What does the 2026 Budget mean for defence and international affairs? Alyson Kierans, Dods Political Consultant for Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Trade & Development, breaks down the decisions, mi…
On 7 September 2026, Kemi Badenoch, the Leader of the Conservative Party, reshuffled her Shadow Cabinet, updating her frontbench to match the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham’s, new Cabinet. Among the appoint…
One of the most significant trends in UK Defence, and within the Ministry of Defence in particular, has been learning the lessons from Ukraine. Ukraine’s new Commander-in-Chief, Major General Mykhailo Dra…
The Defence Investment Plan (DIP), published following the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) of 2 June 2025, is the Government’s first detailed defence investment strategy since the Ministry of DefenceR…
The 2026 Munich Security Conference took place in the aftermath of an all-European Defence Ministers’ meeting, the revocation of Greenland-focused US tariffs, and political upheaval in the UK due to the Mande…
During the 2024 General Election campaign, the Labour Party pledged in their manifesto to “launch a Strategic Defence Review to assess the threats we face, and the capabilities needed to address them.”…
During the 2025 Munich Security Conference, the US delegation distributed a questionnaire to European delegations containing six questions pertaining to a potential peace settlement in Ukraine. It asked questio…
Since November 5th, 2024, Donald Trump’s second US Presidential term has been at the forefront of the minds of politicians and policymakers, especially those in Europe. President Joe Biden and many Europe…
