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The House of Commons Defence Committee has published the HSC's evidence to the committee's inquiry into Aviation Procurement across the UK Armed Forces. The inquiry comes in the wake of last year's publication of the UK Government's Integrated Review and Defence Command Paper.

HSC Deputy Director Dr Rowan Allport has offered his views on the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine to CNN and radio host Michael Smerconish on his SiriusXM programme.

The UK House of Commons Defence Committee has released its report, 'We're going to need a bigger Navy', within which it has repeatedly cited evidence submitted by the HSC's security and defence team.

3 November, 2021 Event II: To the Ends of the Earth and Beyond: Space and Polar Medicine – 18:00 UK time (GMT), 9 November 2021 Tickets available here University College London and the Human Security Centre are teaming up to present an online ...

17 August, 2021 HSC Deputy Director Dr Rowan Allport has had a comment piece on Taiwan’s approach to deterrence published in The Diplomat. In it, he examines how the Taipei government is developing a capability via both its domestic industry ...

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.