By Alina Vey Security policy carries a profound responsibility towards the people who bear its consequences: civilians whose lives depend on effective protection, and service personnel entrusted with carrying out decisions made by political leaders. Governments must provide credible defence while pursuing credible diplomatic avenues to prevent a wider conflict. Military preparedness and diplomacy should…
by Alina Vey Introduction Historical comparison is useful when it is treated as a study of patterns rather than a prediction of outcomes. The circumstances that preceded the First and Second World Wars were different from one another, and neither can be mapped directly onto the present. Yet both periods reveal how rivalry, military preparation,…