Andrew Dorman
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 956897 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Andrew Dorman |
| NOMBRES | Andrew |
| APELLIDO | Dorman |
| FIRMA | DORMAN A |
| AFILIACIONES | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8107-3153 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 29 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 58 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2001 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Introduction Nato at 75
This introduction to the special section highlights how NATO has overcome post-Cold War predictions of its demise, not only enduring but expanding to 31 members, with Finland and Sweden joining amid geopolitical turmoil. In 2024, as NATO turns 75, debates persist over its global role and ability to withstand both internal and external pressures
Years of International Affairs
2022 marks International Affairs' 100th year. This editorial reflects on the journal's history and outlines plans and goals for its second century, not least ensuring that International Affairs becomes a truly global and inclusive journal
Aerial warfare
Frank Ledwidge's new book, Aerial warfare, was written to mark the centenary of the creation of the world's first independent air force in 1918. It is a pocket size, introductory volume, reflecting on the first 100 years of aerial warfare. Aimed at general readers and with a century to cover, Ledwidge's book is inevitably light on detail and prone to generalization. It is divided into nine chapters, with chapter one providing an introduction to s…
The official history of the UK strategic nuclear deterrent, Volume I
Matthew Jones's two-volume official history of the UK's strategic nuclear deterrent effectively picks up the story from where the previous volumes by Margaret Gowing, assisted by Lorna Arnold, left off (Britain and atomic energy 1939–1945, London: Macmillan, 1964; and Independence and deterrence: Britain and atomic energy 1945–52, London: Macmillan, 1974). In the first part, Jones covers the UK's decision to develop an independent nuclear capabil…
US national security
This is the first of a series of ‘review forums’ in which we ask several reviewers to reflect on a single book. Given the recent inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, we thought it pertinent to launch this new series with a review forum on Paul R. Viotti's new volume seeking to bring fresh insights into US national security. Now in office, the new Trump administration is struggling to bring order to its own self…
Nuclear weapons and coercive diplomacy
The recent tests by North Korea of an intercontinental ballistic missile with the potential to strike the mainland of the United States, the deterioration of relations between Russia and the West and the election of the unilateralist Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the United Kingdom's main opposition party have refocused attention once again on nuclear weapons. The two volumes examined in this review provide contrasting approaches. On the one hand, T…
Paradoxical Japaneseness
This book offers insightful analysis of cultural representation in Japanese cinema of the early 21st century. The impact of transnational production practices on films such as Dolls (2002), Sukiyaki W
The Curious Incident of Mr Cameron and the United Kingdom Defence Budget
During 2015 Prime Minister Cameron found himself under intense domestic and international pressure over his apparent reluctance to maintain United Kingdom defence spending at the NATO target level of 2 per cent of GDP . Most commentators attributed this reluctance to the inevitability of defence cuts if the government wished to meet its deficit reduction targets. However, the aftermath of the general election saw a sudden decision to maintain UK …
The future of extended deterrence
The future of extended deterrence: the United States, NATO, and beyond. Edited by Stéfanie von Hlatky and Andreas Wenger. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press. 2015. 280 pp. £45.60. ISBN 978 1 62616 264 8. Available as e-book. Over the last few years deterrence, and more particularly nuclear deterrence, has again become an area for academic and policy discussion. A number of factors have contributed to this, including the continuation or re…
Complex security and strategic latency
Whichever party or parties form the next UK government, a Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) is expected to begin soon after the general election in May. The review might be a 'light touch' exercise-little more than a reaffirmation of the SDSR produced by the coalition government in 2010. It seems more likely, however, that the review will be a lengthier, more deliberate exercise and one which might even last into 2016. For those most c…
High command
Journal Article High command: British military leadership in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. By Christopher L. Elliott Get access High command: British military leadership in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. By Christopher L. Elliott. London: Hurst. 2015. 295pp. £20.70. ISBN 978 1 84904 460 8. Available as e-book. Andrew Dorman Andrew Dorman 1King's College London, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Internati…
The British nuclear experience
