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Running Out of People
The public sector has a major staffing crisis - why has it got so bad and what can be done?
Sam Freedman
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March 2023
False Expectations
The Ukraine War and the energy market
Nick Butler
Mar 29
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Still Bakhmut
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
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Collision Course
How the Illegal Migration Bill Undermines Sunak’s Election Strategy
Sam Freedman
Mar 24
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Blair's decision to support Bush's War
Applying the Chicago Tests
Lawrence Freedman
Mar 20
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Ordeals and the Empathy Gap
The big policy flaw in the budget
Sam Freedman
Mar 18
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Capabilities and Commitments: The Integrated Review and AUKUS
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
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Defeating Treasury Brain
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…
Sam Freedman
Mar 12
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The Language of War
Why the talk about kinetic and non-kinetic warfare?
Lawrence Freedman
Mar 9
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Is US support to Ukraine at risk from the Republicans?
Before they were rivals: the two frontrunners for the Republican nomination Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump campaigning together in 2019 The best…
Kori Schake
Mar 6
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Reassurance With a Purpose
Labour's route to a majority
Sam Freedman
Mar 1
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February 2023
One Step at a Time: The Stages of War
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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