Lords Committee hears from senior academics in war studies, international security and foreign policy as defence inquiry continues

The session will start at 10:30am and will be available to watch live or on demand at Parliament TV or attend in person in Committee Room 4A, Palace of Westminster.

Giving evidence will be;

10.30am

• Professor Patrick Porter, Professor of International Security and Strategy, University of Birmingham; and
• Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London.

11.30am

• Professor Jamie Gaskarth, Professor of Foreign Policy and International Relations, Open University; and
• Dr Ben Wilkinson, Deputy Director (Defence), RAND Europe.

Questions may include:

• To what extent does the Defence Command Paper respond to the goals set by the Integrated Review? What was your opinion of those goals, and the response of the Defence Command Paper in fulfilling them?
• The Integrated Review and the Defence Command Paper present an ambitious agenda about where the UK wants to be in the world. At the same time, they represent an enormous amount of spending, if resourced to the most ambitious extent. One year in, assuming that resources are not infinite, what are the elements the Government should focus on? Should anything be dropped? If so, what and why?
• Do you think that European defence and deterrence should be redefined in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? What do you expect to see in NATO’s next Strategic Concept?
• What does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its aftermath mean for the evolution of the UK's key defence allies? How should we work with the US, Germany and France in the short, medium and longer term? Are there alliances in other areas of the world—such as the Gulf and East Asia—that need re-evaluating or creating?