Author Archives: Rowan Allport
Dr Rowan Allport is a Deputy Director who leads the HSC's Security and Defence team. Rowan holds a PhD in Political Science and an MA in Conflict, Governance and Development from the University of York, as well as a BA (Hons) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Hull. Specialising in strategic analysis and international security, Rowan's primary areas of interest lie in the defence issues in and around the NATO region, interstate conflict and US foreign policy discourse. He is also the lead author of HSC's recent ‘Fire and Ice: A New Maritime Strategy for NATO’s Northern Flank’ report. Rowan's publication credits include articles and commentary in The Diplomat, The Hill, DefenseOne, RealClearDefense, The Strategist, UK Defence Journal, Politics.co.uk and The National Interest. He has previously worked as a lobbyist for the Whitehouse Consultancy in Westminster, and as a Senior Analyst for RAND Europe's Security, Defence and Infrastructure team.
Rowan Allport
March 15, 2016
Asia and Pacific, Latest Articles, Security and Defence
Japan is embracing a role in the security order of South East Asia that it has long denied itself. Whilst it will never take over the role of the US in ensuring regional stability, the country is currently in the process of positioning itself as a leader in the drive to contain Beijing’s ambitions.
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Rowan Allport
December 28, 2015
Cultural Heritage under Threat, Latest Articles, Security and Defence
While a significant number of details are still to be clarified, the path laid out by SDSR 2015 should be able to begin to restore the UK’s hard-power capabilities and standing. Although Britain may not quite be back, it is back from the brink.
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Rowan Allport
September 16, 2015
Latest Articles, Security and Defence
Preparation for what is looking increasingly likely to be a period of enhanced tension lasting years or decades is now well under way across the Western alliance. Paradoxically, the diverse nature of NATO may be one of its greatest strengths in meeting the renewed Russian challenge.
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Rowan Allport
July 29, 2015
Latest Articles, Security and Defence
There is little prospect of soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army splashing ashore along the Taiwanese coast in the immediate future. But the perceived need in Beijing to reclaim the island as part of China’s return to great power status means that the risk of conflict is likely to grow in the years ahead.
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Rowan Allport
June 2, 2015
Iraq and Syria, Latest Articles, Security and Defence
Last year’s rout of the Iraqi Army in the northern city of Mosul by ISIS represented the nadir of the post-2003 Iraqi state. But if the country’s long-term prospects have brightened noticeably since the dark summer of 2014, its path to that future is still filled with uncertainty.
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Rowan Allport
April 7, 2015
Latest Articles, Security and Defence
All the money, good governance and reforms in the world will come to little if Ukraine is dismembered by Russia and its allies in the east of the country.
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Rowan Allport
February 24, 2015
Latest Articles, Security and Defence
Last month saw the Pentagon announce that it was moving away from its controversial Air-Sea Battle (ASB) programme, declaring instead that it would be absorbed into a new – and somewhat amorphous sounding – model, to be known as the “Joint Concept for Access and Maneuver in the Global Commons” (JAM-GC).
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Rowan Allport
January 6, 2015
Latest Articles, Security and Defence
We will witness a battle between a Congress that desires to restore a proactive approach to US foreign affairs and an administration that seeks to continue to limp down the path to the finish line of the next presidential inauguration. It could be a long two years.
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Rowan Allport
November 11, 2014
Latest Articles, Security and Defence
Decades of national economic mismanagement have combined with a lingering mistrust of the military by both the public and political class to leave the Argentine Armed Forces underfunded, underequipped and unready for war. It seems likely the country’s military will have to come to terms with the fact that their fall from grace is a permanent arrangement.
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Rowan Allport
October 21, 2014
Iraq and Syria, Middle East and North Africa, Security and Defence
The commencement of air strikes against the assets of ISIS in Syria last month marked the opening of the US-led coalition’s second front against the extremist group. But behind the immediate campaign to counter the terror organisation, the question regarding what to do about the Assad regime – a government responsible for far more deaths than the toll inflicted by ISIS – looms large.
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