These two books are welcome additions to the growing literature on the United Kingdom and nuclear weapons which has started to emerge in recent years, in a manner similar to the late 1980s and early 1990s when a wave of volumes mainly based on doctoral theses built on the archives that were becoming available, released under the 30-year rule. This new wave is largely led by established scholars and again draws on the now increasingly publicly ava…
More than a storm in a teacup
In September 2014 the people of Scotland will vote on whether to become an independent nation, with the defence and security of Scotland proving to be one of the more vociferous areas of debate. This article argues that defence and security implications of this referendum are far more fundamental than either the ‘yes’ or ‘no’ campaigns have admitted. It makes four points. First, it suggests that the Scottish government's plans for defence and sec…
Fifty shades of purple? A risk-sharing approach to the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review
The next Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) will be held in 2015. With unfinished business from its 2010 predecessor, and with no sign that UK national strategy is about to escape the grip of austerity, the 2015 SDSR is set to be more complex and contentious than the government might have hoped. There is a possibility that the review will, yet again, see the three armed services struggle against each other to secure the largest slice of…
Smart muddling through
One of the first steps taken by the newly elected Conservative—Liberal Democrat coalition government was to initiate a review of the national strategy of the United Kingdom. The review culminated in October 2010 in the publication of a revised National Security Strategy as well as a new Strategic Defence and Security Review. With the benefit of over twelve months of hindsight, this article is concerned with the formulation, the implementation and…
Nato's 2012 Chicago summit
Journal Article NATO's 2012 Chicago summit: a chance to ignore the issues once again? Get access ANDREW M. DORMAN ANDREW M. DORMAN 1Professor of International Security at King's College London (Joint Services Command and Staff College) and is an Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 88, Issue 2, March 20…
Dr Fox and the Philosopher's Stone
The history of British defence reviews has been one of repeated disappointment: a cycle in which policy failure is followed by a period of inertia, giving way to an attempt at a new policy framework which is then misimplemented by the defence leadership. Each failed defence review therefore sows the seeds of its successor. With this in mind, in 2010 the new coalition government embarked upon an altogether more ambitious exercise: a strategy revie…
Providing for Defence in an Age of Austerity
Breaking the mould
With a strategic defence review expected to begin in 2010, this article reflects upon the history of the review in British defence policy and planning. The authors argue that for decades successive defence reviews have followed a process in which policy development moves through four phases: failure, inertia, formulation and misimplementation. This has resulted in a cycle of defence reviews that have proved to be incomplete and unsustainable: a c…
Blair's wars and Brown's budgets
The Labour government's 1998 Strategic Defence Review (SDR) marked the end of almost twenty years during which Labour had been little more than a bystander in British defence policy-making. The ‘foreign policy-led’ SDR marked an impressive and authoritative debut, emulated by other national governments. Ten years later, however, the SDR is a fading memory. British defence is out of balance and facing immense stress, and calls are mounting for a n…
National defence in the age of austerity
Preparations for the next UK defence review are under way; a struggle is imminent and the lines of battle are being drawn. There is a grave danger that in the new ‘age of austerity’ defence planning—and strategy generally—will be driven by tribal conflicts, either between supporters of one or other of the armed services or between contending viewpoints about the nature of conflict. And there will be others who will argue that the defence review s…
Britain and its Armed Forces Today
As defence becomes a political football once again this article examines the relationship of the UK's military with the country from which it is drawn and which it serves. It argues that all three elements of the classic Clausewitzian trinity: the state, the people and the military, there are major problems. These are undermining the capabilities of the armed forces and will ultimately place far greater limitations on future government's use of t…
Britain and Defence Transformation
What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens. Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, Prime Minister of Great Britain Constant change seems set to stay with u
Reorganising the Infantry
This article uses the case study of the reorganisation of the infantry announced in December 2004 to argue that the government undertook reforms that were in the army's interest rather than its own and that the existing schools of thinking within defence fail to explain this behaviour. The article goes on to make three conclusions. Firstly, our traditional assumptions about structure-agency within defence are incorrect and that agency has a far g…
From Peacekeeping to Peace Enforcement
The Curious Incident of Mr Cameron and the United Kingdom Defence Budget
