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Member Contributions
20th March 2023

The future of NATO C4ISR: Assessment and Recommendations after Madrid

By Gordon B. “Skip” Davis Jr.

Member Contributions
14th March 2023

Britain’s Military Cannot Sustain a Global Role

By Edward Lucas

Member Contributions
22nd February 2023

US foreign policy: China is important but the top priority is stopping Russia

By Richard Hooker

Member Contributions
4th February 2023

A Life Between Worlds: The Further Examination of George Kennan

By Colin Robertson

Member Contributions
27th January 2023

Ploughshares into Swords — NATO Spending Must Rise

By Patrick Turner

Member Contributions
17th January 2023

Forget global Britain, focus defence on Europe

By Edward Lucas

Member Contributions
4th January 2023

A year of victory

By Edward Lucas

Member Contributions
19th December 2022

Rumours that resonate

By Edward Lucas

Member Contributions
19th December 2022

Putinising our society will not protect us

By Edward Lucas

Member Contributions
13th December 2022

The only path to peace

By Edward Lucas

Member Contributions
10th December 2022

Lessons Encountered from Ukraine

By R. D. Hooker, Jr.

Member Contributions
7th December 2022

German nostalgia is threatening Europe

By Edward Lucas

Member Contributions
7th December 2022

Liberty, Equality, Vanity

By Edward Lucas

Member Contributions
29th November 2022

China’s victory in Ukraine

By Edward Lucas

Member Contributions
22nd November 2022

Blowing Hot and Cold

By Edward Lucas

Member Contributions
24th October 2022

Britain’s image is taking a pounding

Member Contributions
14th October 2022

Crunch time in the Kremlin

Member Contributions
13th October 2022

Troubled bridge over stolen waters

Member Contributions
13th October 2022

Our response to Russian cyber-attacks is feeble

Member Contributions
26th September 2022

The Defining Moment of Ukraine—Values versus Interests, Democracy versus Autocracy

Member Contributions
9th September 2022

Saying ‘Sorry’

Member Contributions
6th September 2022

Review: ‘Victory at Sea’: How Naval Power Helped Win WWII

Member Contributions
3rd September 2022

Red Hands, Red Faces

Member Contributions
26th August 2022

How to Win in Ukraine

Member Contributions
23rd August 2022

Dogs of War

Member Contributions
19th August 2022

Civil War Redux

Member Contributions
16th August 2022

Putin’s Brain II

Member Contributions
9th August 2022

The War in Ukraine, the Strategic Compass,
and the Debate Over EU Strategic Autonomy

Member Contributions
5th August 2022

New British Prime Minister needs deeds not words to foil China

Member Contributions
2nd August 2022

Now for the hard part: A guide to implementing NATO’s new Strategic Concept

Member Contributions
25th July 2022

Ukraine Can Win

Member Contributions
13th June 2022

How This Ends

Member Contributions
16th May 2022

Open letter to His Excellency, Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation

Member Contributions
27th April 2022

The War in Ukraine, and the next NATO Strategic Concept

Member Contributions
26th April 2022

The Impact of the Ukraine Crisis on NATO 2030.

Member Contributions
22nd April 2022

What if Russia Attacked NATO?

Member Contributions
5th April 2022

Ukraine: What next?

Member Contributions
24th March 2022

Where is the Russian Army?

Member Contributions
14th March 2022

Kulminatsionny Moment?

Member Contributions
20th February 2022

EU policy towards Russia? What options after 2022?

Member Contributions
3rd February 2022

The TAG Shadow NATO Strategic Concept

Member Contributions
9th November 2021

TAG PREMIUM BLOG: NATO Embraces Climate Change

Member Contributions
13th May 2021

Twenty years on: Afghanistan and NATO

Member Contributions
3rd March 2021

Military Mobility: Moving Mountains for Europe’s Defense

Member Contributions
23rd February 2021

Judy Asks: Is the Arctic Europe’s Next Headache?

Member Contributions
29th January 2021

President Biden and the US-German Special Relationship

Member Contributions
18th January 2021

The Alphen Group V-Conference: “Which China? What Carrots? What Sticks? January 12th, 2021

Member Contributions
21st December 2020

The Alphen Group V-Conference: “The Geopolitical and Defence Strategic Implications of the War in Nagorno-Karabakh” December 9th, 2020

Member Contributions
27th November 2020

TAG ESSAY: The Disintegrating Language of UK Defence

Member Contributions
19th November 2020

The Alphen Group: V-Conference: “The Strategic Consequences of America’s Choice”


The Alphen Group

The Alphen Group (TAG) is an informal network of leading strategic thinkers who have come together to consider the future of the transatlantic relationship and European security and defence and do something about it.