Books in the Whitehall Papers series

The armed forces of the UK, France and Germany will have to make tough choices about the types of military threats they can counter and the degree to which they rely on their allies.

FUTURE NATO looks at the challenges facing NATO in the 21st century and examines how the Alliance can adapt to ensure its continued success.

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This book examines the modernisation and future capability efforts within NATO vis-à-vis those of the West¿s main peer competitors, Russia and China.

This paper illustrates the consensus among northern NATO members on the need for Visible Assurance of states bordering Russia, as well as for solidarity, and a build-up of capabilities to defend NATO territory.

This Whitehall Paper provides an in-depth analysis of Russia's Ground Forces, including airborne and naval troops. It examines their role in Russian foreign policy, reforms to units' equipment and operational roles, performance during combat operations against Ukraine, and current unit deployment locations and purposes in the Central, Southern and Western Military Districts.

This Whitehall Paper examines how NATO can maintain and sustain maritime supremacy in the North Atlantic in an increasingly complex, contested and challenging environment, presenting multiple views of how NATO members can respond both politically and militarily.

Poaching, Wildlife Trafficking and Security in Africa examines the most common perceptions of poaching and wildlife trafficking as security threats, and examines their basis in reality.

This book proposes environmental security as providing a framework to mitigate the risks of the Arctic's shift from an ice cap to a seasonally ice-free and, so far, ungoverned space.