The West should address energy security as it would in wartime – as a key government responsibility addressed with an appropriate balance between risk and threat.

Now that it is over a year since the Government published its Integrated Review of Foreign, Security and Defence policy, Air Marshal Stringer looks at the challenges facing the UK in the short, medium and long term.  Air Marshal Stringer, one of the most respected voices on defence matters in the country, also calls for closer co-operation with EU partners on defence and security matters and states that the framework is in place for a positive, post-Brexit agreements.

Air Marshal Stringer compares procurement in Finland and Poland to show that the UK could be getting better value for money on defence procurement, highlighting the major inefficiencies in defence spending and procurement and how the money we currently allocate more effectively.