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Learn about the Global Strategy Programme, a senior course for strategic thinkers and leaders in the armed forces and Civil Service. The course is run by RCDS, the senior college of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, established in 1927.
The Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) instructs the most promising senior officers of the British Armed Forces, His Majesty's Diplomatic Service and Civil Service in national defence and international security matters at the highest level, to prepare them for the top posts in their respective services.
Learn about the post-graduate course in strategic leadership and international strategic studies offered by the Royal College of Defence Studies. Find out how the Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust selects four parliamentarians to enrol on this prestigious course each year.
The Defence Studies Department currently offers three Masters pathways, providing a range of different opportunities for students to engage in postgraduate research, depending upon their interests and and skills. Find out more about our programmes below: MA Defence Studies; MRes Defence Studies; MSc Defence Innovation
The Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) has revised its core strategy document, 'Making Strategy Better', to reflect the changing international environment. The guidebook provides ideas, tools and behaviours for effective strategy making and orchestration in an age of persistent competition and state-on-state aggression.
The Royal College of Defence Studies – Making Strategy Better 2023 Chapter 1 – What is strategy? This chapter explains what strategy is and its relationship with policy and then explores how strategy is employed in a wide variety of contexts. It provides RCDS’s definition of strategy.
1 de nov. de 2019 · A historical study of the college's role in British military education and soft power over the last 90 years. The author traces the origins, evolution and impact of the course of instruction, which covers major issues of world affairs and regional and country studies.
