Reports
June 12, 2025

The Strategic Defence Review is here – can it meet the challenges of a changing defence environment?

by 
The D Group

Amid a geopolitical climate of deep instability and a rise in global hostilities from both state and nonstate actors, the latest Strategic Defence Review (SDR) marks a turning point for the UK’s approach to defence and security.

We spoke to D Group Associates Evie Aspinall, the Director of the British Foreign Policy Group, Michelle Howard, Senior Advisor for the Space Working Group at D Group, and Seumas Kerr CBE, former Managing Director and now advisor at the D Group, about the extent of the Strategic Defence Review’s transformative effect on the defence sector and how this positions the UK’s capabilities to face emerging challenges on the battlefield and beyond.

Read the report here.

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