During 2015 Prime Minister Cameron found himself under intense domestic and international pressure over his apparent reluctance to maintain United Kingdom defence spending at the NATO target level of 2 per cent of GDP . Most commentators attributed this reluctance to the inevitability of defence cuts if the government wished to meet its deficit reduction targets. However, the aftermath of the general election saw a sudden decision to maintain UK …
Complex security and strategic latency
Whichever party or parties form the next UK government, a Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) is expected to begin soon after the general election in May. The review might be a 'light touch' exercise-little more than a reaffirmation of the SDSR produced by the coalition government in 2010. It seems more likely, however, that the review will be a lengthier, more deliberate exercise and one which might even last into 2016. For those most c…
Blair's wars and Brown's budgets
The Labour government's 1998 Strategic Defence Review (SDR) marked the end of almost twenty years during which Labour had been little more than a bystander in British defence policy-making. The ‘foreign policy-led’ SDR marked an impressive and authoritative debut, emulated by other national governments. Ten years later, however, the SDR is a fading memory. British defence is out of balance and facing immense stress, and calls are mounting for a n…
Smart muddling through
One of the first steps taken by the newly elected Conservative—Liberal Democrat coalition government was to initiate a review of the national strategy of the United Kingdom. The review culminated in October 2010 in the publication of a revised National Security Strategy as well as a new Strategic Defence and Security Review. With the benefit of over twelve months of hindsight, this article is concerned with the formulation, the implementation and…
Fifty shades of purple? A risk-sharing approach to the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review
The next Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) will be held in 2015. With unfinished business from its 2010 predecessor, and with no sign that UK national strategy is about to escape the grip of austerity, the 2015 SDSR is set to be more complex and contentious than the government might have hoped. There is a possibility that the review will, yet again, see the three armed services struggle against each other to secure the largest slice of…
Dr Fox and the Philosopher's Stone
The history of British defence reviews has been one of repeated disappointment: a cycle in which policy failure is followed by a period of inertia, giving way to an attempt at a new policy framework which is then misimplemented by the defence leadership. Each failed defence review therefore sows the seeds of its successor. With this in mind, in 2010 the new coalition government embarked upon an altogether more ambitious exercise: a strategy revie…
Breaking the mould
With a strategic defence review expected to begin in 2010, this article reflects upon the history of the review in British defence policy and planning. The authors argue that for decades successive defence reviews have followed a process in which policy development moves through four phases: failure, inertia, formulation and misimplementation. This has resulted in a cycle of defence reviews that have proved to be incomplete and unsustainable: a c…
Providing for Defence in an Age of Austerity
National defence in the age of austerity
Preparations for the next UK defence review are under way; a struggle is imminent and the lines of battle are being drawn. There is a grave danger that in the new ‘age of austerity’ defence planning—and strategy generally—will be driven by tribal conflicts, either between supporters of one or other of the armed services or between contending viewpoints about the nature of conflict. And there will be others who will argue that the defence review s…
More than a storm in a teacup
In September 2014 the people of Scotland will vote on whether to become an independent nation, with the defence and security of Scotland proving to be one of the more vociferous areas of debate. This article argues that defence and security implications of this referendum are far more fundamental than either the ‘yes’ or ‘no’ campaigns have admitted. It makes four points. First, it suggests that the Scottish government's plans for defence and sec…
Reorganising the Infantry
This article uses the case study of the reorganisation of the infantry announced in December 2004 to argue that the government undertook reforms that were in the army's interest rather than its own and that the existing schools of thinking within defence fail to explain this behaviour. The article goes on to make three conclusions. Firstly, our traditional assumptions about structure-agency within defence are incorrect and that agency has a far g…
John Nott and the Royal Navy
Even 20 years on many myths surround the 1981 Nott defence review and it remains a subject of some sensitivity within naval circles. Establishes how the various policies were formulated, highlighting the role of the different groups within the Ministry of Defence and elsewhere, and the degree to which the various policies were actually implemented. Suggests that the review was the outcome of various hands competing for scarce resources within the…
Introduction Nato at 75
This introduction to the special section highlights how NATO has overcome post-Cold War predictions of its demise, not only enduring but expanding to 31 members, with Finland and Sweden joining amid geopolitical turmoil. In 2024, as NATO turns 75, debates persist over its global role and ability to withstand both internal and external pressures
Nato's 2012 Chicago summit
Journal Article NATO's 2012 Chicago summit: a chance to ignore the issues once again? Get access ANDREW M. DORMAN ANDREW M. DORMAN 1Professor of International Security at King's College London (Joint Services Command and Staff College) and is an Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 88, Issue 2, March 20…
Britain and its Armed Forces Today
As defence becomes a political football once again this article examines the relationship of the UK's military with the country from which it is drawn and which it serves. It argues that all three elements of the classic Clausewitzian trinity: the state, the people and the military, there are major problems. These are undermining the capabilities of the armed forces and will ultimately place far greater limitations on future government's use of t…
Viewpoint - The Nott Review
Viewpoint - The Nott Review
John Nott and the Royal Navy
Even 20 years on many myths surround the 1981 Nott defence review and it remains a subject of some sensitivity within naval circles. Establishes how the various policies were formulated, highlighting the role of the different groups within the Ministry of Defence and elsewhere, and the degree to which the various policies were actually implemented. Suggests that the review was the outcome of various hands competing for scarce resources within the…
Defence under Thatcher
From Peacekeeping to Peace Enforcement
Corporate Warriors
Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry. By P. W. Singer. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2003. 368p. $39.95. Peter Singer has produced a highly commendable volume for the Cornell Studies in Security Affairs series on an area of study that has received relatively little attention within the academic world. Much of the existing literature focuses on the mercenary end of private military companies (PMCs) and ignores t…
Britain and Defence Transformation
What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens. Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, Prime Minister of Great Britain Constant change seems set to stay with u
Reorganising the Infantry
This article uses the case study of the reorganisation of the infantry announced in December 2004 to argue that the government undertook reforms that were in the army's interest rather than its own and that the existing schools of thinking within defence fail to explain this behaviour. The article goes on to make three conclusions. Firstly, our traditional assumptions about structure-agency within defence are incorrect and that agency has a far g…
Britain and its Armed Forces Today
As defence becomes a political football once again this article examines the relationship of the UK's military with the country from which it is drawn and which it serves. It argues that all three elements of the classic Clausewitzian trinity: the state, the people and the military, there are major problems. These are undermining the capabilities of the armed forces and will ultimately place far greater limitations on future government's use of t…
Blair's wars and Brown's budgets
The Labour government's 1998 Strategic Defence Review (SDR) marked the end of almost twenty years during which Labour had been little more than a bystander in British defence policy-making. The ‘foreign policy-led’ SDR marked an impressive and authoritative debut, emulated by other national governments. Ten years later, however, the SDR is a fading memory. British defence is out of balance and facing immense stress, and calls are mounting for a n…
National defence in the age of austerity
Preparations for the next UK defence review are under way; a struggle is imminent and the lines of battle are being drawn. There is a grave danger that in the new ‘age of austerity’ defence planning—and strategy generally—will be driven by tribal conflicts, either between supporters of one or other of the armed services or between contending viewpoints about the nature of conflict. And there will be others who will argue that the defence review s…
Providing for Defence in an Age of Austerity
Breaking the mould
With a strategic defence review expected to begin in 2010, this article reflects upon the history of the review in British defence policy and planning. The authors argue that for decades successive defence reviews have followed a process in which policy development moves through four phases: failure, inertia, formulation and misimplementation. This has resulted in a cycle of defence reviews that have proved to be incomplete and unsustainable: a c…
Dr Fox and the Philosopher's Stone
The history of British defence reviews has been one of repeated disappointment: a cycle in which policy failure is followed by a period of inertia, giving way to an attempt at a new policy framework which is then misimplemented by the defence leadership. Each failed defence review therefore sows the seeds of its successor. With this in mind, in 2010 the new coalition government embarked upon an altogether more ambitious exercise: a strategy revie…
Smart muddling through
One of the first steps taken by the newly elected Conservative—Liberal Democrat coalition government was to initiate a review of the national strategy of the United Kingdom. The review culminated in October 2010 in the publication of a revised National Security Strategy as well as a new Strategic Defence and Security Review. With the benefit of over twelve months of hindsight, this article is concerned with the formulation, the implementation and…
Nato's 2012 Chicago summit
Journal Article NATO's 2012 Chicago summit: a chance to ignore the issues once again? Get access ANDREW M. DORMAN ANDREW M. DORMAN 1Professor of International Security at King's College London (Joint Services Command and Staff College) and is an Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 88, Issue 2, March 20…
Fifty shades of purple? A risk-sharing approach to the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review
The next Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) will be held in 2015. With unfinished business from its 2010 predecessor, and with no sign that UK national strategy is about to escape the grip of austerity, the 2015 SDSR is set to be more complex and contentious than the government might have hoped. There is a possibility that the review will, yet again, see the three armed services struggle against each other to secure the largest slice of…
More than a storm in a teacup
In September 2014 the people of Scotland will vote on whether to become an independent nation, with the defence and security of Scotland proving to be one of the more vociferous areas of debate. This article argues that defence and security implications of this referendum are far more fundamental than either the ‘yes’ or ‘no’ campaigns have admitted. It makes four points. First, it suggests that the Scottish government's plans for defence and sec…
Complex security and strategic latency
Whichever party or parties form the next UK government, a Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) is expected to begin soon after the general election in May. The review might be a 'light touch' exercise-little more than a reaffirmation of the SDSR produced by the coalition government in 2010. It seems more likely, however, that the review will be a lengthier, more deliberate exercise and one which might even last into 2016. For those most c…
High command
Journal Article High command: British military leadership in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. By Christopher L. Elliott Get access High command: British military leadership in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. By Christopher L. Elliott. London: Hurst. 2015. 295pp. £20.70. ISBN 978 1 84904 460 8. Available as e-book. Andrew Dorman Andrew Dorman 1King's College London, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Internati…
The British nuclear experience
These two books are welcome additions to the growing literature on the United Kingdom and nuclear weapons which has started to emerge in recent years, in a manner similar to the late 1980s and early 1990s when a wave of volumes mainly based on doctoral theses built on the archives that were becoming available, released under the 30-year rule. This new wave is largely led by established scholars and again draws on the now increasingly publicly ava…
Paradoxical Japaneseness
This book offers insightful analysis of cultural representation in Japanese cinema of the early 21st century. The impact of transnational production practices on films such as Dolls (2002), Sukiyaki W
The Curious Incident of Mr Cameron and the United Kingdom Defence Budget
During 2015 Prime Minister Cameron found himself under intense domestic and international pressure over his apparent reluctance to maintain United Kingdom defence spending at the NATO target level of 2 per cent of GDP . Most commentators attributed this reluctance to the inevitability of defence cuts if the government wished to meet its deficit reduction targets. However, the aftermath of the general election saw a sudden decision to maintain UK …
The future of extended deterrence
The future of extended deterrence: the United States, NATO, and beyond. Edited by Stéfanie von Hlatky and Andreas Wenger. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press. 2015. 280 pp. £45.60. ISBN 978 1 62616 264 8. Available as e-book. Over the last few years deterrence, and more particularly nuclear deterrence, has again become an area for academic and policy discussion. A number of factors have contributed to this, including the continuation or re…
US national security
This is the first of a series of ‘review forums’ in which we ask several reviewers to reflect on a single book. Given the recent inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, we thought it pertinent to launch this new series with a review forum on Paul R. Viotti's new volume seeking to bring fresh insights into US national security. Now in office, the new Trump administration is struggling to bring order to its own self…
Nuclear weapons and coercive diplomacy
The recent tests by North Korea of an intercontinental ballistic missile with the potential to strike the mainland of the United States, the deterioration of relations between Russia and the West and the election of the unilateralist Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the United Kingdom's main opposition party have refocused attention once again on nuclear weapons. The two volumes examined in this review provide contrasting approaches. On the one hand, T…
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