BACKGROUND
Evidence tells us that ideas, people and thinking are decisive in warfare
There is compelling evidence that ideas, people and thinking are decisive factors in combat and warfare. Peculiarly, however, Western militaries seem to sideline the intellectual development of their people and instead rely on the promise of technological revolution. We aim to help in redressing that balance by starting conversations that challenge orthodoxy, offer advice (on tactics, operational art and strategy), inform and educate.
WHAT WE DO
We serve the intellectual curiosity of the national security community
The national security community contains military personnel, industry, politicians, diplomats, civil servants, scholars and academics, civil servants, and veterans. We stimulate challenging discussions for these audiences, engaging their intellectual curiosity to improve mental capacity, build resilience, and expanding thinking space. From this, better decision-making results under stress.
OUR OBJECTIVES
What we want to achieve
Driving better decisions in national security comes through education and understanding: our aim is to progress both of these across a broad community and audience, from those in the Profession of Arms, and their political masters, to the civil servants controlling the purse strings, and industrial partners who really need to understand.
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Origins
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How we do what we do
Observing, listening and reading are the most important things we do: from trusted sources all over the world, from conflict zones and world capitals to academic forums and training bases, we strive to maintain currency in policy, doctrine and combat operations. Pooling this knowledge and then digesting through the legacies of military history, hard-won experience, and debate, we seek the continuities and changes that make the difference.
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Professor Peter Roberts
Peter has a unique spread of experience that allows a connection with national security audiences who trust him as an independent, pragmatic and informed voice. His reputation is build on more than 20 years of military service, almost a decade in Think Tanks, and experience in industry. Peter’s career has allowed him to travel to conflict zones around the world for more than 35 years allowing him to see patterns and continuities in how war is waged. This blend of skills and experience is niche but sought after by those with particular problems – from military leaders and specialist units, to people from industry wanting to understand war and warfare.
He remains a non-resident professor of modern war at Ecole de Guerre in Paris, a Senior Associate Fellow at RUSI, a member of The Alphen Group, and an associate of the Indo Pacific Forum. Through these mediums, and his consulting and media work, he engages with sound 17,000 military personnel around the world on a face-to-face basis each year, and an on-line audience of nearly 500k.
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How did we start
Decades of military experience plus nearly ten years at the cutting edge of research in military sciences, married to a unique and trusted network of professionals in the fields of politics, commerce, military force, and academic, puts us in an enviable position to understand conflict and combat operations around the world, along with the decisions made in national capitals. Established in 2022, Aurelius Lab LTD became the most effective way of delivering our services without infrastructure costs that make the availability of advice all but impossible to those that cannot afford traditional Think Tanks.
ARTICLES FEATURED IN
THINKING
Battles are won in the mind not in a science lab.
"We cannot simply rely upon mass or the best technology. In the future, that technology may be in the hands of our opponents." US JCS, May 2020
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