‘We do disagreeable things,” says Control in John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, “so that ordinary people here and elsewhere can sleep safely in their beds at night.” In their struggle

The battle of Fallujah is told by accounts from journalists, soldiers and civilians.

This report examines the serious challenges remote warfare poses to the protection of civilians in modern conflict and outlines how these issues can be resolved.

This report makes the case for introducing some form of external oversight of UKSF, and examines allied experiences of legislative scrutiny. It then outlines two different models of parliamentary...

This report on the roll out of the UK’s new Fusion Doctrine in Africa is the first independent assessment of the Doctrine’s potential to tackle instability on the continent.

This report is a first attempt to evaluate the gaps between contemporary strategies and activities in Iraq, Syria and Libya.

The Sustainable Security Index is an exciting new project by Oxford Research Group (ORG). The Index measures security more holistically than it has been measured in the past. It is the first global...

Remote Control’s latest report tracks the UK’s secretive but growing military commitments abroad by analysing the rise in the use of drones for targeted killing, the use of Special Forces, and the...

Following the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, large scale deployments of British troops on combat missions seem unlikely until national memories are healed and budgets are rebalanced. In today’s...

This report makes the case for introducing some form of external oversight of UKSF, and examines allied experiences of legislative scrutiny. It then outlines two different models of parliamentary...