadership decision-making in the British Army
Justin Featherstone & William Harvey - Flexing organisational values to enable effective leadership decision-making in the British Army
My Grand Challenge Experience
by Meriam Meddeb (Chevening Scholar), MA Applied Security Strategy
Squadron Leader Daniel Lydiate (MStrat Alumni)
Squadron Leader Daniel Lydiate (MStrat Alumni) – Publication of Dissertation in Air Power Review
Creative Methods in Military Studies workshop at the University of Newcastle
Dr Sergio Catignani, Senior Lecturer in International Security and Strategy at the University of Exeter, participated in the Creative Methods in Military Studies workshop at the University of Newcastle.
Future Reserves 2020, the British Army and the politics of military innovation during the Cameron era
SSI’s Dr Sergio Catignani, Senior Lecturer in Security & Strategic Studies, has published together with Dr Patrick Bury, University of Bath, in International Affairs’ May 2019 edition the article titled, “Future Reserves 2020, the British Army and the politics of military innovation during the Cameron era”. The open access article can be downloaded and read for free here: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiz051.
Thinking about Thinking in the Royal Air Force
By Mal Craghill (MStrat Alumni)
War On The Rocks - published 1st March 2019
How Britain’s Ministry of Defence is playing for time (and money) in a dangerous world
Dr David Blagden, Lecturer in International Security and Strategy at the University of Exeter, writes for the Conversation UK.
US signs off missile defence system to Saudi Arabia
By Paola Fratantoni (MStrat Alumni)
The Fox Magazine - published 9th December 2018
Deradicalisation and Disengagement in Somalia: Evidence from a rehabilitation programme for former members of Al-Shabaab
James Khalil, Rory Brown, Chris Chant, Peter Olowo and Nick Wood (MStrat Alumni)
Whitehall Reports, 4 January 2019
Reaction to the Publication of the Modernising Defence Programme – Dr David Blagden, Strategy and Security Institute, University of Exeter
The Ministry of Defence has finally published an outcomes report from its long-awaited Modernising Defence Programme (MDP).
Roleplay an Realpolitik in UK Strategic Posture
Dr David Blagden has published an article in Foreign Policy Analysis on the tensions between social role-performance and national defence in UK strategy: Two visions of Greatness: Roleplay and Realpolitik in UK Strategic Posture.
Professor Jamie Shea Inaugural Lecture 'Making strategy: Alliances and the case of NATO
Date: 28th November 2018, 18:00 - 20:30 hrs
Venue: XFI Building, Henderson Lecture Theatre, Streatham Campus
Jamie Shea to join Friends of Europe as Senior Fellow
Friends of Europe today announced the arrival of outgoing NATO deputy assistant secretary general for emerging security challenges Jamie Shea as a senior fellow, working on the Peace, Security & Defence Programme.
The Exeter Centre for International Law is pleased to announce the publication of ECIL Working Paper 2018/6
"Enemy Controlled Battlespace": The Contemporary Meaning and Purpose of Additional Protocol I's Article 44(3) Exception
NATO expert appointed to the University of Exeter’s Strategy and Security Institute
NATO senior official and international relations and security expert Professor Jamie Shea has joined the staff of the University of Exeter’s Strategy and Security Institute (SSI).
Improvise, adapt and fail to overcome? Capacity building, culture and exogenous change in Sierra Leone - Dr Alex Neads
Military capacity building (MCB) is as problematic as it is ubiquitous, with the British experience in Sierra Leone providing a rare example of ostensible success.
Strategy and Security Institute Celebrates New Partnership in Brazil
The Strategy and Security Institute (SSI) have entered into a new relationship with the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), one of Brazil’s foremost academic institutions
Professor Mike Schmitt receives prestigious award
Professor Mike Schmitt receives prestigious award
Further improvements to recruitment, retention and training of Army Reserve Forces needed
Improvements to the way that Army Reserve Forces are trained and supported are needed if recruitment targets are to be met.
Defence and Uncertainty lecture by Strategy and Security expert
The issues behind unforeseen events like the disorder in the Ukraine to the revolutions of the Arab Spring which caught intelligence organisations off guard, is the subject of a fascinating lecture at the University of Exeter.
Strategy and Security experts address Select Committee over Defence Review
Experts from the University of Exeter will appear before the Defence Select Committee on Tuesday, November 24th to give specialist comment on the new Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR).