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Michael Codner

Position: Director of Military Sciences

Michael Codner is the Director of the Military Sciences Department at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

He researches a range of subjects from defence policy, strategic theory and doctrine, to defence management, future concepts and the application of technology to military capability. He also oversees conferences, meetings and lectures in these areas. He retired from the Royal Navy in October 1995 after a career as a Seaman Officer principally working in anti-submarine warfare and in the latter part of his career, maritime strategy and doctrine, future concepts, defence policy and international issues.

He was a lecturer in strategy and operational art at the US Naval War College, was a Defence Fellow at the Centre for Defence Studies, King's College, London and has held a NATO Fellowship working on coalition interoperability. His degrees are in Philosophy and Psychology (Brasenose College, Oxford).  He lectures regularly at University College, London, Southampton University, the University of St. Andrews, the University of Greenwich and the Joint Services Command and Staff College. His written work includes editorship and principal authorship of the First Edition of the Royal Navy’s BR1806: The Fundamentals of British Maritime Doctrine and numerous articles, papers and chapters in journals and collections.

 

RUSI articles and analysis by this author

Helicopter Carrier The cost of Afghanistan to UK Defence 16 Dec 2009
Bring on new Chinooks. But the defence budget can't cover the needs of a long-term occupation

Karzai and Obama Obama's Grand Strategy - Afghanistan Plus 2 Dec 2009
President Obama aims to exert sufficient military effort to create conditions for transition. This means a dominance over the Taliban - unable to reemerge when transition takes place - together with space and capacity to train and grow the Afghan military and police security forces.

Barack Obama 5 Missile Defence: What the Obama Administration’s Change of Policy Means for Europe and the United Kingdom 30 Oct 2009
America's cancellation of its 'Third Site' is nevertheless accompanied by sizeable investment in missile defence programmes. Europeans should take note

British troop levels in Afghanistan 7 Oct 2009
Is Britain’s strategic posture as a global actor sustainable in the economic crisis and set against failing public support for the mission in Afghanistan?

NATO at 60 RUSI logo NATO’s Strategic Concept – a View from Mars 30 Mar 2009
As NATO marks its Sixtieth anniversary, many analysts will argue that members of the Alliance have sufficiently overcome their differences to launch a new Strategic Concept. This new Concept would see a rationalisation of Europe’s military capability and would envisage a ‘minus US’ strategy for some NATO operations.

UN Armed forcebmp Permanent United Nations Military Intervention Capability: Some Practical Considerations 25 Jun 2008
The development of a military intervention capability specifically owned by the United Nations has been a significant issue from the early days of the organisation. But what are the technical considerations?

Cluster Bomb The unpredictability factor 21 May 2008
With money and new technology, cluster bombs could become more ethical than large single-explosive warheads

Comprehensive Spending Review - Defence 10 Oct 2007
The increase of 1.5 per cent real growth in defence spending is inadequate if the Government intends to deliver its planned force structures.

Iraqi Army Conditions are not right for wholesale withdrawal 11 Sep 2007
An examination of existing Coalition responsibilities and committments in Iraq, where there is now a move towards 'overwatch'; Coalition troops are being taken off the streets but ready to back up Iraqi forces if necessary.

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