Essays and Topics
2023
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'MPs' TOOLKIT: HOW TO ASK A WRITTEN PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION'
2022
2021
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'MAXIMUM STOCKPILES AND MINIMUM DETERRENCE' -
'WE MISSED OUR CHANCE AT CONTAINMENT IN AFGHANISTAN YEARS AGO' -
'A BOLD PROPOSAL FOR A THRIVING NORTHERN IRELAND' -
'STRATEGIC TRANSPARENCY?'
2020
2019
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BOOK REVIEW: 'LEADERSHIP IN WAR' BY ANDREW ROBERTS -
'LABOUR'S ALBATROSS RETURNS' -
'DANGER IN THE "GREY ZONE" ' -
'THE DEFENCE SELECT COMMITTEE, 2018–19' -
'THE COUP THAT FAILED' -
'‘HONOUR THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE'
2018
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'WE NEED THREE – TO KEEP US FREE!' -
'THE POLITICS OF BRITAIN'S NUCLEAR ROLE' -
‘THE SALISBURY CHALLENGE’ -
'A TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR NEVILLE BROWN (8 April 1932 – 28 May 2018)' -
OBITUARY: 'PROFESSOR NEVILLE BROWN' (1932 – 2018) -
'THE NEW FOREST AS A TEMPLATE FOR OUR TIMES' -
'DEFENSIVE POSITIONS' -
'STRIKES MUST BE ONE-OFF PUNISHMENT' -
'ARE THE BRITISH ARMED FORCES PREPARED TO MEET ALL POTENTIAL THREATS TO UK NATIONAL SECURITY?' -
'THE DEFENCE SELECT COMMITTEE, 2017–18' -
'KEEPING THE PEACE WITH RUSSIA' -
'THE RELEVANCE OF DETERRENCE'
2017
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BOOK REVIEW: 'SEVASTOPOL'S WARS' BY MUNGO MELVIN -
'TOO LOW A PRIORITY' -
‘CENTENARY TRIBUTE TO LEONARD CHESHIRE’ -
'BACKBENCH PARLIAMENTARY POLITICS' -
'A TRIBUTE TO SALLY ARNOLD' -
'THE DEFENCE SELECT COMMITTEE, 2016–17' -
BOOK REVIEW: 'THE QUEST FOR SPEED' BY MIKE ROUSSEL -
'PRESIDENT TRUMP COULD GIVE NATO THE WAKE-UP CALL IT NEEDS' -
'SPEAKER'S LECTURE – 'THE FUTURE OF THE ARMED FORCES'
2016
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‘MUST-READ MILITARY BOOKS OF THE YEAR’ -
'HOW WILL 2016 BE VIEWED BY HISTORY?' -
'OBSERVE AND REPORT' -
'THE UNITED KINGDOM'S GREAT ESCAPE' -
'GUEST SPEAKER: REBEL, REBEL' -
'THE EUROPEAN UNION IS A THREAT TO PEACE' -
'FAR FROM KEEPING BRITAIN SAFE, THE EUROPEAN UNION IS A THREAT TO PEACE' -
'THE DEFENCE SELECT COMMITTEE, 2015–16' -
'WE WOULD BE MAD TO ABANDON TRIDENT'
2015
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‘THE BEST MILITARY READING FROM 2015’ -
'FLEXIBLE DEFENCES – THE VITAL KEY' -
'SYRIA NEEDS A STRATEGY, NOT A GESTURE' -
'THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST BOMBING SYRIA ARE COMPELLING' -
'STRATEGY VACUUM' -
'BY NOT SPENDING ENOUGH ON DEFENCE, BRITAIN PUTS THE WEST AT RISK' -
'POLITICS AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR' -
'A TRIBUTE TO PAMELA COMBES (21 May 1925 – 28 December 2014)'
2014
2013
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BOOK REVIEW: 'AEROADDICT' BY DOUG GREGORY DFC -
'THE CONSERVATIVE CASE FOR AN EU REFERENDUM BEFORE 2015' -
TOOTHLESS DETERRENCE AND THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS' [ORIGINAL ESSAY TITLE] -
'PLAYING WITH FIRE IN SYRIA' -
'SIGNALS TO THE TALIBAN'
2012
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'REVIEW ARTICLE: 'COUNTERING TERRORISM IS NOT ENOUGH' -
BOOK REVIEW: 'THE CRY OF THE JETS' BY JOHN DU CANE -
BOOK REVIEW: 'HEROES OF THE HOLOCAUST' BY LYN SMITH -
'GUEST SPEAKER: LEAVE OFF THE LORDS' -
A VIABLE SECURITY PLAN FOR AFGHANISTAN -
'INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: THE CASE FOR CONTAINMENT' -
REFORM OF THE UPPER HOUSE
2011
2010
2009
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'WE MUST LOOK AFTER THE MENTALLY ILL' -
'CPS NEEDS A SENSE OF PROPORTION' -
'OBITUARY: 'GEORGE MILLER-KURAKIN (1955 – 2009)' -
