RECLAIMING THE ART OF BRITISH STRATEGIC THINKING

In his December RUSI address, the Chief of Defence Staff urged the re-examination of the UK's understanding of the strategic environment, the development of strategic thinkers within British institutions, and a sharper focus on strategic imperatives. This article continues the clarion call for the crafting of a new strategic 'grammar' across both military and civilian structures, in an attempt to reinvigorate the lessons of the great classical strategists.