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The public sector has a major staffing crisis - why has it got so bad and what can be done?

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March 2023

The Ukraine War and the energy market

Mar 29

Loud thunder but few raindrops Chinese proverb This proverb was used by Sergey Radchenko to describe the result of the much heralded Putin-Xi…

Lawrence Freedman

Mar 26

How the Illegal Migration Bill Undermines Sunak’s Election Strategy

Mar 24

Applying the Chicago Tests

Lawrence Freedman

Mar 20

The big policy flaw in the budget

Mar 18

The challenge of defence reviews in the UK has always been to align capabilities with commitments. Until 1990 this normally meant cutting back on…

Lawrence Freedman

Mar 14

The decision taken last week to further delay HS2 and several other major infrastructure projects is a dismal illustration of a fundamental flaw at the…

Mar 12

Why the talk about kinetic and non-kinetic warfare?

Lawrence Freedman

Mar 9

Before they were rivals: the two frontrunners for the Republican nomination Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump campaigning together in 2019 The best…

Mar 6

Labour's route to a majority

Mar 1

February 2023

A woman mourns at the cemetery in Irpin, Ukraine, on the first anniversary of the war A natural part of the commentary surrounding the first anniversary…

Lawrence Freedman

Feb 26

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