'MAKING THE MOST OF A BAD SITUATION' -
'MAKE A DATE AT HANGER FARM' -
'DIBDEN BAY: LABOUR HAS LOST THE PLOT' -
'FUTURE OF CAMPAIGN STILL IN THE BALANCE' -
'STILL CIRCLING: THE JAWS OF DIBDEN BAY' -
NEW SPEAKER IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR' [UPDATED] -
NORMAN BAKER'S ANTICS (3): ENDORSING A SMEAR -
RESPONSE TO 'NEWS OF THE WORLD' SMEAR -
'SOLDIERS AGAINST THE BOMB?' -
'THE POLITICS OF THE FUTURE FRIGATE'
2008
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'A TERRORIST'S HANDBOOK' -
'COMPULSORY FLUORIDATION IN TOTTON' -
BOOK REVIEW: 'CABINETS AND THE BOMB' BY PETER HENNESSY -
DOUBLE-I, DOUBLE-N': A FRAMEWORK FOR COUNTER-INSURGENCY -
'LEWIS v. GREY: COUNTY COURT JUDGEMENT (Part 2)' -
'LEWIS v. GREY: COUNTY COURT JUDGEMENT (Part 1)' -
'LEWIS v. GREY: THE BACKGROUND'
2007
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'INVITATION TO SPEAK IS A PRIVILEGE – NOT A RIGHT' -
'A LETTER TO THE OXFORD UNION' -
'THE DESPERATE STATE OF THE ROYAL NAVY'
2006
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'THE ARMED FORCES PARLIAMENTARY (RCDS) SCHEME' -
'THE GREENHAM ANNIVERSARY' -
'NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT VERSUS PEACE IN THE 21st CENTURY' -
'WHEN TO PUNISH THE WRONGDOERS'
2005
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'DOGMA AT THE HEART OF HOSPITALS BATTLE' -
'THE ULTIMATE INSURANCE PREMIUM' -
'EXTRACT FROM 'ANALYSIS': 'FLIRTING WITH ARMAGEDDON' -
'A POIGNANT TALE SUPERBLY TOLD' -
'A NEW GENERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS?' -
'MOTORCYCLE RIDE FOR RWANDA' -
'NUCLEAR DEBATE WILL BE EXPLOSIVE' -
'PAINTING THE TOWN' -
'TIME TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST FENWICK AXE' -
'CAN BUSH HEAL THE RIFT WITH EUROPE?' -
'TIME TO GET TOUGH ON BINGE DRINKING' -
'CIVIL SERVICE REFORM'
2004
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'THE ARMED FORCES PARLIAMENTARY (RN) SCHEME' -
'BOOK REVIEW: 'ARTICULATE TERRORISTS' -
'AN OBJECT LESSON TO ALL TYRANTS' -
'MY AVIATION HERO'
2003
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'WHY MRS GIDLEY IS SO WRONG' -
'KINKEAD REMEMBERED' -
'TRIBUTE TO NICK SMITH' -
'SHOULD THERE BE A WAR AGAINST IRAQ?' -
'ROGUE STATES AND TERRORISTS'
2002
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'WHY WE ARE RIGHT TO FIGHT TERRORISM' -
'BOOK REVIEW: 'DECEPTION AND DECEIT' -
'PUNISHMENT TO FIT THE CRIME' -
'BOOK REVIEW: 'KNOW THINE ENEMY'
2001
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'RADICAL THINKER WINNER ALL WAYS' -
'MILITARY MAYHEM' -
'KINKEAD – THE AIR ACE ON THE WATERSIDE' -
'SUSPICIOUS OF PLEDGE MOTIVES' -
'THE SECRET ARMY' -
'PROFILE: 'JULIAN LEWIS TALKS TO ANNE PERKINS'
2000
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'THE ARMED FORCES PARLIAMENTARY GRADUATE SCHEME' -
'REVERSAL OF FORTUNE' -
'THE CHANNEL DASH HEROES' -
'WHAT WE SHOULD LEARN FROM THE UKRAINE' -
'THE KGB's ROYAL RECEPTION'
1999
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'EMU AS UNPOPULAR AS UNILATERALISM' -
'TWO-TO-ONE AGAINST THE EURO' -
'THE TROJAN HORSE OF EMU' -
'THE DIBDEN BAY CONTAINER PORT'
1998
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'DEFAMERS MUST BE MADE TO PAY' -
'AN ESSAY ON THE ARMISTICE' -
'THE PRESERVATION OF SECURITY SERVICE FILES' -
'THE ARMED FORCES PARLIAMENTARY SCHEME' -
'THE LIFE OF Fl Lt S M 'KINK' KINKEAD (1897 – 1928)'
1997
1995
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1987
1986
1985
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'OBITUARY: 'A LIFE TO REMEMBER – JOSEF JOSTEN MBE (1913 – 1985)' -
'THE LESSONS OF THE "PEACE OFFENSIVE" ' -
'THE RED FACES OF RELIGION'
1984
1982
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