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The post-Cold War 'investment holiday' in state-on-state warfare capabilities has left shortfalls on both sides of the Atlantic, and critical questions remain to be resolved about to what extent emerging technology and operations in the grey zone can genuinely take the place of traditional 'heavy metal' systems and conventional warfighting.

The Human Security Centre is alarmed by the apparent decision to reduce the planned fleet of UK Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft from five to three.

The UK House of Commons Defense Committee has today published its report into the termination of the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty, with evidence from the Human Security Centre featuring prominently.

HSC Senior Fellow, Rowan Allport, has had a comment piece looking at the potential impact of the termination of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty published in Foreign Policy magazine.

The House of Commons Defence Committee has published the HSC's evidence to the committee's inquiry into the potential end of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.

An HSC Senior Fellow, Dr Rowan Allport, has had a comment piece published by UK Defence Journal. In it, he gives his analysis of the UK Government's recently published Modernising Defence Programme report - a document intended to point the way ahead for UK defence policy.

An HSC Senior Fellow, Dr Rowan Allport, has had a comment piece published by DefenseOne. In it, he provides an overview of the HSC's recently published report 'Fire and Ice: A New Maritime Strategy for NATO's Northern Flank'.

The Human Security Centre (HSC) has today published ‘Fire and Ice - A New Maritime Strategy for NATO's Northern Flank’. The paper discusses the current challenge posed by Russia, and the options NATO has for countering it in the Atlantic and northern realms.

The House of Commons Defence Sub-committee has published ‘On Thin Ice: UK Defence in the Arctic’, which outlines the conclusions of its inquiry into defence in the Arctic.

The Human Security Centre (HSC) has today published its briefing on the UK Government’s Modernising Defence Programme (MDP). The MDP is designed to set out the future direction of Britain’s approach to defence strategy.